1 Timothy 6:16

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He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.
  • John 1:18 : 18 No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.
  • 1 John 1:5 : 5 God Is Light, So We Must Walk in the Light Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all.
  • Ps 104:2 : 2 He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain,
  • Rev 21:3 : 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying:“Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them.
  • Rev 22:5 : 5 Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.
  • Jude 1:25 : 25 to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
  • Rev 1:6 : 6 and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father– to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.
  • Rev 1:8 : 8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God– the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come– the All-Powerful!
  • Rev 1:16-18 : 16 He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength. 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said:“Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 18 and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive– forever and ever– and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!
  • Rev 4:11 : 11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!”
  • Rev 7:12 : 12 saying,“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”
  • Isa 57:15 : 15 For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy:“I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged.
  • Hab 3:4 : 4 His brightness will be as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashing from his hand. This is the outward display of his power.
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!
  • Exod 3:14 : 14 God said to Moses,“I AM that I AM.” And he said,“You must say this to the Israelites,‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
  • Exod 33:20 : 20 But he added,“You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live.”
  • Deut 32:40 : 40 For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say,‘As surely as I live forever,
  • Ps 90:2 : 2 Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God.
  • John 6:46 : 46 (Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them,“I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!”
  • John 14:9 : 9 Jesus replied,“Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say,‘Show us the Father’?
  • Rom 16:25-27 : 25 Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages, 26 but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith– 27 to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen.
  • Eph 3:21 : 21 to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
  • Phil 4:20 : 20 May glory be given to God our Father forever and ever. Amen.
  • Col 1:15 : 15 The Supremacy of Christ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

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    17Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen.

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    14to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ

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    24Final Blessing Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence,

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    27to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen.

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    11To him belongs the power forever. Amen.

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    6and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father– to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen.

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    5to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen.

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    10but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel!

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    17Command those who are rich in this world’s goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment.

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    46(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God– he has seen the Father.)

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    18No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known.

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    36For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen.

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    12saying,“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”

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    20May glory be given to God our Father forever and ever. Amen.

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    21to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

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    6yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live.

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    53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

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