1 Timothy Through Revelation

1 Timothy Through Revelation

Below are scriptures from the above books related to the page: "Is Jesus God?" Links are provided for many scriptures that discuss the scriptures. Scriptures thought to mean that God's Holy Spirit is a person of God may also be included

1 Timothy 1:16,17


1 Timothy 2:3,4

1 Timothy 2:5,6
Only the God and Father of Jesus (Ephesians 1:3) is identified as being "God" in these verses. Jesus is identified as the man who gave himself as a ransom for all.
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1 Timothy 3:16
This is one of the scriptures that has several different readings in the ancient manuscripts. Regardless, none of the variants present Jesus as being the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and definitely not as being a person of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The trinitarian ideas have to be added beyond what is written, and read into what is written.

1 Timothy 6:14-16
See our study: "Without Spot"

Titus 1:3

Titus 2:10

Titus 2:13
This scripture could be rendered in English in different ways, depending on how the translator thinks it should be rendered; some appear to call Jesus "God" here while others do not. There is definitely nothing in any translation that I know of that identifies Jesus as being the "one God" of 1 Corinthians, or that that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob is more than one person, or that Jesus is a person of the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.  More than likely, "the great God" is being applied to Jesus' God, not to Jesus. Jesus is, of course, our Great Mighty One or our Great Strength in the exalted position that God has given to Jesus. This does not make him God Almighty, since in all that God has made subject to Jesus (Ephesians 1:3,17-23), the Most High is excluded. -- 1 Corinthians 15:27.

Hebrews 1:1-3
Nothing here presents Jesus as being "God". "God" here refers to only one person in Hebrews 1:1, and Jesus is distinguished from being that "God" in verses 2 and 3.

Hebrews 1:6

Hebrews 1:8,9
We do find the word THEOS may be applied to both Jesus and his God in these verses. Some claim that THEOS is not applied to Jesus in Hebrews 1:8. Assuming that THEOS is applied to the Jesus, the default reasoning should be that the Father was not referring to His Son as being "God" who spoke through the prophets (Hebrews 1:1,2), the "one God" of whom are all (1 Corinthians 8:6), the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. (Acts 3:13) Again, one has to ignore Biblical usage of the words often translated as GOD so to make it appear that the Supreme Being of Hebrews 1:1 was speaking of another Supreme Being, who are both the same one Supreme Being. One has to imagine and assume that the scripture says a lot of things it does not say in order to force the trinitarian assumptions into what is said. See our studies:
The Hebraic Usage of the Titles for "God"
What Does Hebrews 1 Say about "God"?
Why Is Jesus Called Elohim and Theos?
True God Vs. False God = False Dichotomy

Hebrews 1:10-12

Hebrews 1:13

Hebrews 2:10

Hebrews 3:3,4

Hebrews 4:12

Hebrews 4:15

Hebrews 12:2
"God" does not refer to Jesus, but Jesus now sits as the right hand of his God in heaven.

Hebrews 13:8

James 2:19

1 Peter 2:24

2 Peter 1:1

1 John 1:1-3

1 John 3:16
The King James Version adds the words "of God" into this verse which has given many the thought that God Almighty laid down his life for us. Most translations do add "of God" to what John wrote, nor should they. The love of God was surely made known through the offering of his Son for us. Nothing in this means that we need to imagine and assume that it was Almighty God Himself who laid down his life for us, etc., and thus add all the many assumptions necessary to force the triune God dogma in what is stated. See our study: Did God Almighty Lay Down His Life For Us?

1 John 5:11

1 John 5:20
Common sense tells us that it is "him who is true" -- not the Son of "him who is true" -- who is being identified as "the true God." Common sense would not seek to think beyond what is written so as to imagine and assume that John was speaking of a triune God who is three persons and that Jesus is a person of that triune God. See our study: This is the True God

Jude 1:25


Revelation 1:1
"God" in this verse is not Jesus, but God is identified as One from whom Jesus receives the revelation. Jesus is nowhere in the verse presented as being "God".  Revelation 1:1 speaks of Jesus' God who gives the revelation to Jesus. God is presented as only one person, and Jesus is distinguished from being "God" who gives the revelation to Jesus. See the Study: God, Who Was, Is, and Is to Come

Revelation 1:7-9



Revelation 2:1


Revelation 2:8



Revelation 2:26,27



Revelation 7:10
In Revelation 7:10, "God" is presented as being only one person, and the Lamb is distinguished from being that one person. "God" is the one person identified as He who is, was and is to come who sits on the throne (Revelation 1:4,8; 4:2-10; 5:1,6,7,11,13; 6:16; 7:9-11,15,17; 8:3; 12:5,18; 14:3,5; 16:17; 19:4,5; 20:11; 21:5; 22:1,3), while Jesus is identified as being the slain lamb who receives the book from Him who is sitting on the throne.

Jesus, however, is also pictured as sitting on the throne with his God. (Revelation 1:6; 3:12,21) We have no reason to think that Jesus' sitting on the throne of his God means that Jesus is God any more than Solomon's being said to sit "on the throne of Jehovah" (1 Chronicles 29:23, American Standard Version) would mean that Solomon is Jehovah.

Jehovah sent many saviors who acted in his name and with his power and authority. Additionally, in the kingdom age, we read that "And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be Jehovah's." (Obadiah 1:21) Such saviors were/will not be “besides (apart from)” (Isaiah 43:11) Jehovah, since they were sent by Jehovah, and thus Jehovah was working through, by means of, these servants whom he sent.

Likewise, we read concerning Jesus, "God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him." (1 John 4:9) "God ... sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins." (1 John 4:10) "God was, by means of Christ. reconciling the world to himself." (2 Corinthians 5:19) This agrees with what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 8:6, that all is of God, through Jesus.





Revelation 22:12,13

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