^18 (A)No one has ever seen God; ^(B)the only God,^[a] who is at the Father's side,^{[b] (C)}he has made him known.

The Preeminence of Christ

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

^46 (A)not that anyone has seen the Father except ^(B)he who is from God; he ^(C)has seen the Father.

^27 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son ^(B)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone ^(C)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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

^22 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is ^(B)except the Father, or who the Father is ^(C)except the Son and anyone ^(D)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

^16 (A)who alone has immortality, ^(B)who dwells in ^(C)unapproachable light, ^(D)whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

⁹ In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that ^(A)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

¹⁸ Moses said, “Please ^(A)show me your glory.” ¹⁹ And he said, ^(B)“I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And ^(C)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. ²⁰ But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for ^(D)man shall not see me and live.” ²¹ And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, ²² and while my glory passes by I will put you in a ^(E)cleft of the rock, and I will ^(F)cover you with my hand until I have passed by. ²³ Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall ^(G)not be seen.”