No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is God and rests close to the Father’s heart — he has made him known.
Note. The earliest manuscripts read “the only God”; the tradition, “the only Son.”
In context
16From his fullness we have all received — grace upon grace. 17For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ. 18No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is God and rests close to the Father’s heart — he has made him known. 19This is the testimony John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20He confessed and did not deny it; he confessed, “I am not the Christ.”
