1 Timothy 6:16
1 Timothy 6:1616He alone is immortal and dwells in unapproachable light. No one has ever seen Him, nor can anyone see Him. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen.
JWs cite — "who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see" — to argue that Jesus cannot be God because people saw Jesus. The verse is read as describing Jehovah exclusively, confirming that God is invisible and that Jesus, as a visible created being, cannot share the divine nature.
First Timothy 6:15-16 describes the one who is "King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light." This title — "King of kings and Lord of lords" — is applied to Jehovah in and to Jesus in . If the same title belongs to both, and the one who bears it "dwells in unapproachable light," then either Jesus shares the divine nature or is a blasphemous usurpation. The christophany argument resolves the visibility question: the Father dwells in unapproachable light and has never been seen (); the Son is the visible image of the invisible God () who made the Father known (). The incarnation is God entering the visible realm, not a creature receiving a title beyond its nature.