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Jn 1:18b ... "an only One, a God, the One being in the bosom of the Father, that one explained (him)."

Phrases 2 through 5 contain John's last 11 dialog words, ... Monogenēs, Theos, Ho ōn eis ton kolpon tou patros, ekeinos eksēgēsato (An only One, a God, the One being in the bosom of the Father, that One explained).

The 11 dialog words are bottom up. Phrases 2 and 3, the 2 words, "Monogenēs, Theos" (An only One, God) meaning "one-of-a-kind," and "a God." These 2 words seem to point at God inside the triangle of Truth at the top of the diagram. There was only God the Father, John, and the Jews inside his Cosmos. The 7 words of phrase 4, "o ōn eis ton kolpon tou patros" (the One being in the bosom of the Father) modifies the previous 2 phrases. The noun "kolpos" means "the upper part of the chest, directly under the head." Now there is another "only One God" who must be Jesus in the bosom of his Father, enclosed by the Holy Spirit inside the triangle of Truth at the top of the diagram. Phrase 5, the last 2 words "ekeinos eksēgēsato" (that One explained) shows Jesus facing his Father, because he is the One making the Trinity known, three Gods in One, (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit).

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