John 1:18

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

No one has ever seen God; the only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.

Cross References

Genesis 16:13

So she called the name of the Lord who spoke to her, “Thou art a God of seeing”; for she said, “Have I really seen God and remained alive after seeing him?”

Genesis 18:33

And the Lord went his way, when he had finished speaking to Abraham; and Abraham returned to his place.

Exodus 23:21

Give heed to him and hearken to his voice, do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgression; for my name is in him.

Exodus 24:10

and they saw the God of Israel; and there was under his feet as it were a pavement of sapphire stone, like the very heaven for clearness.

Proverbs 8:30

then I was beside him, like a master workman; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing before him always,

Isaiah 40:11

He will feed his flock like a shepherd, he will gather the lambs in his arms, he will carry them in his bosom, and gently lead those that are with young.

Lamentations 2:12

They cry to their mothers, “Where is bread and wine?” as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their life is poured out on their mothers' bosom.

Numbers 12:8

With him I speak mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in dark speech; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

Matthew 11:27

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

Luke 10:22

All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, full of grace and truth; we have beheld his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father.

John 12:41

Isaiah said this because he saw his glory and spoke of him.

John 13:23

One of his disciples, whom Jesus loved, was lying close to the breast of Jesus;

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you do not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father; how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 17:26

I made known to them thy name, and I will make it known, that the love with which thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

John 17:6

“I have manifested thy name to the men whom thou gavest me out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them to me, and they have kept thy word.

John 3:11

Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen; but you do not receive our testimony.

John 6:46

Not that any one has seen the Father except him who is from God; he has seen the Father.

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the likeness of God.

Deuteronomy 4:12

Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation;

1 Timothy 1:17

To the King of ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

1 Timothy 6:16

who alone has immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

Joshua 5:13

When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man stood before him with his drawn sword in his hand; and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?”

1 John 4:12

No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

1 John 4:20

If any one says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

1 John 4:9

In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

1 John 5:20

And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, to 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.