John 1:18

New Century Version

No one has ever seen God. But God the only Son is very close to the Father, and he has shown us what God is like.

Cross References

Genesis 16:13

The slave girl gave a name to the Lord who spoke to her: “You are ‘God who sees me,’ ” because she said to herself, “Have I really seen God who sees me?”

Genesis 18:33

When the Lord finished speaking to Abraham, he left, and Abraham returned home.

Exodus 23:21

Pay attention to the angel and obey him. Do not turn against him; he will not forgive such turning against him because my power is in him.

Exodus 24:10

and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was a surface that looked as if it were paved with blue sapphire stones, and it was as clear as the sky!

Proverbs 8:30

I was like a child by his side. I was delighted every day, enjoying his presence all the time,

Isaiah 40:11

He takes care of his people like a shepherd. He gathers them like lambs in his arms and carries them close to him. He gently leads the mothers of the lambs.

Lamentations 2:12

They ask their mothers, “Where is the grain and wine?” They faint like wounded soldiers in the streets of the city and die in their mothers’ arms.

Numbers 12:8

I speak face to face with him— clearly, not with hidden meanings. He has even seen the form of the Lord. You should be afraid to speak against my servant Moses.”

Matthew 11:27

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows the Son, except the Father. And no one knows the Father, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell.

Luke 10:22

“My Father has given me all things. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father. And no one knows who the Father is, except the Son and those whom the Son chooses to tell.”

John 1:14

The Word became a human and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father—and he was full of grace and truth.

John 12:41

Isaiah said this because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about him.

John 13:23

One of the followers sitting next to Jesus was the follower Jesus loved.

John 14:9

Jesus answered, “I have been with you a long time now. Do you still not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. So why do you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 17:26

I showed them what you are like, and I will show them again. Then they will have the same love that you have for me, and I will live in them.”

John 17:6

“I showed what you are like to those you gave me from the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your teaching.

John 3:11

I tell you the truth, we talk about what we know, and we tell about what we have seen, but you don’t accept what we tell you.

John 6:46

No one has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only he has seen the Father.

2 Corinthians 4:4

The devil who rules this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe. They cannot see the light of the Good News—the Good News about the glory of Christ, who is exactly like God.

Deuteronomy 4:12

The Lord spoke to you from the fire. You heard the sound of words, but you did not see him; there was only a voice.

Colossians 1:15

No one can see God, but Jesus Christ is exactly like him. He ranks higher than everything that has been made.

1 Timothy 1:17

To the King that rules forever, who will never die, who cannot be seen, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

He is the only One who never dies. He lives in light so bright no one can go near it. No one has ever seen God, or can see him. May honor and power belong to God forever. Amen.

Joshua 5:13

Joshua was near Jericho when he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and asked, “Are you a friend or an enemy?”

1 John 4:12

No one has ever seen God, but if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is made perfect in us.

1 John 4:20

If people say, “I love God,” but hate their brothers or sisters, they are liars. Those who do not love their brothers and sisters, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have never seen.

1 John 4:9

This is how God showed his love to us: He sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could have life through him.

1 John 5:20

We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we can know the True One. And our lives are in the True One and in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and the eternal life.