John 1:18

No one has ever seen God directly, but the only Son, who is closest to the Father, has made Him known. Jesus is God's perfect self-revelation.

Cross-references · 37

• Col 1:15The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
• John 6:46not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.
• Matt 11:27All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.
• Luke 10:22All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.”
• 1 Jn 4:12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
• 1 Tim 6:16He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
• 1 Jn 4:9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
• 1 Jn 4:20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
• Exod 33:18–23Then Moses said, “Please show me Your glory.”
• 1 Jn 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true—in His Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
• John 17:26And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”
• John 1:14The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
• John 14:9Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
• John 17:6I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
• Deut 4:12And the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.
• Num 12:8I speak with him face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD. Why then were you unafraid to speak against My servant Moses?”
• Exod 23:21Pay attention to him and listen to his voice; do not defy him, for he will not forgive rebellion, since My Name is in him.
• Isa 6:1–3In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
• John 12:41Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
• Exod 34:5–7And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.
• 1 Tim 1:17Now to the King eternal, immortal, and invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Ezek 1:26–28Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
• Gen 32:28–30Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
• Gen 16:13So Hagar gave this name to the LORD who had spoken to her: “You are the God who sees me,” for she said, “Here I have seen the One who sees me!”
• Josh 5:13Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
• Exod 3:4–6When the LORD saw that he had gone over to look, God called out to him from within the bush, “Moses, Moses!” “Here I am,” he answered.
• Judg 6:12–26And the angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said, “The LORD is with you, O mighty man of valor.”
• Judg 13:20–23When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.
• Prov 8:30Then I was a skilled craftsman at His side, and His delight day by day, rejoicing always in His presence.
• Gen 48:15–16Then he blessed Joseph and said: “May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day,
• Luke 16:22–23One day the beggar died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. And the rich man also died and was buried.
• Lam 2:12They cry out to their mothers: “Where is the grain and wine?” as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers.
• Isa 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
• Gen 18:33When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
• John 3:16–18For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
• Hos 12:3–5In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.
• John 13:23One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at His side.

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