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θεὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν πώποτε· ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article μονογενὴς υἱὸς ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ὢνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. εἰς τὸνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article κόλπον τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο. | 
| ESV | 
No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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| NIV | 
No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only,, who is at the Father's side, has made him known.
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| NLT | 
No one has ever seen God. But the one and only Son is himself God and is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us.
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| KJV | 
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
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John 1:17 ← John 1:18 → John 1:19
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