And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved.
Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.