11 translations · Greek
John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
John 1:18 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
- KJV King James Version
- No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
- ASV American Standard Version
- No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- No one has ever seen God; the only begotten God who is on the bosom of the Father—He has expounded [Him].
- FBV Free Bible Version
- While no one has ever seen God, God the one and only, who is close beside the Father, has shown us what God is like.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- God no one hath ever seen; the only begotten Son, who is on the bosom of the Father — he did declare.
- DBY Darby Translation
- No one has seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him .
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- No one has seen God at any time. The only born Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
The Greek words
Each word of the Greek text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| Θεὸν | Theon | God | G2316 θεός God |
| οὐδεὶς | oudeis | No one | G3762 οὐδείς none |
| ἑώρακεν | heōraken | has ever seen | G3708 ὁράω to see: see |
| πώποτε | pōpote | — | G4455 πώποτε ever |
| μονογενὴς | monogenēs | [but] the one and only Son | G3439 μονογενής unique |
| Θεὸς | Theos | [who is Himself] God | G2316 θεός God |
| ὁ | ho | [and] | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| ὢν | ōn | is | G1510 εἰμί to be |
| εἰς | eis | at | G1519 εἰς toward |
| τὸν | ton | the | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| κόλπον | kolpon | side | G2859 κόλπος bosom |
| τοῦ | tou | — | G3588 ὁ the/this/who |
| Πατρὸς | Patros | Father’s | G3962 πατήρ father |
| ἐκεῖνος | ekeinos | — | G1565 ἐκεῖνος that |
| ἐξηγήσατο | exēgēsato | has made [Him] known | G1834 ἐξηγέομαι to tell |
Related verses
- Colossians 1:15
who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
- John 6:46
Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God. He has seen the Father.
- Matthew 11:27
All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
- Luke 10:22
Turning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”
- 1 John 4:12
No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
- 1 Timothy 6:16
who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and eternal power. Amen.
- 1 John 4:9
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
- Exodus 33:18–23
He said, “Please show me your glory.” He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.” He said, “You cannot see my face, for man may not see me and live.” …
- 1 John 4:20
If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
- 1 John 5:20
We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.
19 This is John’s testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
20 He declared, and didn’t deny, but he declared, “I am not the Christ.”
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Edition and source notes
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Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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