John 1:18
No one has seen God at any time. The one and only God, who is at the side of the Father, he has made him known.
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17For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Genesis 16:13Then she gave this name to Yahweh who spoke to her, “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Do I really continue to see, even after he has seen me?”
Genesis 32:28The man said, “Your name will no longer be called Jacob, but Israel. For you have struggled with God and with men and have prevailed.”
Exodus 3:4When Yahweh saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him out of the bush and said, “Moses, Moses.” Moses said, “Here I am.”
Exodus 33:18Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”
Numbers 12:8I speak to Moses directly, not with visions or riddles. 1 He sees my form. 1 So why are you unafraid 1 to speak against my servant, against Moses?”
Joshua 5:13When Joshua was near Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing in front of him; he had drawn his sword and it was in his hand. Joshua went to him and said, “Are you for us or for our enemies?”
Matthew Henry on John 1:16-19
John's Testimony to Christ. 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist's testimony… Read the whole commentary →