Isaiah 9:6: “For a Child will be born to us, a Son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will (shall) be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.”
Matthew 1:23: “‘Behold, the virgin shall be with child and shall bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel, (which translated means, God with us).”
John 1:1: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (divine).”
John 1:18: “No one has seen God (the Father) at any time; the only begotten God (only begotten Son,* God the only Son, the only Son, God) who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him (hath declared Him, hath interpreted Him, has made Him known).”
Colossians 1:15: “[Now] He is the exact likeness of (the visible representation of the invisible, the very incarnation of) the unseen God. He is the firstborn of all creation (the firstborn of every creature, the firstborn of all creatures).”
Hebrews 1:3: “He (the Son) reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of His nature. . .”
John 20:28: “Thomas answered and said to Him, ‘My Lord and my God!’”
Acts 20:28: “Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased (bought, obtained for Himself) with His own blood (through the means of the blood of His own, which He won for Himself at the cost of His life, at the price of His own blood, which He obtained with the blood of His own Son).” (This passage of scripture is somewhat ambiguous depending on the translation; the Son who is divinity as God shed His own blood, or God the Father shed the blood of His own Son)
Philippians 2:5-6: “5 Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, 6 who, although He existed in the form of God (though the divine nature was His from the beginning, who has always been God by nature)*, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped.”
Titus 2:11-13: “11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, 13 looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.”
John 14:8-10: “8 Philip said to Him, ‘Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.’ 9 Jesus said to him, ‘Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, Show us the Father? 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 initiative, but the Father abiding (dwelling) in Me does His works.’”
Colossians 1:19: “For it has pleased the Father that all the divine fullness (the fullness of God, the full nature of God,* the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him (Christ) permanently.”
Hebrews 1:6: “And when He (God the Father) again brings the firstborn (His firstborn Son, first-begotten) into the world, He (the Father) says, ‘And let all the angels of God worship Him (the Son).’”
Philippians 2:9-11: “9 For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”
Matthew 28:16-20:”16 But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. 17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. 18 And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, ‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.’”
Matthew 28:8-9: “8 And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples. 9 And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him.”
2 Peter 1:1: “Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.”
1 John 5:20: “And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true (the Father); and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.”
At John 17:20-23 Jesus said: “20 I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those who believe in me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be (one) in us, so that the world may believe that you sent me. 22 The glory which you have given to me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as we are one; 23 I in them and you in me, that they may be perfected in unity (one), so that the world may know that you sent me, and loved them, even as you have loved me.”
John 17:3: “And this means eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”*
Jesus, being our great God and Savior, deserves our worship. His unique oneness with God the Father and His exalted position gives Him a name which is above all other names. In the name of Jesus, all others (whether in heaven or on earth) will bow in reverence to the King Immortal and confess Jesus as Lord, to the glory of God the Father. Such worship and praise does not belong to just any angel or human, but to our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus.
*Although some translations render John 1:18, “the only begotten Son,” the most ancient Greek manuscripts render this passage, “the only begotten God.” Christ is unique, having been begotten by the Father. He is the first born of every creature or of all creation. Although He was in the form of God and had all of the divine nature or attributes of God dwelling in Him, He was the only son of God who was begotten or directly created by the God the Father, without intercession. Henceforth, all creation came into existence through Him, for Him, and by Him. (Rd. Colossians 1:15-18, John 1:2-3, Psalms 104:24, Proverbs 8:22-31, Revelation 3:14, Hebrews 1:1-4, & 2:10) (See Bible Topic: The Trinity, Part I)
*By sending forth His only Son to reveal Himself to us; we have come to know the only true God (the Father) through the person or face of His only begotten Son, Jesus Christ, who is a sharer of the divine nature. “No one has seen God (the Father) at any time; the only begotten God (the only begotten Son) who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him (hath declared Him, hath interpreted Him, has made Him known).” John 1:18
John 1:14 states: “And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
2 Corinthians 4:6 states: “For God Who said, ‘Let light shine out of darkness,’ has shone in our hearts so as (to beam forth) the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God (as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed) in the face (Person, or features) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah).” Amplified Bible (See also John 1:14 & 1 John 1:1-2)
“No man has ever seen God; . . .” 1 John 4:12
“No one has seen God at anytime; the only begotten God (only begotten Son, the only unique Son, God, the only begotten Son) who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained (revealed) Him (made Him known).” John 1:18
Jesus said: “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father.” John 6:46
Jesus said: “And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at anytime nor seen His form (face, appearance).” John 5:37
At Colossians 1:15-16, the Apostle Paul states: “15 He is the image (exact likeness, expression) of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation (the Firstborn of every creature, the First-Born of all creatures). 16 For by Him were all things created, both in the heavens and on the earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities– all things have been created through Him and for Him.”
2 Corinthians 4:4 states: “For the god of this world has blinded the unbeliever’s minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), who is the image and likeness of God.”
Hebrews 1:3 states: “He (Christ) reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of His nature. . .”
The Orthodox Study Bible (Pg. 1453, John 14:10) states: “While human beings are made in God’s image (Genesis 1:26), the incarnate Son is Himself the exact image of the Father (Colossians 1:15). Christ did not say, ‘I am the Father,’ for He is not. Rather, He declares that He and the Father are one in essence and undivided in nature, while being distinct persons in the Godhead.” (Pg. 1453, John 14:10)
(See also Trinity topics, I-V)
Print in red intended for clarification and/or various renderings from other translations.