So Jacob named that place Peniel. [192] Jacob said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”
1 John 4:12 - Easy To Read Version No person has ever seen God. But if we love each other, then God lives in us. If we love each other, then God’s love has reached its goal—it is made perfect in us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us! American Standard Version (1901) No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: Common English Bible No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God remains in us and his love is made perfect in us. Catholic Public Domain Version No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us. |
So Jacob named that place Peniel. [192] Jacob said, “At this place, I saw God face to face, but my life was spared.”
But you can’t see my face. No person can see me and continue to live.
When I speak to him, I talk face to face with him. I don’t use stories with hidden meanings—I show him clearly the things I want him to know. And Moses can look at the very image of the Lord. So why were you brave enough to speak against my servant Moses?”
No man has ever seen God. But the only Son (Jesus) is God. He is very close to the Father {\cf2\super [7]} (God). And the Son has shown us what God is like.
So these three things continue: faith, hope, and love. And the greatest of these is love.
Honor and glory to the King that rules forever. He cannot be destroyed and cannot be seen. Honor and glory forever and ever to the only God. Amen.
God is the only One who never dies. God lives in light so bright that men cannot go near it. No person has ever seen God. No person is able to see God. Honor to God and power forever. Amen.
Moses left Egypt. He left because he had faith. Moses was not afraid of the king’s (Pharaoh’s) anger. Moses continued strong like he could see the God that no person can see.
But when a person obeys God’s teaching, then God’s love has truly arrived at its goal in that person. This is how we know that we are following God:
The person who obeys God’s commands lives in God. And God lives in that person. How do we know that God lives in us? We know because of the Spirit {\cf2\super [13]} that God gave us.
If a person says, “I love God,” but that person hates his brother or sister \{in Christ\}, then that person is a liar. That person can see his brother, but he hates him. So that person cannot love God, because he has never seen God!
But we are from God. So the people who know God listen to us. But the people who are not from God don’t listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit {\cf2\super [16]} that is true and the spirit that is false.