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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.

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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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