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?"

From above the canopy that was spread out over their heads, there appeared to be something reminiscent of a throne, resembling sapphire in form.

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

"Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me?" Jesus asked him. "The person who has seen me has seen the Father. So how can you say, "Show us the Father'?

If I hadn't done among them the actions that no one else did, they wouldn't have any sin. But now they have seen and hated both me and my Father.

In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of the Messiah, who is the image of God.

In God's own form existed he, and shared with God equality, deemed nothing needed grasping.

He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact likeness of his being, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. After he had provided a cleansing from sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Highest Majesty

The invisible

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.

The firstborn

God has rescued us from the power of darkness and has brought us into the kingdom of the Son whom he loves,

"Indeed, I myself made him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

The Word became flesh and lived among us. We gazed on his glory, the kind of glory that belongs to the Father's unique Son, who is full of grace and truth.

"For this is how God loved the world: He gave his unique Son so that everyone who believes in him would not be lost but have eternal life.

And again, when he brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."

Of every

For by him all things in heaven and on earth were created, things visible and invisible, whether they are kings, lords, rulers, or powers. All things have been created through him and for him.

when he set a boundary for the sea so the waters would not exceed his limits, when he marked out the foundations of the earth.

"To the messenger of the church in Laodicea, write: "The Amen, the witness who is faithful and true, the originator of God's creation, says this:

General references

"To whom, then, will you compare me, the One who is God? Or to what image will you liken me?

"To whom will you compare me, count me equal, or liken me, so that I may be compared?

The one who sees me sees the one who sent me.