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When we see the Son"if you do not hear the tune, click here.
Be-hold, when we see the Son, we have seen the un-seen God.
This One came be-fore all things, born be-fore the world be-gan.
For in Him
all things were cre-a-ted,
what we see
and what we cannot grasp.
Ev’-ry pow’r
or ruler in ex-is-tence
owes its life
and ev’-ry-thing to him ... thru’ the Son, for this One.
He holds this frag-men-ted world in a bless-ed un-i-ty
And we, who are call’d his church, claim him as our living head.
For in
him, ev’-ry-thing that God is
finds a home,
a pleas-ing place to dwell.
And thru’
him God is rec-on-cil-ing
all the
world, by shed-ding his own blood ... on a cross, not a loss.
For he, tho’ he died for us, is the first to rise again.
Be-hold, when we see the Son, there we see the liv-ing God.
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Permission granted to use this for worship purposes. Also, if you wish to tinker with the wording to make it rhyme better, feel free - just seek to a) keep faithful to the theology of the original, and b) keep it within the metre. If, indeed, Paul borrowed these words from a well-known hymn of the day (commentators are divided on this, see O'Brien for a comprehensive listing), then many hands may have been involved in composing it. It makes sense to do the same with this version. Let me know of your work.
Words & Tune: ©2001, Peter L. Haynes
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