Deity of Christ

The deity of Christ is the teaching that Jesus Christ is God. He is the eternal Word who was with God and was God, in him dwells all the fulness of the Godhead bodily, and he is called God, bears the divine name and receives worship.

The Word was God

• John 1:1-3
  ¹In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. ²The same was in the beginning with God.He was with God in the beginning. ³All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made.
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• John 1:14
  And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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• John 1:18
  No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is Himself God and is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
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Called God

• John 20:28
  And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.Thomas replied, “My Lord and my God!”
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• Titus 2:13
  Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
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• Romans 9:5
  Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
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• Isaiah 9:6
  For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government will be upon His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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• 2 Peter 1:1
  Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ:Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours:
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• Hebrews 1:8
  But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.But about the Son He says: “Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
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The fulness of the Godhead

• Colossians 2:9
  For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
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• Colossians 1:15-17
  ¹⁵Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:The Son is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. ¹⁷And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.
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• Philippians 2:5-7
  ⁵Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus: ⁶Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, ⁷But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
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• Hebrews 1:3
  Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
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I AM and one with the Father

• John 8:58
  Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.“Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
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• Exodus 3:14
  And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’”
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• John 10:30
  I and my Father are one.I and the Father are one.”
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• John 14:9
  Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
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Worshipped and doing what only God does

• Matthew 14:33
  Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God.Then those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, “Truly You are the Son of God!”
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• Hebrews 1:6
  And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
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• Mark 2:5-7
  ⁵When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” ⁶But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts, ⁷Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only?“Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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• John 5:18
  Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God.Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
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• Revelation 22:13
  I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
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See also

• Jesus Christ
• Trinity
• Names of God
• Birth of Jesus
• Name of Jesus

Notes

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