22 Bible Verses about Divinity
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as his divine power hath freely given us all things tending to life and godliness, through the acknowledgment of him who hath called us to glory and fortitude:
whereby superlatively great and precious promises are freely given to us: that by these ye might become partakers of a divine nature, having fled far away from the corruption that is in the world through inordinate concupiscence.??5 And for this very purpose employing the greatest diligence, lead up in the train of your faith courage; and with courage intelligence;
but emptied himself, assuming the form of a servant, made after the similitude of mortal men;
Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to imagine that the Divinity is like to gold, or silver, or stone sculptured by human art or contrivance.
For from the creation of the world his invisible perfections, discoverable in the works that are made, are clearly seen, even his eternal power and deity; so that they are inexcusable:
Then opened he thoroughly their understanding, that they should understand the scriptures,
who being in the form of God counted it no usurpation to claim equality with God:
having predestinated us for his adopted children by Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
And every spirit who confesseth not that Jesus the Messiah is come into the world, is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist which ye have heard that it is coming, and now is already in the world.
For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy; for I have espoused you to one husband, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ.
All scripture is given by the inspiration of God, and advantageous for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness
For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, "That for this very end have I raised thee up, that I might display in thee my power, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth."
For the law was given by Moses, but the grace and the reality came by Jesus Christ.
O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and how incomprehensible his ways!
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
From Thematic Bible
Christ » Divinity » Example of
WHEREFORE, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, contemplate the apostle and high-priest whom ye confess, Jesus Christ;
NOW I Paul myself exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who, when present, am indeed lowly among you, but being absent, am bold towards you.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest to your souls.
Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
For I have given you an example, that just as I have done to you, ye should do also.
Christ » Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Exaltation » Heavenly places
who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under him.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of exultation above those who partake with thee."
Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him Lord and Messiah, even that very Jesus whom ye crucified.
Then the Lord, after having thus spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
Christ » Divinity » Kingdom of
They shall make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings and they that are with him, are called, and elect, and faithful.
Verily I say unto you, There are some of those standing here, who shall in no wise taste of death, until they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and be seated on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Jesus replied, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom had been of this world, then would my servants have struggled hard, that I should not have been delivered up to the Jews: but now my kingdom is not from hence.
Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they may also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou gavest me: because thou hast loved me before the foundation of the world.
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Christ » Divinity » Liberator
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath liberated me from the law of sin and of death.
STAND fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made you free, and be not again held under a yoke of bondage.
And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb person spake, and the people marvelled.
Divinity » Of Christ » Testimony of the apostles
And confessedly great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen of angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Who is the image of the invisible God, the prime author of all creation:
Then Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
definitively marked out as the Son of God by miracle, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection of the dead:
Divinity » His foreknowledge » His pre-eminence
But now hath Christ obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been established on better promises.
saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last; and what thou seest write in a book, and send to the churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
He that cometh from above is above all: he whose origin is from earth is of the earth, and speaketh of the earth: he who cometh from heaven is above all.
Divinity » His foreknowledge » His lordship
Faithful is God, by whom ye have been called into communion with his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Let all the house of Israel therefore know assuredly, that God hath made him Lord and Messiah, even that very Jesus whom ye crucified.
Him hath God exalted at his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sins.
Divinity » His foreknowledge » Foretells his departure
Then said Jesus unto them, A little while longer I am with you, and I am going to him that sent me.
Ye have heard that I told you, I am going away, though I am coming again to you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I am going to the Father: because my Father is greater than I.
But now I am going away to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither art thou going?
And now no longer am I in this world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to thee. Holy Father! preserve them for thy name's sake whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
My dear children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: as I said to the Jews, Whither I am going, ye cannot come; so say I now to you.
Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » Beloved son
who hath plucked us out from the dominion of darkness, and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love:
"Behold, my servant, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment for the heathen.
And while he was yet speaking, behold, a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom is my delight; hear him!
and a voice came from heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.
to the praise of the glory of his grace, whereby he hath made us acceptable in that beloved one;
Divinity » Of Christ » His own words
Hereafter shall the Son of man sit at the right hand of the power of God. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Yourselves say that I am.
If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
If ye had known me, ye would have known my Father: and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. Philip saith to him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith to him, Am I all this while with you, and hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou, Shew us the Father? read more.
Dost thou not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? the words which I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father, who dwelleth in me, he performeth these works.
Divinity » Of Christ » The father bears witness
And while he was yet speaking, behold, a luminous cloud overshadowed them; and lo! a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom is my delight; hear him!
and lo! a voice from the heavens, saying, This is my Son, the beloved, in whom is my delight.
There is another who beareth witness of me, and I know that his witness is true which he witnesseth concerning me.
And the Father who sent me, himself hath borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither at any time heard his voice, nor seen his form.
I am a witness for myself, and the Father who sent me beareth witness of me.
Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » King of kings
and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, and first-born from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth: to him who loved us, and washed us from our sins by his blood,
They shall make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: because he is Lord of lords, and King of kings and they that are with him, are called, and elect, and faithful.
which in his own appointed times he will shew forth, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
And he hath upon his vesture and upon his thigh this name written, king of kings, and lord of lords.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Evil spirits confess his divinity
And lo! they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither before the time to torment us?
saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.
And the unclean spirits, when they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried out saying, Thou art the Son of God.
And devils also went out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Messiah the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was the Messiah.
Then the evil spirit replied, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye?
Divinity » For other titles relating to his divinity special marks of divinity » His authority
Then Jesus approaching, spake to them, saying, All power is given me in heaven and upon earth.
And they were all in astonishment, so that they questioned one another, saying, What is this? what is this new doctrine? that with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him?
and hath given him authority also to execute judgment, because he is the Son of man.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over nature
And they were all in astonishment, so that they questioned one another, saying, What is this? what is this new doctrine? that with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him?
And the men marvelled, saying, What a wondrous man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!
Divinity » Challenged » By the jewish people
Therefore sought they the more to kill him, because he had not only broken the sabbath, but called God his own Father, setting himself on an equality with God.
Art thou greater than our father Abraham, who is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
The Jews answered him, For a good work we do not stone thee; but for blasphemy; and that thou, being merely a man, makest thyself God.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Eternal
Divinity » Challenged » By satan
And the tempter coming to him said, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones be made loaves.
and saith to him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, "that he shall give his angels a charge concerning thee: and in their hands shall they hold thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone."
Divinity » Challenged » On the crossby the rabble
And they who were passing by reviled him, shaking their heads, and saying, Thou that canst pull down the temple, and build it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, descend from the cross.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over the church
and hath put all things under his feet, and hath appointed him head over all to the church,
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Universal
Divinity » Acknowledged » By peter
Then Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Messiah, the Son of the living God.
Divinity » Challenged » By the soldiers
And the soldiers also insulted him, coming and offering him vinegar, and saying, if thou art the King of the Jews, save thyself.
Divinity » Challenged » By the chief priests
And in the same manner also, the chief priests mocking him, among each other, with the scribes, said, He saved others, himself he cannot save. Thou Messiah, King of Israel, come now down from the cross, that we may see, and believe. Even those who were crucified with him railed on him.
Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over heavenly powers
who is at the right hand of God, gone into heaven, angels and dominations and powers being put in subjection under him.
Divinity » Challenged » By the scribes and elders
AND it came to pass, on one of those days, as he was teaching the people in the temple, and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and scribes with the elders came upon him, and spake to him, saying, Tell us by what authority thou doest these things or who is he that giveth thee this authority?
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The holy spirit
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Believers
and ye too shall bear your testimony, because ye have been with me from the beginning.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By martha
She saith to him, Yes, Lord I believe that thou art the Messiah, the Son of God, who cometh into the world.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By thomas
Divinity » Acknowledged » By the centurion
And the centurion, who stood opposite to him, observing, that with such a cry he gave up the ghost, said, Assuredly this was the Son of God.
Divinity » Challenged » By one of the thieves
Then one of the suspended malefactors blasphemed him, saying, If thou art the Messiah, save thyself and us.
Divinity » Challenged » By the rulers
And the people stood looking on. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if this fellow is the Messiah, the elect of God.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Jesus Christ himself
Jesus answered and said to them, Though I do bear witness of myself, my witness is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I am going; but ye know not whence I come, nor whither I am going.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The works of Christ
But I have a testimony greater than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me that I should fulfil them, these very works which I am doing, they bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The old testament
Search the scriptures; for ye suppose in them ye have eternal life: and these are they which testify of me.
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » John the baptist
Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The father
And the Father who sent me, himself hath borne witness concerning me. Ye have neither at any time heard his voice, nor seen his form.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By the samaritans
and said to the woman, Now we believe, not merely on account of thy relation: for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is of a certainty the Saviour of the world, the Messiah.
Divinity » Acknowledged » By nathanael
Nathaniel answered and said to him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the king of Israel.
Divinity » Challenged » By scribes and pharisees
And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?
Divinity » Acknowledged » By demons
and crying with a loud voice, said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus thou Son of God most high? I adjure thee by God, that thou dost not send me to torment.
Topics on Divinity
Divinity Of Christ
Luke 22:69Hereafter shall the Son of man sit at the right hand of the power of God.
The Divinity Of The Holy Spirit
John 14:17the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; because he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.