22 Bible Verses about Divinity

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Acts 17:29

Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that His nature is like gold or silver or stone or anything carved by man's art and thought.

1 John 4:3

and no spiritual utterance which disowns Jesus can come from God; it is the utterance of Antichrist. You have heard that it is coming, and right now it is already in the world.

Romans 9:17

For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "I have raised you to your position for this very purpose of displaying my power in dealing with you, of announcing my name all over the earth."

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Christ » Divinity » Example of

2 Corinthians 10:1

Now I appeal to you in person, by the gentleness and fairness of Christ, I, Paul, who am so "condescending when face to face with you, but so courageous toward you when far away!"

Christ » Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Exaltation » Heavenly places

Acts 2:36

"Therefore, let all the descendants of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

Mark 16:19

So the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was caught up into heaven and took His seat at God's right hand.

Luke 22:69

But from today the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God."

Christ » Divinity » Kingdom of

Matthew 16:28

I solemnly say to you, some of the people standing here will certainly live to see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom."

Luke 22:30

so I confer on you the privilege of eating and drinking at my table in my kingdom and of sitting on thrones and judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Luke 23:42

Then he went on to say, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom!"

John 18:36

Jesus answered, "My kingdom does not belong to this world. If my kingdom did belong to this world, my attendants would have been fighting to keep me from being turned over to the Jews. But as a matter of fact, my kingdom does not come from such a source."

Christ » Eternal » Divinity » pre-existence

Christ » Divinity » Liberator

Divinity » Of Christ » Testimony of the apostles

1 Timothy 3:16

Undoubtedly the mystery of our religion is a great wonder: "He was made visible in human form; He was vindicated by the Spirit; He was seen by angels; He was proclaimed among the heathen; He was trusted in throughout the world; He was taken up to glory."

John 1:1-2

In the beginning the Word existed; and the Word was face to face with God; yea, the Word was God Himself. He is the One who was face to face with God in the beginning.

Divinity » His foreknowledge » His pre-eminence

Hebrews 8:6

But, as the case with Him now stands, He has entered upon a priestly service as much superior to theirs as the covenant of which He is the Mediator is superior to theirs, superior because it has been enacted upon superior promises.

Revelation 1:11

"Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

John 3:31

He who comes from above is far above all others. He who springs from earth belongs to the earth and speaks of earth. He who comes from heaven is far above all others.

John 13:13

You call me Teacher and Lord, and you are right in calling me so, for that is what I am.

Divinity » His foreknowledge » His lordship

Acts 2:36

"Therefore, let all the descendants of Israel understand beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ."

Luke 6:5

Then He said to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath."

Divinity » His foreknowledge » Foretells his departure

John 7:33

Then Jesus said to them, "Just a little while longer I am to be with you, and then I am going back to Him who has sent me.

John 14:28

You have heard me say that I am going away and coming back to you; if you really loved me, you would rejoice over my telling you that I am going to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

John 16:5

But now I am going away to Him who has sent me, and not one of you is asking me where I am going,

John 13:33

Dear children, I am to be with you only a little while longer. You will look for me, but, as I told the Jews, so I now tell you, you cannot just now go where I am going.

Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » Beloved son

More verses: Hebrews 5:5

Divinity » Of Christ » His own words

Luke 22:69-70

But from today the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty God." Then they all asked, "Are you then the Son of God?" And He answered, "Yes, I am."

John 10:37-38

If I am not doing the things that my Father is doing, do not believe me. But if I am doing so, even if you will not believe me, believe the deeds, that you may come to know and continue to know that the Father is in union with me and I am in union with the Father."

John 14:7-10

If you knew me, you would know my Father too. From now on you do know Him and you have seen Him." Philip said to Him, "Lord, let us see the Father, and that will satisfy us." Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you disciples so long, and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, 'Let us see the Father'? read more.
Do you not believe that I am in union with the Father and that the Father is in union with me? I am not saying these things on my own authority, but the Father who always remains in union with me is doing these things Himself.

More verses: John 16:15

Divinity » Of Christ » The father bears witness

John 5:32

There is someone else who testifies to me, and I know that the testimony which He gives to me is of force.

More verses: 1 John 5:9

Divinity » Divine names ascribed to Christ » King of kings

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Evil spirits confess his divinity

Matthew 8:29

And they suddenly screamed, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

Mark 3:11

And whenever the foul spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and screamed, "You are the Son of God."

Luke 4:41

Even demons came out of many people, shrieking and saying, "You are the Son of God!" But He reproved them and would not let them speak, because they knew that He was the Christ.

Acts 19:15

But on one occasion the evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know and Paul I know about, but who are you?"

Divinity » For other titles relating to his divinity special marks of divinity » His authority

Matthew 7:29

for He was teaching them as one who had authority to teach, and not as their scribes did.

Mark 1:27

They were all so dumbfounded that they kept discussing it among themselves, and asking, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching. He gives orders with authority even to foul spirits, and they obey Him."

Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over nature

Mark 1:27

They were all so dumbfounded that they kept discussing it among themselves, and asking, "What does this mean? It is a new teaching. He gives orders with authority even to foul spirits, and they obey Him."

Divinity » Challenged » By the jewish people

John 5:18

It was on account of this that the Jews tried all the harder to put Him to death, because He not only persisted in breaking the Sabbath, but also kept on saying that God was His Father, and so was making Himself equal to God.

John 8:53

You are not greater than our forefather Abraham, are you? He is dead and the prophets are dead. Who do you claim to be?"

John 10:33

The Jews retorted, "It is not for a good deed but for blasphemy we are going to stone you; namely, because you, although a mere man, claim to be God."

Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Eternal

Divinity » Challenged » By satan

Matthew 4:6

and said to Him, "If you are God's Son, throw yourself down, for the Scripture says: "'He will give His angels directions about you, And they will bear you up on their hands, so you will never strike your foot against a stone.'"

Divinity » Challenged » On the crossby the rabble

Matthew 27:39-40

And the passers-by kept hissing at Him, shaking their heads and saying, "You who would tear down the temple and build another in three days, save yourself! If you are really the Son of God, come down from the cross."

Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over the church

Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Universal

Divinity » Acknowledged » By peter

Divinity » Challenged » By the soldiers

Luke 23:36-37

The soldiers also made sport of Him as they continued to come up and offer Him vinegar, and to say, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!"

Divinity » Challenged » By the chief priests

Mark 15:31-32

The high priests too made sport of Him to one another with the scribes, and kept saying, "He saved others but He cannot save Himself! Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see it and believe!" Even the men who were crucified with Him made sport of Him.

Divinity » Christ's Dominion » Over heavenly powers

Divinity » Challenged » By the scribes and elders

Luke 20:1-2

One day while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the good news, the high priests and the scribes, together with the elders, took a stand against Him, and said to Him, "Tell us what sort of authority you have for doing as you do, or who is it that gave you such authority?"

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The holy spirit

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Believers

Divinity » Acknowledged » By martha

Divinity » Acknowledged » By thomas

Divinity » Acknowledged » By the centurion

Mark 15:39

And when the captain who stood facing him saw that He expired in this way, he said, "This man was surely God's Son!"

Divinity » Challenged » By one of the thieves

Luke 23:39

Now one of the criminals who were hanging from their crosses kept abusing Him, saying, "Are you not the Christ? Then save yourself and us too!"

Divinity » Challenged » By the rulers

Luke 23:35

Meanwhile, the people stood looking on. Even the members of the council were scoffing at Him and saying, "He saved others, let Him now save Himself, if He really is the Christ of God, His Chosen One!"

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » Jesus Christ himself

John 8:14

Jesus answered them, "Even if I do testify to myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I have come from and where I am going. But you do not know where I come from or where I am going.

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The works of Christ

John 5:36

But I have testimony that is higher than John's, for the works which my Father has committed to me to finish, the very works that I am doing, testify to me that the Father has sent me;

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The old testament

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » John the baptist

John 1:34

I did see it; and my testimony is that He is the Son of God."

Divinity » Seven scriptural witnesses to » The father

Divinity » Acknowledged » By the samaritans

John 4:42

and they were saying to the woman, "It is not merely because of what you said that we now believe, for we have heard Him ourselves, and we know that He is really the Saviour of the world."

Divinity » Acknowledged » By nathanael

Divinity » Challenged » By scribes and pharisees

Luke 5:21

But the scribes and the Pharisees began to argue, saying, "Who is this fellow who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?"

Divinity » Acknowledged » By demons

Mark 5:7

and screamed aloud, "What do you want of me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? In God's name, I beg you, do not torture me."

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