All Claims of The Son's Deity

Jesus forgave my sins by hanging on that old rugged cross.

The book Hebrews shows us Jesus’ deity. Writing to Hebrew readers, he speaks of the superiority of Jesus to angels, and indicates that God has spoken through him, made him the heir of all things, and created the universe through him. Then he says, “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word”

Jesus left us this in His word.

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, Show us the Father?

This phrase is from John 14:9 in the King James Version of the Bible, where Jesus tells Philip that seeing Him is equivalent to seeing the Father, emphasizing their unity. It highlights the belief in the divine nature of Jesus as the representation of God.
 
Jesus forgave my sins by hanging on that old rugged cross.

The book Hebrews shows us Jesus’ deity. Writing to Hebrew readers, he speaks of the superiority of Jesus to angels, and indicates that God has spoken through him, made him the heir of all things, and created the universe through him. Then he says, “The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word”

Jesus left us this in His word.

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, Show us the Father?

This phrase is from John 14:9 in the King James Version of the Bible, where Jesus tells Philip that seeing Him is equivalent to seeing the Father, emphasizing their unity. It highlights the belief in the divine nature of Jesus as the representation of God.

Yeah..Jesus is as the exact representative agent of the Father rather than inferior or separate.

Kind of like a bodily image of the Father. Notice *kind of*, because He is beyond our complete comprehension.
 
You are dodging the point once again.

Pre-existence is the issue the passage is quoted for, and you just want to talk about other things

Are you not capable of rebutting the point and so you avoid it?
Again for the 25th time. I'm not dodging or avoiding. I have responded to Philippians 2:6 in detail. You call it avoiding because you do not like my response. There is no pre-existence referring to in Philippians 2:6. That's not avoiding the verse. It's not agreeing with what you think it means.
 
Again for the 25th time. I'm not dodging or avoiding. I have responded to Philippians 2:6 in detail. You call it avoiding because you do not like my response. There is no pre-existence referring to in Philippians 2:6. That's not avoiding the verse. It's not agreeing with what you think it means.
You are dodging. The point argued has been personal pre-existence of the Christ/word which the passage clearly teaches. You deny his personal pre-existence, but you do not address the point. You want to speak of deity, the trinity anything but the point I am arguing. That is dodging.
 
You are dodging. The point argued has been personal pre-existence of the Christ/word which the passage clearly teaches. You deny his personal pre-existence, but you do not address the point. You want to speak of deity, the trinity anything but the point I am arguing. That is dodging.
There is no pre-existence. Period. Now what part of the pre-existence am I avoiding? There is none.
 
There is no pre-existence. Period. Now what part of the pre-existence am I avoiding? There is none.

The glory shared with the Father before the world began.

"Oh, that means... not shared... not the before the world... the opposite of what it plainly says, because, reasons."
 
The glory shared with the Father before the world began.

"Oh, that means... not shared... not the before the world... the opposite of what it plainly says, because, reasons."
The Bible is an Eastern book and must be understood in its Eastern culture. What you think it says reading it with your curtain English American eye balls is not what it really says. The Bible speaks in a number of places about God seeing us or planning for us or preparing for us before the world was. And nobody thinks we were alive back then.
 
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That reflects the belief in God's omniscience. It's an attribute.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 states that God has set eternity in the hearts of men, suggesting that while humans may not fully understand His works from beginning to end, God does.

Hermeneutics 101
 
That reflects the belief in God's omniscience. It's an attribute.

Ecclesiastes 3:11 states that God has set eternity in the hearts of men, suggesting that while humans may not fully understand His works from beginning to end, God does.
Hermeneutics 101
You are brilliant.
 
There is no pre-existence. Period. Now what part of the pre-existence am I avoiding? There is none.
Bald denial

Philippians 2:5–8 (The New Testament: Translated from the Original Greek) — 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, being in the form of God, did not think it an act of robbery to be equal with God; 7 but he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men: 8 and being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient even to death, the death, indeed, of the cross.

When did Christ exist in the form of God

It was personal as he had a mind and could think

and it was before "he divested himself by taking the form of a servant, and being made in the likeness of men:"

You have clearly avoided the issue.
 

Matthew 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

1 Corinthians 8:6

Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

Isaiah 48:16

Draw near to me, hear this: from the beginning I have not spoken in secret, from the time it came to be I have been there.” And now the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

John 15:26

“But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

Matthew 3:16-17

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

John 1:1

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Philippians 2:5-8

Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Colossians 2:9

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily,

Luke 3:22

And the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

1 Peter 1:2

According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

Luke 1:35

And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.

1 John 5:7

For there are three that testify:

1 Timothy 2:5

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Deuteronomy 6:4

“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

Ephesians 4:4-6

There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Romans 8:9-11

You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

John 10:30

I and the Father are one.”

John 14:16-17

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

2 Corinthians 1:21-22

And it is God who establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, and who has also put his seal on us and given us his Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee.

John 10:30-36

I and the Father are one.” The Jews picked up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, “I have shown you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you going to stone me?” The Jews answered him, “It is not for a good work that we are going to stone you but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.” Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your Law, ‘I said, you are gods’? ...

John 3:16

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Matthew 3:16

And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;

Genesis 3:22

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—”

Hebrews 9:14

How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.

Hebrews 1:3

He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

John 14:16

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

Colossians 1:15-17

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, 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. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

James 2:19

You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder!

1 John 5:7-8

For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree.

1 Corinthians 12:3-6

Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit. Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.

Acts 2:33

Being therefore exalted at the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this that you yourselves are seeing and hearing.

Colossians 1:15

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

2 Corinthians 3:17

Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.

Mark 12:29

Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

1 Corinthians 15:28

When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will also be subjected to him who put all things in subjection under him, that God may be all in all.

John 20:17

Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

John 14:28

You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.

John 1:3

All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

John 1:1-51

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. ...

Ephesians 4:6

One God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

Acts 5:3-4

But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back for yourself part of the proceeds of the land? While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not at your disposal? Why is it that you have contrived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to man but to God.”

Isaiah 44:6

Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: “I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.

Isaiah 43:10

“You are my witnesses,” declares the Lord, “and my servant whom I have chosen, that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me.

Jude 1:20-21

But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life.

1 Corinthians 12:4-6

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who empowers them all in everyone.

Isaiah 6:8

And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.”

Revelation 1:1

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,

Titus 2:13

Waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

 

1 Peter 1:1-2

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Titus 3:4-6

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Romans 1:4

And was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

John 16:7

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.

Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

John 20:28

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 14:9-11

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

John 3:34

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

John 16:13-15

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Luke 3:21-22

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Matthew 1:23

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

Genesis 11:7

Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.”

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

John 17:1-3

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

John 14:8-9

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 17:3

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

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

John 1:18

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

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 12:18

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

John 12:45

And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Romans 15:30

I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,

Romans 14:17-18

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Romans 1:3

Concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh

John 14:10

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

John 7:39

Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Colossians 2:9-10

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

Colossians 2:2

That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

1 Corinthians 8:4

Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”

Romans 8:27

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Acts 10:36-38

As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 1:5

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Acts 1:2

Until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 5:19

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

John 3:16-17

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 28:18-20

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
 

1 Peter 1:1-2

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Titus 3:4-6

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,

Romans 1:4

And was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,

John 16:7

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

John 3:35

The Father loves the Son and has given all things into his hand.

Genesis 1:1-2

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

John 20:28

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

John 14:9-11

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.

John 3:34

For he whom God has sent utters the words of God, for he gives the Spirit without measure.

Psalm 2:7

I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, “You are my Son; today I have begotten you.

Genesis 1:1

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

John 16:13-15

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

Luke 3:21-22

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heavens were opened, and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form, like a dove; and a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”

Matthew 1:23

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).

Genesis 11:7

Come, let us go down and there confuse their language, so that they may not understand one another's speech.”

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”

John 17:1-3

When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

John 14:8-9

Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.” Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 17:3

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

John 8:42

Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and I am here. I came not of my own accord, but he sent me.

John 1:18

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

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 12:18

“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

John 12:45

And whoever sees me sees him who sent me.

1 Peter 3:18

For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,

Romans 15:30

I appeal to you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God on my behalf,

Romans 14:17-18

For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking but of righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. Whoever thus serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

Romans 8:26

Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.

Romans 1:3

Concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh

John 14:10

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.

John 7:39

Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were to receive, for as yet the Spirit had not been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

2 Thessalonians 2:16

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,

2 Thessalonians 2:13

But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth.

Colossians 2:9-10

For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.

Colossians 2:2

That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,

Ephesians 4:30

And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Galatians 4:4

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law,

1 Corinthians 8:4

Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”

Romans 8:27

And he who searches hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

Acts 10:36-38

As for the word that he sent to Israel, preaching good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all), you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.

Acts 1:5

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Acts 1:2

Until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

John 14:18

“I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

John 14:9

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

John 5:19

So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of his own accord, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise.

John 3:16-17

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Matthew 28:18-20

And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Which verse do you want me to comment on? There's no Trinity. The verses that are used to try to teach it are all taken out of context, or not understood how the words were used in the culture they were written in, or from a bad translation. It's an evil Catholic concept that was sold to the world mostly by the power of the sword. The folks had NO choice. They weren't allowed to have Bibles to read for themselves. The rejection of the Trinity often brought severe punishment including the loss of your job, intimidation, harassment, confiscation of property, jail or imprisonment, torture, and even burning at the stake. Here's Matthew 28 since that's the first one you list...

The early church was always baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus until the development of the Trinity doctrine in the 2nd century. Here the Catholics acknowledged that baptism was changed by the Catholic Church. Christian baptism was administered using the words “In the name of Jesus”.

BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA
11TH edition, Vol 3, Pg 365-366
The baptismal formula was changed from the name of Jesus Christ to the words Father, Son, and Holy Ghost by the Catholic Church in the second century.
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BRITANNICA ENCYCLOPEDIA
Vol 3, Pg 82
Everywhere in the oldest sources it states that baptism took place in the name of Jesus Christ.
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CANNEY ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION
Pg 53
The early church always baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus until the development of the Trinity doctrine in the 2nd century.
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Vol 2, Pg 263
Here the Catholics acknowledged that baptism was changed by the Catholic Church.
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HASTINGS ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF RELIGION
Vol 2, Pg 377
Christian baptism was administered using the words “In the name of Jesus”.
Vol 2, Pg 378
The use of a Trinitarian formula of any sort was not suggested in early Church history.
Vol 2, Pg 389
Baptism was always in the name of Lord Jesus until the time of Justin Martyr when Triune formula was used.
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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA
Vol 8
Justin Martyr was one of the early Fathers of the Roman Catholic Church.
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HASTINGS ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION
Vol 2, Pg 377 on ACTS 2:38
NAME was an ancient synonym for “person”. Payment was always made in the name of some person referring to ownership. Therefore one being baptized in Jesus Name became his personal property. “Ye are Christ’s."
 
Which verse do you want me to comment on? There's no Trinity. The verses that are used to try to teach it are all taken out of context, or not understood
Isaiah 63:7–14 (LEB) — 7 I will mention the loyal love of Yahweh, the praises of Yahweh, according to all that Yahweh has done for us, and the greatness of goodness to the house of Israel that he has done to them according to his mercy and the abundance of his loyal love. 8 And he said, “Surely my people are children; they will not break faith.” And he became a Savior to them. 9 In all their distress, there was no distress, and the messenger of his presence saved them, in his love and compassion he himself redeemed them, and he lifted them up, and he supported them all the days of old. 10 But they were the ones who rebelled, and they grieved his Holy Spirit, so he became an enemy to them; he himself fought against them. 11 Then his people remembered the days of old, of Moses. Where is the one who led up them from the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is the one who puts his Holy Spirit inside him, 12 who made his magnificent arm move at the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them, to make an everlasting name for himself, 13 who led them through the depths? They did not stumble like a horse in the desert; 14 like cattle in the valley that goes down, the Spirit of Yahweh gave him rest, so you lead your people to make a magnificent name for yourself.

Isaiah 48:12–16 (LEB) — 12 “Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, whom I called: I am he. I am the first; also I am the last. 13 Indeed, my hand founded the earth, and my right hand spread out the heavens; when I summon them, they stand in position together. 14 Assemble, all of you, and hear! Who among them declared these things? Yahweh loves him; he shall perform his wish against Babylon and his arm against the Chaldeans. 15 I, I myself, I have spoken! Indeed, I have called him. I have brought him, and he will be successful in his way. 16 Draw near to me; hear this! I have not spoken in secrecy from the beginning; from the time it came to be, there I have been; And now the Lord Yahweh has sent me and his Spirit.”


Looks like a trinity to me
 
Three Separate Persons Yet One.

The New Testament grammatical distinction between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is maintained throughout the Greek text of the Apostolic Fathers. In the above citation from Clement, the Greek text reveals that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit each have a definite article in front of their name and they are separated by the word καί. The same is true when we examine the Greek text of the original statement which Basil is quoting. That is found in Clement’s First Letter to the Corinthians 58:15. (ὀ Θεός … ὁ κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς … τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ Ἅγιον)

The same can be seen in the Greek text of Ignatius’ Letter To The Ephesians where the Father and the Son are grammatically distinguished from each other.” The Granville Sharp rule once again applies.

The Father is God

We know that the Father is viewed as God because the word Θεός is applied to Him in such places as Ignatius’ Letter to the Philippians 1:1. No one interprets the word Θεός as indicating anything less than true deity.
Divine attributes are ascribed to the Father in such places as Clement’s Letter to the Corinthians (chs. 20, 27, 28, 33, etc.). The Father does the works of God and His words are the Words of God. In short, He is God by any reasonable measurement.


The Son is God

The following citations reveal that Jesus was viewed and worshipped as true Deity in the context of the Trinity.


Clement

“There is one God, one Christ, one Spirit” (The Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, 46:7)


The Trinitarian structure cannot be denied. As Lightfoot points out, “This mention of Θεός, Χριστός, Πνεῦμα, has a parallel in the reference to the Trinity quoted by S. Basil (de Spir. Sanc. 39, III. P. 16) as from Clement, but not found in our MS.… The construction and punctuation has been confirmed by the Syriac, since I first proposed it.

“As God liveth, and the Lord Jesus Christ liveth and the Holy Spirit [liveth] who are the faith and hope of the elect” (First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, 58, Apostolic Fathers, Part 1, 2:169.)

Basil’s citation of Clement’s Trinitarian oath is clearly taken from Clement’s first letter to the Corinthians. Fortman comments, “The three are coordinated in an oath.… Christ is not called God, but His divinity is implied by His coordination with God in the oath … The Holy Spirit is not called God, but His divinity and personality are implied by His coordination with the Father and the Son in the oath as the object of the faith and hope of the elect and in the attribution to Him of the divine function of inspiration.”

“My brethren, we must look on Christ as God.” (An Ancient Homily of Clement, 1:1)

The Greek text is emphatic: περιἸησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὠς περί Θεοῦ

“For when they hear from us that God said, ‘It is no thanks unto you, if you love them that love you, but this is thanks unto you, if ye love your enemies and them that hate you.” ’ (An Ancient Homily, Apostolic Fathers, Part I, 2:312)

Since Jesus is the author of the words quoted Luke 6:32–35, then He is the “God” who said them.


Robert A. Morey, The Trinity
 
When it comes to John 1:1, the Unitarians and those who follow them claim that in order for the word “God” (Θεὸς) to mean absolute Deity it must have the definite article in front of it. In the citation above, Clement refers to Jesus as “God” with the definite article: Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἠμῶν
Notice also that the Father and the Son are viewed as equals in this salutation.

“The blood of God” (The Epistle of Ignatius To the Ephesians, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:544)
“There is only one Physician, of flesh and of spirit, generate and ingenerate, God in man, true life in death, Son of Mary and Son of God, first passible and then impassible, Jesus Christ our Lord” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, 7, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:545)
“He [i.e., Jesus] Himself may be in us as our God” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, 15, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:548)
“the knowledge of God, which is Jesus Christ” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, 17, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:548)
“For our God, Jesus Christ, was conceived in the womb by Mary according to a dispensation, of the seed of David but also of the Holy Ghost” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, 18, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:549)

Jesus is once again called “God” with the definite article in front of Θεός:

“when God appeared in the likeness of man unto newness of everlasting life” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, 19, Apostolic Fathers, Part 11, 2:549)
“Fare ye well in God the Father and in Jesus Christ our common hope.” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, 21, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:550)

Jesus is clearly assumed to be equal with the Father in this benediction. The same holds true for the following salutations:

“I wish her abundant greeting in God the Father and in Jesus Christ.” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians, 1, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:550)
“by faith and by love, in the Son and Father and in the Spirit, in the beginning and in the end” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians, 13, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:553–554)

The Trinitarian citation above has been noted for centuries as firm confirmation that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit were viewed as one and same God.

… “by faith and love towards Jesus Christ our God” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans, 1, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:558)
“Jesus Christ our God” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans, 1, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:559)
“our God Jesus Christ” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans, 3. Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:559–560)
“the passion of my God” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Romans, 6, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:561)
“if ye be inseparable from [our] God Jesus Christ” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Trallians, 7)
… “the church of God the Father and of Jesus Christ … established by His Holy Spirit” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians, 1, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:563)
… “the church of God the Father and of Jesus Christ the Beloved” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrneans, Apostolic Fathers, 1, Part II, 2:567)
“I give glory to Jesus Christ the God who bestowed such wisdom upon you” (The Epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrneans, 1, Apostolic Fathers, Part II, 2:567)

In the Greek text Jesus is called “the God” (Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν τὸν Θεόν). It never ceases to amaze us that those who deny the deity of Christ will dismiss such passages as John 1:1 because the word “God” (Θεός) does not have the definite article, but then dismiss the passage above and many others where the definite article does appears.

 
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