¹⁰ and they ^(A)saw the God of Israel. And there was under His feet as it were a paved work of ^(B)sapphire stone, and it was like the ^(C)very^[a] heavens in its clarity.

^18 (A)No one has seen God at any time. ^(B)The only begotten ^[a]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

The Glory Departs from the Temple

10 And I looked, and there in the ^(A)firmament^[a] that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.

^3 [a]And He who sat there was ^(A)like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; ^(B)and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald.

¹⁶ who alone has immortality, dwelling in ^(A)unapproachable light, ^(B)whom no man has seen or can see, to whom be honor and everlasting power. Amen.

²³ Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall ^(A)not be seen.”

²⁰ But He said, “You cannot see My face; for ^(A)no man shall see Me, and live.”

³⁰ So Jacob called the name of the place ^[a]Peniel: “For ^(A)I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.”

^11 (A)having the glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, like a jasper stone, clear as crystal.

Seeing God Through Love

^12 (A)No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.