³⁵ The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.^(A)

¹⁸ No one has ever seen God,^(A) but the one and only Son, who is himself God and^[a](B) is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

¹⁵ just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(A)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^(B)