Joh 1:18, 1Ti 6:16, 1Jo 2:5, 18, 4:20 | ISV | STEP | No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.

John 1:18

18 No one has ever seen God. The unique God, ^{▼▼Other mss. read Son} who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.Exod 33:20; Deut 4:12; Matt 11:27; Luke 10:22; John 3:16, 18; 4:14; 6:46; 1Tim 1:17; 6:16; John 3:16, 18, 1John 4:9, 12, 20

1 Timothy 6:16

16 He alone has endless life and lives in inaccessible light. No one has ever seen him, nor can anyone see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him! Amen.Exod 33:20; John 6:46; Eph 3:21; Phil 4:20; 1Tim 1:17; Jude 1:25; Rev 1:6; 4:11; 7:12

1 John 2:5

5 But whoever continually keeps his word is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with him:John 14:21, 23; 1John 4:12-13

1 John 2:18

18 Live in ChristLittle children, it is the last hour. Just as you heard that an antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. This is how we know it is the last hour.Matt 24:5, 24; John 21:5; 2Thes 2:3; 1Tim 4:1; 2Tim 3:1; Heb 1:2; 2Pet 2:1; 1John 4:3; 2John 1:7

1 John 4:20

20 Whoever says, “I love God,” but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love the brother whom he has seen cannot love a God whom he has not seen.1John 2:4