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This is a clear example of the current inadequacy of some passages in the KJV.  The above passages are translated completely differently in more modern translations:
This is a clear example of the current inadequacy of some passages in the KJV.  The above passages are translated completely differently in more modern translations:


:''We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only,38 full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible, Jn 1:14 (Biblical Studies Press, 2006). </ref>
:''We saw his glory—the glory of the one and only,38 full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.<ref>Biblical Studies Press, The NET Bible First Edition; Bible. English. NET Bible.; The NET Bible, Jn 1:14 (Biblical Studies Press, 2006). </ref><br>
:''No one has ever seen God. The unique God,15 who is close to the Father’s side, has revealed him.International Standard Version, Jn 1:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011).
:''No one has ever seen God. The unique God,15 who is close to the Father’s side, has revealed him.<ref>International Standard Version, Jn 1:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011). </ref><br>
:''No one has ever seen God,
:''No one has ever seen God,
::'not so much as a glimpse.
::''not so much as a glimpse.
:''This one-of-a-kind God-Expression,
:''This one-of-a-kind God-Expression,
::''who exists at the very heart of the Father,
::''who exists at the very heart of the Father,
::''has made him plain as day.<ref>Eugene H. Peterson, The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, Jn 1:17–18 (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2005).</ref>
::''has made him plain as day.<ref>Eugene H. Peterson, The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, Jn 1:17–18 (Colorado Springs, CO: NavPress, 2005).</ref><br>
:''...but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s unique Son.<ref>International Standard Version, Jn 3:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011).</ref>
:''...but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s unique Son.<ref>International Standard Version, Jn 3:18 (Yorba Linda, CA: ISV Foundation, 2011).</ref>