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.

⁹ Jesus answered: “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.^(A) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

²³ No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.^(A)

To the Church in Philadelphia

⁷ “To the angel of the church in Philadelphia^(A) write: