28 Bible Verses about Divinity
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Because by his power he has given us everything necessary for life and righteousness, through the knowledge of him who has been our guide by his glory and virtue;
And through this he has given us the hope of great rewards highly to be valued; so that by them we might have our part in God's being, and be made free from the destruction which is in the world through the desires of the flesh.
If then we are the offspring of God, it is not right for us to have the idea that God is like gold or silver or stone, formed by the art or design of man.
For from the first making of the world, those things of God which the eye is unable to see, that is, his eternal power and existence, are fully made clear, he having given the knowledge of them through the things which he has made, so that men have no reason for wrongdoing:
To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God;
As we were designed before by him for the position of sons to himself, through Jesus Christ, in the good pleasure of his purpose,
And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.
For I have a very great care for you: because you have been married by me to one husband, and it is my desire to give you completely holy to Christ.
Every holy Writing which comes from God is of profit for teaching, for training, for guiding, for education in righteousness:
For the holy Writings say to Pharaoh, For this same purpose did I put you on high, so that I might make my power seen in you, and that there might be knowledge of my name through all the earth.
And Jesus was increasing in wisdom and in years, and in grace before God and men.
When a prophet makes a statement in the name of the Lord, if what he says does not take place and his words do not come true, then his word is not the word of the Lord: the words of the prophet were said in the pride of his heart, and you are to have no fear of him.
For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.
O how deep is the wealth of the wisdom and knowledge of God! no one is able to make discovery of his decisions, and his ways may not be searched out.
From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
And he said, No; but I have come as captain of the armies of the Lord. Then Joshua, falling down with his face to the earth in worship, said, What has my lord to say to his servant?
The law of the Lord is good, giving new life to the soul: the witness of the Lord is certain, giving wisdom to the foolish.
Say to those who are full of fear, Be strong and take heart: see, your God will give punishment; the reward of God will come; he himself will come to be your saviour.
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Christ » Divinity » Example of
For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;
Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:
Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls;
Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any man would come after me, let him give up all, and take up his cross, and come after me.
Christ » Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Exaltation » Heavenly places
Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.
You have been a lover of righteousness and a hater of evil; and so God, your God, has put the oil of joy on your head more than on the heads of those who are with you.
For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.
So then the Lord Jesus, after he had said these words to them, was taken up into heaven and took his seat at the right hand of God.
Christ » Divinity » Kingdom of
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
Truly I say to you, There are some of those here who will not have a taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
So that you may take food and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated like kings, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
And he said, Jesus, keep me in mind when you come in your kingdom.
Jesus said in answer, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom was of this world, my disciples would have made a good fight to keep me out of the hands of the Jews: but my kingdom is not here.
Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
And you, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, the least among the families of Judah, out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose going out has been purposed from time past, from the eternal days.
Father, it is my desire that these whom you have given to me may be by my side where I am, so that they may see my glory which you have given to me, because you had love for me before the world came into being.
From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.
Christ » Divinity » Liberator
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.
Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
And he was sending an evil spirit out of a man who was without the power of talking. And it came about that when the spirit had gone the man had the power of talking; and the people were full of wonder.
Divinity » Of Christ » Testimony of the apostles
And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.
Who is the image of the unseen God and existed before all living things;
And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God. This Word was from the first in relation with God.
But was marked out as Son of God in power by the Holy Spirit through the coming to life again of the dead; Jesus Christ our Lord,
Divinity » His foreknowledge » His pre-eminence
But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.
Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.
Divinity » His foreknowledge » His lordship
God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
For this reason, let all Israel be certain that this Jesus, whom you put to death on the cross, God has made Lord and Christ.
Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.
And he said, The Son of man is lord even of the Sabbath.
Divinity » His foreknowledge » Foretells his departure
Keep in mind how I said to you, I go away and come to you again. If you had love for me you would be glad, because I am going to the Father: for the Father is greater than I.
But now I am going to him who sent me; and not one of you says to me, Where are you going?
And now I will be no longer in the world, but they are in the world and I come to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name which you have given to me, so that they may be one even as we are one.
My dear children, I am only to be with you a little longer. Then you will be looking for me: and as I said to the Jews, so now I say to you, Where I am going you may not come.
Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » Beloved son
Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.
While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
Divinity » Of Christ » His own words
But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God. And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.
If I am not doing the works of my Father, do not have belief in me; But if I am doing them, then have belief in the works even if you have no belief in me; so that you may see clearly and be certain that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.
And he who sees me, sees him who sent me.
If you had knowledge of me, you would have knowledge of my Father: you have knowledge of him now and have seen him. Philip said to him, Lord, let us see the Father, and we have need of nothing more. Jesus said to him, Philip, have I been with you all this time, and still you have no knowledge of me? He who has seen me has seen the Father. Why do you say, Let us see the Father? read more.
Have you not faith that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words which I say to you, I say not from myself: but the Father who is in me all the time does his works.
Divinity » Of Christ » The father bears witness
While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.
And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » King of kings
And from Jesus Christ, the true witness, the first to come back from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who had love for us and has made us clean from our sins by his blood;
These will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because he is the Lord of lords and King of kings; and those who are with him are named, marked out, and true.
Which at the right time he will make clear, who is the eternal and only Ruler, King of kings, and Lord of lords;
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Evil spirits confess his divinity
And they gave a loud cry, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Have you come here to give us punishment before the time?
Saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus of Nazareth? have you come to put an end to us? I see well who you are, the Holy One of God.
And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.
And evil spirits came out of a number of them, crying out and saying, You are the Son of God. But he gave them sharp orders not to say a word, because they had knowledge that he was the Christ.
And the evil spirit, answering, said to them, I have knowledge of Jesus, and of Paul, but who are you?
Divinity » For other titles relating to his divinity special marks of divinity » His authority
And Jesus came to them and said, All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over nature
And they were all greatly surprised, so that they put questions to one another, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he gives orders even to the unclean spirits, and they do what he says.
And the men were full of wonder, saying, What sort of man is this, that even the winds and the sea do his orders?
Divinity » Challenged » By the jewish people
For this cause the Jews had an even greater desire to put Jesus to death, because not only did he not keep the Sabbath but he said God was his Father, so making himself equal with God.
Are you greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: who do you say that you are?
This was their answer: We are not stoning you for a good work but for evil words; because being a man you make yourself God.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Eternal
For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
And to him was given authority and glory and a kingdom; and all peoples, nations, and languages were his servants: his authority is an eternal authority which will not come to an end, and his kingdom is one which will not come to destruction.
Divinity » Challenged » By satan
And the Evil One came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, give the word for these stones to become bread.
If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down; for it is in the Writings, He will give his angels care over you; and, In their hands they will keep you up, so that your foot may not be crushed against a stone.
Divinity » Challenged » On the crossby the rabble
And those who went by said bitter words to him, shaking their heads and saying, You who would give the Temple to destruction and put it up again in three days, get yourself free: if you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over the church
And he has put all things under his feet, and has made him to be head over all things to the church,
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Universal
And he will have the war-carriage cut off from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be cut off: and he will say words of peace to the nations: and his rule will be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By peter
And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Divinity » Challenged » By the soldiers
And the men of the army made sport of him, coming to him and giving him bitter wine And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, get yourself free.
Divinity » Challenged » By the chief priests
In the same way the chief priests, laughing at him among themselves with the scribes, said, A saviour of others, he has no salvation for himself. Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and have belief. And those who were put on crosses with him said evil things against him.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over heavenly powers
Who has gone into heaven, and is at the right hand of God, angels and authorities and powers having been put under his rule.
Divinity » Challenged » By the scribes and elders
And it came about on one of those days, when he was teaching the people in the Temple and preaching the good news, That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The holy spirit
When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father even the Spirit of true knowledge who comes from the Father--he will give witness about me;
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Believers
Divinity » Acknowledged » By martha
She said to him, Yes, Lord: my faith is that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By thomas
Divinity » Acknowledged » By the centurion
And when the captain, who was near, saw how he gave up his spirit, he said, Truly this man was a son of God.
Divinity » Challenged » By one of the thieves
And one of the evil-doers on the cross, with bitter feeling, said to him, Are you not the Christ? Get yourself and us out of this.
Divinity » Challenged » By the rulers
And the people were looking on. And the rulers made sport of him, saying, He was a saviour of others; let him do something for himself, if he is the Christ, the man of God's selection.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Jesus Christ himself
Jesus said in answer, Even if I give witness about myself, my witness is true, because I have knowledge of where I came from and where I am going; but you have no knowledge of where I come from or of where I am going.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The works of Christ
But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The old testament
You make search in the holy Writings, in the belief that through them you get eternal life; and it is those Writings which give witness about me.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » John the baptist
This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The father
And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By the samaritans
And they said to the woman, Now we have faith, but not because of your story: we ourselves have given ear to his words, and we are certain that he is truly the Saviour of the world.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By nathanael
Divinity » Challenged » By scribes and pharisees
And the scribes and Pharisees were having an argument, saying, Who is this, who has no respect for God? who is able to give forgiveness for sins, but God only?
Divinity » Acknowledged » By demons
And crying out with a loud voice he said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, do not be cruel to me.
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Divinity Of Christ
Luke 22:69But in the future the Son of man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God.
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Psalm 139:7-8Where may I go from your spirit? how may I go in flight from you?