[PjhCPA]

My translation says: “Nobody has seen God. The only-begotten God who is close to the Father’s heart has told us about Him.”

Or this from NIV. No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known.

IPad Bible apps are nice.

[count-your-change]

I think the NIV is taking liberties with the text there. Explaining what they think the verse means is one thing but pretending it's translation instead is quite different.