1 Timothy 6:16

Bible in Basic English 1965

Who only has life for ever, living in light to which no man may come near; whom no man has seen or is able to see: to whom be honour and power for ever. So be it.

Cross References

Job 37:23

There is no searching out of the Ruler of all: his strength and his judging are great; he is full of righteousness, doing no wrong.

Psalm 104:2

You are clothed with light as with a robe; stretching out the heavens like a curtain:

Psalm 90:2

Before the mountains were made, before you had given birth to the earth and the world, before time was, and for ever, you are God.

Exodus 3:14

And God said to him, I AM WHAT I AM: and he said, Say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

Exodus 33:20

But it is not possible for you to see my face, for no man may see me and still go on living.

Isaiah 57:15

For this is the word of him who is high and lifted up, whose resting-place is eternal, whose name is Holy: my resting-place is in the high and holy place, and with him who is crushed and poor in spirit, to give life to the spirit of the poor, and to make strong the heart of the crushed.

Habakkuk 3:4

He was shining like the light; he had rays coming out from his hand: there his power was kept secret.

John 1:18

No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father?

John 6:46

Not that anyone has ever seen the Father; only he who is from God, he has seen the Father.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.

Ephesians 3:21

To him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for ever and ever. So be it.

Deuteronomy 32:40

For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,

Philippians 4:20

Now to God our Father be glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Colossians 1:15

Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

1 Timothy 1:17

Now to the King eternal, ever-living, unseen, the only God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. So be it.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.

James 1:17

Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

1 John 1:5

This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

1 John 1:7

But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.

1 John 4:12

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

Jude 1:25

To the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, let us give glory and honour and authority and power, before all time and now and for ever. So be it.

Revelation 1:6

And has made us to be a kingdom and priests to his God and Father; to him let glory and power be given for ever and ever. So be it.

Revelation 1:8

I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

Revelation 21:3

And there came to my ears a great voice out of the high seat, saying, See, the Tent of God is with men, and he will make his living-place with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them, and be their God.

Revelation 22:5

And there will be no more night; and they have no need of a light or of the shining of the sun; for the Lord God will give them light: and they will be ruling for ever and ever.

Revelation 4:11

It is right, our Lord and our God, for you to have glory and honour and power: because by you were all things made, and by your desire they came into being.

Revelation 7:12

So be it. Let blessing and glory and wisdom and praise and honour and power and strength be given to our God for ever and ever. So be it.