What Does the Bible Say About Face To Face?

2 John 1:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes

Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

Genesis 32:30 ESV / 18 helpful votes

So Jacob called the name of the place Peniel, saying, “For I have seen God face to face, and yet my life has been delivered.”

1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 16 helpful votes

For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes

Thus the Lord used to speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses turned again into the camp, his assistant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent.

John 1:18 ESV / 12 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father's side, he has made him known.

Revelation 22:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes

They will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads.

Ezekiel 20:35 ESV / 10 helpful votes

And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face.

Deuteronomy 4:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes

Then the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the sound of words, but saw no form; there was only a voice.

3 John 1:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes

I hope to see you soon, and we will talk face to face.

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes

For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.

James 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness,

Romans 3:20-23 ESV / 7 helpful votes

For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin. But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Acts 8:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes

So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

Jeremiah 32:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.

Isaiah 6:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes

In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple.

Exodus 3:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

1 John 4:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see. To him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you? You yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. Such is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, ...

Matthew 26:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes

Again, for the second time, he went away and prayed, “My Father, if this cannot pass unless I drink it, your will be done.”

Psalm 13:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

2 Kings 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And as they still went on and talked, behold, chariots of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.

Exodus 34:1-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes

The Lord said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone. The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. ...

Revelation 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed.

John 20:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;

John 17:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes

And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

John 10:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes

I and the Father are one.”

John 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

No one has ascended into heaven except he who descended from heaven, the Son of Man.

Psalm 78:65 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a strong man shouting because of wine.

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood ...

1 Corinthians 14:1-40 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Pursue love, and earnestly desire the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. For one who speaks in a tongue speaks not to men but to God; for no one understands him, but he utters mysteries in the Spirit. On the other hand, the one who prophesies speaks to people for their upbuilding and encouragement and consolation. The one who speaks in a tongue builds up himself, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. Now I want you all to speak in tongues, but even more to prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless someone interprets, so that the church may be built up. ...

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes

If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing. Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; ...

Mark 16:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, dressed in a white robe, and they were alarmed.

Matthew 28:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it.

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.”

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed.

Ezekiel 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

So I arose and went out into the valley, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the Chebar canal, and I fell on my face.

Isaiah 63:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them; in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; he lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Ecclesiastes 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes

A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever.

Deuteronomy 34:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes

And there has not arisen a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,

Exodus 33:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.”

Exodus 33:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes

But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.”

Genesis 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes

This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

45 Bible Verses about Face To Face

2 John 1:12 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 32:30 ESV / 18 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:12 ESV / 16 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 33:11 ESV / 13 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 1:18 ESV / 12 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 22:4 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 20:35 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 4:12 ESV / 10 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

3 John 1:14 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 5:10 ESV / 8 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

James 1:13 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Timothy 3:16 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Romans 3:20-23 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Acts 8:30 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Jeremiah 32:4 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 6:1 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 3:6 ESV / 7 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 John 4:12 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Timothy 6:16 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Corinthians 3:1-18 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 26:42 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 13:1 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Kings 2:11 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 34:1-35 ESV / 5 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 4:8 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

2 Peter 3:10 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 20:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 17:3 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 10:30 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

John 3:13 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Psalm 78:65 ESV / 4 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Revelation 1:1-20 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 14:1-40 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

1 Corinthians 13:1-13 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Mark 16:5 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 28:2 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Matthew 26:39 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Malachi 3:6 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ezekiel 3:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Isaiah 63:9 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Ecclesiastes 1:4 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Deuteronomy 34:10 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 33:23 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Exodus 33:20 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

Genesis 6:15 ESV / 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful

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