Joh 1:1, 18 | ESV | STEP | In the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God .

a Gen. 1:1; [Col. 1:17; 1 John 1:1; Rev. 1:4, 8, 17; 3:14; 21:6; 22:13]

b Rev. 19:13; [Heb. 4:12; 1 John 1:1]

c 1 John 1:2; [ch. 17:5]

d Phil. 2:6

e ch. 5:37; 6:46; Ex. 33:20; Col. 1:15; 1 Tim. 6:16; 1 John 4:12, 20; [ch. 12:45]

f ver. 14; See ch. 3:16

i[Matt. 11:27]; See ch. 3:32

John 1:1

The Word Became Flesh

1 ^aIn the beginning was ^bthe Word, and ^cthe Word was with God, and ^dthe Word was God.

John 1:18

18 ^eNo one has ever seen God; ^fthe only God, ^{▼▼Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son} who is at the Father’s side, ^{▼▼Greek in the bosom of the Father} ⁱhe has made him known.