¹⁸ No one has ever seen God,^(A) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and^[a](B) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

The Supremacy of the Son of God

¹⁵ The Son is the image^(A) of the invisible God,^(B) the firstborn^(C) over all creation.

⁴⁶ No one has seen the Father except the one who is from God;^(A) only he has seen the Father.

¹² No one has ever seen God;^(A) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.^(B)

⁹ This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son^(A) into the world that we might live through him.^(B)

¹⁶ who alone is immortal^(A) and who lives in unapproachable light,^(B) whom no one has seen or can see.^(C) To him be honor and might forever. Amen.^(D)

²⁷ “All things have been committed to me^(A) by my Father.^(B) 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.^(C)

²⁰ Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister^(A) is a liar.^(B) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,^(C) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.^(D)

²² “All things have been committed to me by my Father.^(A) 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.”^(B)