No man has seen the Father, but men are able to see the Son.
John 14:8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
Paul stresses this same reality here:
Col 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
John pens it like this:
1 John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us.
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John 14:8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” 9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. 11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
Paul stresses this same reality here:
Col 1:15He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
John pens it like this:
1 John 1:18 No one has ever seen God. But the unique One, who is himself God, is near to the Father's heart. He has revealed God to us.
C.
Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. John 6:46