Whoever says, "I love God," but hates his brother is a liar. The one who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love the God whom he has not seen.

Jacob would later call that place Peniel, because "I saw God face to face, but my life was spared."

But," he said, "You cannot see my face, because a man cannot see me and live."

I speak to him audibly and in visions, not in mysteries. If he can gaze at the image of the LORD, why aren't you afraid to speak against my servant Moses?"

No one has ever seen God. The unique God, who is close to the Father's side, has revealed him.

Now to the King Eternal the immortal, invisible, and only God be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

He alone has endless life and lives in inaccessible light. No one has ever seen him, nor can anyone see him. Honor and eternal power belong to him! Amen.

By faith he left Egypt, without being afraid of the king's anger, and he persevered because he saw the one who is invisible.

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We belong to God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

The person who keeps his commandments abides in God, and God abides in him. This is how we can be sure that he remains in us: he has given us his Spirit.

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This is how love has been perfected among us: we will have confidence on the day of judgment because, during our time in this world, we are just like him.

But whoever continually keeps his commandments is the kind of person in whom God's love has truly been perfected. This is how we can be sure that we are in union with God:

Right now three things remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.

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and the Son of Man has come to seek and to save the lost."