16 (A)[a]And of his fullness have all we received, and [b]grace for grace.

17 For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

18 (B)[c]No man hath seen God at any time: that only begotten Son, which is in the [d]bosom of the Father, he hath [e]declared him.

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:16 Christ is the most plentiful fountain of all goodness, but then he poured out his gifts most bountifully, when as he exhibited and showed himself to the world.
  2. John 1:16 That is grace upon grace, as a man would say graces heaped one upon another.
  3. John 1:18 That true knowledge of God proceedeth only from Jesus Christ.
  4. John 1:18 Who is nearest to his Father, not only in respect of his love towards him, but by the bond of nature, and for that union or oneness that is between them, whereby the Father and the Son are one.
  5. John 1:18 Revealed him, and showed him unto us, whereas before he was hid under the shadows of the Law, so that the quickness of the sight of our minds was not able to perceive him: for whosoever seeth him, seeth the Father also.

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