John 1:14-18

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁴The Word^(A) became flesh^[a]^(B)
and took up residence^[b] among us.
We observed His glory,^(C)
the glory as the One and Only^(D) Son^[c] from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
¹⁵(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me^(E) has surpassed me,^(F)
because He existed before me.’”)^(G)
¹⁶Indeed, we have all received grace^(H) after grace
from His fullness,
¹⁷for the law was given through Moses,^(I)
grace and truth^(J) came through Jesus Christ.
¹⁸No one has ever seen God.^[d]
The One and Only^(K) Son^[e]—
the One who is at the Father’s^(L) side^[f]—
He has revealed Him.^(M)

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Footnotes

John 1:14 The eternally existent Word (vv. 1-2) took on full humanity but without sin; Heb 4:15.
John 1:14 Or and dwelt in a tent; lit and tabernacled; this word occurs only here in John. A related word, referring to the Festival of Tabernacles, occurs only in 7:2; Ex 40:34-38.
John 1:14 Son is implied from the reference to the Father and from Gk usage.
John 1:18 Since God is an infinite being, no one can see Him in His absolute essential nature; Ex 33:18-23.
John 1:18 Other mss read God
John 1:18 Lit is in the bosom of the Father