Quotes about Transcendence
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
— Psalm 139:8
Who knows if the spirit of man rises upward and the spirit of the animal descends into the earth?
— Ecclesiastes 3:21
All the nations are as nothing before Him; He regards them as nothingness and emptiness.
— Isaiah 40:17
“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
— Isaiah 40:25
You have covered Yourself with a cloud that no prayer can pass through.
— Lamentations 3:44
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
— John 3:31
I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
— John 14:30
but when the perfect comes, the partial passes away.
— 1 Corinthians 13:10
For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.
— 1 Corinthians 14:2
For if what was fading away came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which endures!
— 2 Corinthians 3:11
So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.
— 2 Corinthians 4:18
Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
— 2 Corinthians 5:1