The Face of God

No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

²⁰ And he said, Thou canst not see my Face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
²¹ And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock:
²² And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a clift of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by:
²³ And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my Face shall not be seen.

And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: [which means “The Face of God”] for I have seen God Face to Face, and my life is preserved.

²⁴ And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
²⁵ And when he (the man) saw that he [the man] prevailed not against him [Jacob], he [the man) touched the hollow of his [Jacob’s] thigh; and the hollow of Jacob’s thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
²⁶ And he [the man] said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he [Jacob] said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
²⁷ And he [the man] said unto him [Jacob], What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
²⁸ And he [the man] said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
²⁹ And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he [the man) said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he [the man] blessed him [Jacob] there.
³⁰ And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God Face to Face, and my life is preserved.

¹ And the Lord appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day;
² And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
³ And said, My Lord, if now I have found favour in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant:
⁴ Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree:
⁵ And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.
⁶ And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
⁷ And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it.
⁸ And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
⁹ And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent.
¹⁰ And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
¹¹ Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women.
¹² Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my Lord being old also?
¹³ And the Lord said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old?
¹⁴ Is any thing too hard for the Lord? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
¹⁵ Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh.
¹⁶ And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
¹⁷ And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
¹⁸ Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?
¹⁹ For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
²⁰ And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
²¹ I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
²² And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.
²³ And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked?
²⁴ Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein?
²⁵ That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
²⁶ And the Lord said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes.
²⁷ And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
²⁸ Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
²⁹ And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
³⁰ And he said unto him, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
³¹ And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
³² And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten ’s sake.
³³ And the Lord went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.

No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.

⁵⁶ Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.
⁵⁷ Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham?
⁵⁸ Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

For there are three that bear record in Heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

¹ In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
² The same was in the beginning with God.
³ All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ.

No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath declared Him.

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.