18 (A)No one has ever seen God; (B)the only God,[a] who is at the Father's side,[b] (C)he has made him known.

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  1. John 1:18 Or the only One, who is God; some manuscripts the only Son
  2. John 1:18 Greek in the bosom of the Father

The Preeminence of Christ

15 (A)He is the image of (B)the invisible God, (C)the firstborn of all creation.

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46 (A)not that anyone has seen the Father except (B)he who is from God; he (C)has seen the Father.

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12 (A)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and (B)his love is perfected in us.

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In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (A)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

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16 (A)who alone has immortality, (B)who dwells in (C)unapproachable light, (D)whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

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27 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son (B)except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone (C)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.

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20 (A)If anyone says, “I love God,” and (B)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[a] love God (C)whom he has not seen.

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  1. 1 John 4:20 Some manuscripts how can he

22 (A)All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is (B)except the Father, or who the Father is (C)except the Son and anyone (D)to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

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14 And (A)the Word (B)became flesh and (C)dwelt among us, (D)and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son[a] from the Father, full of (E)grace and (F)truth.

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  1. John 1:14 Or only One, or unique One

18 Moses said, “Please (A)show me your glory.” 19 And he said, (B)“I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And (C)I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. 20 But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for (D)man shall not see me and live.” 21 And the Lord said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, 22 and while my glory passes by I will put you in a (E)cleft of the rock, and I will (F)cover you with my hand until I have passed by. 23 Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall (G)not be seen.”

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20 And we know that the Son of God has come and (A)has given us understanding, so that we may know (B)him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and (C)eternal life.

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17 To (A)the King of the ages, (B)immortal, (C)invisible, (D)the only God, (E)be honor and glory forever and ever.[a] Amen.

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  1. 1 Timothy 1:17 Greek to the ages of ages

12 Then (A)the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, (B)but saw no form; (C)there was only a voice.

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With him I speak (A)mouth to mouth, clearly, and not in (B)riddles, and he beholds (C)the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

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21 Pay careful attention to him and obey his voice; (A)do not rebel against him, (B)for he will not pardon your transgression, for my name is in him.

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26 (A)I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love (B)with which you have loved me may be in them, and (C)I in them.”

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Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? (A)Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

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41 Isaiah said these things because (A)he saw his glory and (B)spoke of him.

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26 And above the expanse over their heads there was (A)the likeness of a throne, (B)in appearance (C)like sapphire;[a] and seated above the likeness of a throne was (D)a likeness with a human appearance. 27 And (E)upward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were (F)gleaming metal, like the appearance of fire enclosed all around. And downward from what had the appearance of his waist I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and (G)there was brightness around him.[b] 28 Like the appearance of (H)the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around.

Such was the appearance of the likeness of (I)the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, (J)I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.

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  1. Ezekiel 1:26 Or lapis lazuli
  2. Ezekiel 1:27 Or it

Isaiah's Vision of the Lord

In the year that (A)King Uzziah died I (B)saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train[a] of his robe filled the temple. Above him stood the seraphim. Each had (C)six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. And one called to another and said:

(D)“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
(E)the whole earth is full of his glory!”[b]

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  1. Isaiah 6:1 Or hem
  2. Isaiah 6:3 Or may his glory fill the whole earth

The Commander of the Lord's Army

13 When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, (A)a man was standing before him (B)with his drawn sword in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us, or for our adversaries?” 14 And he said, “No; but I am the commander of the army of the Lord. Now I have come.” And Joshua (C)fell on his face to the earth and worshiped[a] and said to him, “What does my lord say to his servant?” 15 And the commander of the Lord's army said to Joshua, (D)“Take off your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.

The Fall of Jericho

Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. And the Lord said to Joshua, “See, (E)I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor.

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  1. Joshua 5:14 Or and paid homage

The Lord (A)descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and (B)proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, (C)“The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and (D)gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast (E)love and faithfulness, (F)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (G)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (H)who will by no means clear the guilty, (I)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”

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  1. Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation

When the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, (A)God called to him (B)out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then he said, “Do not come near; (C)take your sandals off your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.” And he said, (D)“I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for (E)he was afraid to look at God.

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15 And he blessed Joseph and said,

“The God (A)before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked,
    the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day,
16 (B)the angel who has (C)redeemed me from all evil, bless the boys;
    and in them let (D)my name be carried on, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac;
    and let them (E)grow into a multitude[a] in the midst of the earth.”

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  1. Genesis 48:16 Or let them be like fish for multitude

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