1 Timothy 6:16

whom no man hath seen -These words as compared with John 1:18 seem to prove decisively that the whole description applies to the Fath the Son." Alford. Between this verse and Matthew 5:8 there is no opposition, the former referring to man with his present bodily powers and iniquities, the latter referring to the -Beatific Vision" as it has been thence called, the vision of heavenly glory, which was vouchsafed to St Paul, when translatedinto -the third heaven" (2 Corinthians 12:2), and which will be the portion of the saints perfected and clothed upon with their spiritual bodies, afterthe rest of Paradise.

1 Timothy 6:15-16 have been thought to be part of an early rhythmical Doxology.