I speak with him face to face. I speak plainly and not in riddles. He even sees the form of Jehovah. Why were you not afraid to criticize my servant Moses?'

Above the dome over their heads was something that looked like a throne made of sapphire. On the throne was a figure that looked like a human.

No man has ever seen God. The only begotten God-like one who is closest to the Father (in the bosom of the Father) tells us about him. (Psalm 8:5)

Jesus responded: Have I been with you so long a time and you do not know me Philip? He who has seen me has discerned (experienced) (perceived) the Father. And you say, show us the Father?

If I had not done among them the works that no one else did, they would have no sin. They have seen and hated both my Father and me.

The god of this age (world) (religious, social, political, and economic arrangement) has blinded the minds of unbelievers that the light of the good news of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not shine on them.

He existed in the form (shape and nature) of God but did not try to be equal with God. He did not even consider it!

God's Son is the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his being. He sustains all things by his powerful word. After Jesus purged our sins, he sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high.

The invisible

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

Only God has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light. No man has seen him, nor can see him. To him be honor and power forever. Amen.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the anger of the king. He endured, by seeing him who is invisible.

The firstborn

He rescued us from the power of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love (the Son he dearly loves).

I will also appoint him my firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.

The Word [Jesus] became flesh (a human being) and lived with us. We saw the glory of the only begotten son from the Father. He was full of loving-kindness and truth.

For God loved the world so much, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever has an active faith in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

And again: when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says: Let all the angels of God pay him homage.

Of every

All things in the heavens and upon the earth where created through him. The things visible and invisible were created through him. Whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his command, when he appointed the foundations of the earth,

To the angel of the congregation in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation says this:

General references

To whom, then, will you compare God? What image will you compare him to?

To whom will you compare me or count me equal? To whom will you liken me that we may be compared?

He that sees me sees (perceives) (discerns) (experiences) the one who sent me.