like @Mayeennul said you have your templates mixed up. Generally speaking the home page contains a list of excerpts the_excerpt() with links to individual blog posts that are displayed using single.php.
If you want a single blog post as your home page you could copy single.php and rename it to index.php or front-page.php.
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