King James Version
John 1:18 in the King James Version says “No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.” — study this verse from John chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.”
John 1:18 · KJV
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“God”
G2316a deity, especially (with g3588) the supreme divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by hebraism)
“hath seen”
G3708by extension, to attend to; by hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear
“Son”
G5207a "son" (sometimes of animals), used very widely of immediate, remote or figuratively, kinship
“in”
G1519to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
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