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18 No one has ever seen God. The only Son, God,[a] who is at the Father’s side, has revealed him.(A)

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  1. 1:18 The only Son, God: while the vast majority of later textual witnesses have another reading, “the Son, the only one” or “the only Son,” the translation above follows the best and earliest manuscripts, monogenēs theos, but takes the first term to mean not just “Only One” but to include a filial relationship with the Father, as at Lk 9:38 (“only child”) or Hb 11:17 (“only son”) and as translated at Jn 1:14. The Logos is thus “only Son” and God but not Father/God.

16 who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, and whom no human being has seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal power. Amen.(A)

Right Use of Wealth.[a]

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  1. 6:17–19 Timothy is directed to instruct the rich, advising them to make good use of their wealth by aiding the poor.