13 Bible Verses about Equality With God
Most Relevant Verses
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.
Then they began to say to Him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father too."
But Jesus cried aloud, "Whoever believes in me believes not merely in me but in Him who has sent me;
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'?
If I had not done things among them that no one else has ever done, they would not be guilty of sin. But now the fact is, they have seen and even hated both my Father and me.
"Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes Him who sent me.
"Whoever, as a disciple of mine, welcomes one little child like this, welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me, welcomes not merely me but Him who sent me."
I most solemnly say to you, whoever welcomes any messenger I send welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes Him who has sent me."
Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever pays no attention to you pays no attention to me, and whoever pays no attention to me pays no attention to Him who sent me."
Though He was existing in the nature of God, He did not think His being on an equality with God a thing to be selfishly grasped,
Now the Lord means the Spirit, and wherever the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.