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The Only-Born God Revealed The Father To Us

18 No one has ever seen God; the only-born[a] God, the One being[b] in the bosom of the Father— that One expounded[c] Him.

John Came Baptizing To Make Straight The Way of The Lord, As Isaiah Prophesied

19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews from Jerusalem sent-out priests and Levites to him in order that they might ask him, “Who are you?”, 20 and he confessed and did not deny. And he confessed that “I am not the Christ”,

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:18 That is, the unique, one-of-a-kind Deity, the Word who was God (v 1) who became flesh (v 14), the only God-man, expounded the Father to us. The emphasis is on His self-identity. ‘Only-born Son’ (3:16, 18) emphasizes His unique relationship to His Father. Or, ‘the unique One, [Himself] God.’
  2. John 1:18 That is, presently; or, eternally.
  3. John 1:18 Or, described, explained.

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