Henotheism

You believe that God is one. You do well. The demons also believe, and shudder.

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus,

Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’”

The Jews answered him, “We don’t stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy: because you, being a man, make yourself God.”

Jesus said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM.”

who, existing in the form of God, didn’t consider equality with God a thing to be grasped,

But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

For in him all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily,

For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him.

Don’t grieve the Holy Spirit of God, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.

Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that no idol is anything in the world, and that there is no other God but one.

This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.

to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without defect to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

has at the end of these days spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds.

looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ;

But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons, — read the full passage →

in whom are all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hidden.

We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,

each of you not just looking to his own things, but each of you also to the things of others.

being eager to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law,

But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”

You heard how I told you, ‘I go away, and I come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said ‘I am going to my Father;’ for the Father is greater than I.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.

Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, ‘Show us the Father?’

“Don’t let your heart be troubled. Believe in God. Believe also in me. — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.”

that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.

For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.

The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn’t recognize him.

The angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

The scribe said to him, “Truly, teacher, you have said well that he is one, and there is none other but he,

Jesus answered, “The greatest is, ‘Hear, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one:

Go,and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.

When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”

For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; — read the full passage →

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.

in whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the Good News of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn on them.

For though there are things that are called “gods”, whether in the heavens or on earth; as there are many “gods” and many “lords”;

God is spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.”

All things were made through him. Without him was not anything made that has been made.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. — read the full passage →