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Where does the Bible teach that Jesus is God?

First, we may notice that Jesus accepted worship:

JN 9:38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him.

JN 20:28 Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

Jesus did not rebuke them, like angels invariably would do when people would worship them:

Revelation 19:10 At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, “Do not do it! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God!”

Paul, writing as an apostle in Scripture (so this cannot be misguided), also worships Jesus:

RO 9:5 Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them is traced the human ancestry of Christ, who is God over all, forever praised! Amen


Then in Revelation, we see Jesus being worshipped along with God the Father:

REV 5:13-14 Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, singing: “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.

And there also are a number of verses stating that Jesus is God directly (most of these are from Murray Harris’ book, “Jesus As God”):

TIT 2:13 … while we wait for the blessed hope–the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.

HEB 1:8 But about the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, will last for ever and ever, and righteousness will be the scepter of your kingdom.”

2PE 1:1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours.

ISA 9:6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

MT 1:23 “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” –which means, “God with us.”

1JN 5:20 We know also that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true–even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

JN 1:18 No one has ever seen God, but God the One and Only, who is at the Father’s side, has made him known.

REV 21:6-7 He said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To him who is thirsty I will give to drink without cost from the spring of the water of life. He who overcomes will inherit all this, and I will be his God and he will be my son.”

JN 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

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