No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

 So, then, even if Jesus Christ had never come into this world in bodily form, it would still have been possible for men to see God's word, God's Logos ( G3056) , God's reason in action. But, although the action of the word was there for all to see, men never recognized him. 