¹⁸ No one has ever seen God [^CGod the Father, who is pure spirit; 4:24]. But ·God the only Son^[a] [God the one and only; the only Son who is himself God; ^TGod the only begotten] is ·very close to [by the side of; close to the heart of; ^Tin the bosom of] the Father, and he has ·shown us what God is like [made him known].