John 6:46

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)

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Referenced Verses

  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
  • John 7:29 : 29 but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me.”
  • John 5:37 : 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,
  • Matt 11:27 : 27 All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.
  • Luke 10:22 : 22 All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
  • 1 John 4:12 : 12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
  • John 8:19 : 19 Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”
  • John 8:55 : 55 Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.
  • John 14:9-9 : 9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.
  • John 15:24 : 24 If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 The Supremacy of Christ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,
  • 1 Tim 6:16 : 16 He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:18
    84%

    18No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

  • John 6:44-45
    2 verses
    80%

    44No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day.

    45It is written in the prophets,‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me.

  • John 14:6-11
    6 verses
    79%

    6Jesus replied,“I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

    7If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him.”

    8Philip said,“Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content.”

    9Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?

    10Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds.

    11Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves.

  • John 5:36-38
    3 verses
    78%

    36“But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete– the deeds I am now doing– testify about me that the Father has sent me.

    37And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time,

    38nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent.

  • John 6:65
    78%

    65So Jesus added,“Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come.”

  • John 12:45
    77%

    45and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me.

  • Matt 11:27
    77%

    27All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.

  • John 3:13
    75%

    13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven– the Son of Man.

  • John 6:36-37
    2 verses
    74%

    36But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe.

    37Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away.

  • John 6:47
    74%

    47I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life.

  • John 5:23
    74%

    23so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

  • John 17:25
    74%

    25Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me.

  • Luke 10:22
    74%

    22All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”

  • John 8:19
    74%

    19Then they began asking him,“Who is your father?” Jesus answered,“You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too.”

  • John 3:31-32
    2 verses
    73%

    31The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.

    32He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.

  • John 9:37
    73%

    37Jesus told him,“You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you.”[

  • John 8:38
    73%

    38I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!”

  • John 5:19-20
    2 verses
    73%

    19So Jesus answered them,“I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise.

    20For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed.

  • 1 John 4:12
    72%

    12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

  • John 16:27
    72%

    27For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God.

  • John 8:55-56
    2 verses
    72%

    55Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching.

    56Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad.”

  • John 6:62
    71%

    62Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

  • 1 John 2:23
    71%

    23Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • John 16:16
    71%

    16In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me.”

  • 1 John 1:3
    71%

    3What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us(and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

  • 1 John 3:6
    71%

    6Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him.

  • John 8:27
    71%

    27(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.)

  • John 8:47
    70%

    47The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God’s words. You don’t listen and respond, because you don’t belong to God.”

  • John 17:3
    70%

    3Now this is eternal life– that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

  • John 10:30
    70%

    30The Father and I are one.”

  • John 20:29
    70%

    29Jesus said to him,“Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed.”

  • 1 Tim 6:16
    70%

    16He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

  • John 6:40
    70%

    40For this is the will of my Father– for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”

  • John 3:11
    70%

    11I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.

  • John 8:42
    70%

    42Jesus replied,“If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me.

  • Matt 17:8
    70%

    8When they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone.

  • John 6:32
    70%

    32Then Jesus told them,“I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven.

  • John 3:34
    70%

    34For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.