18No 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-18)In these verses, I. The evangelist begins again to give us John Baptist’s testimony concerning Christ, John 1:15. He had said (John 1:8) that he came for a witness ; now here he tells us that he did accordingly bear witness . Here, Observe, 1. How he expressed his testimony: He cried , according to the prediction that he should be the voice of one crying . The Old-Testament prophets cried aloud, t…
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