Henotheism

There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neitherare there any workslike unto thy works.

And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

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

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

Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John;

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

Jesus saith to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended unto the Father: but go unto my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.

The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was born, I am.

And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?

For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am Jehovah.

who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on an 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.

Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. — read the full passage →

Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

And in all things that I have said unto you take ye heed: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth.

for in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

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

And grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, in whom ye were sealed unto the day of redemption.

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

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

Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt-offering upon the wall. And there was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.

And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines encamped in Aphek. — read the full passage →

And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.

Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

God standeth in the congregation of God; He judgeth among the gods. — read the full passage →

Thou shalt have no other gods before me.

to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and for evermore. Amen.

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

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in 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 the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;

But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed 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,

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

giving diligence to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

There is therefore now no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. — read the full passage →

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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

Since thou hast been precious in my sight, and honorable, and I have loved thee; therefore will I give men in thy stead, and peoples instead of thy life.

Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, wherewith he made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of Shiloh unto us, that it may come among us, and save us out of the hand of our enemies.

And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.

but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

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

What advantage then hath the Jew? or what is the profit of circumcision? — read the full passage →

Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God.

Ye heard how I said to you, I go away, and I come unto you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced, because I go unto the Father: for the Father is greater than I.

But the Comforter, even the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said unto you.

Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and dost thou not know me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; how sayest thou, Show us the Father?

Let not 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 that honoreth not the Son honoreth not the Father that sent him.

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

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.

He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.

And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee: wherefore also the holy thing which is begotten shall be called the Son of God.

And the scribe said unto him, Of a truth, Teacher, thou hast well said that he is one; and there is none other but he:

Jesus answered, The first is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God, the Lord is one:

Go ye therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they shall look unto me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his first-born.

Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? What shall I say unto them? — read the full passage →

Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto 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, neither shadow that is cast by turning.

And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

For I would have you know how greatly I strive for you, and for them 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, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn upon them.

For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or on earth; as there are gods many, and lords many;

God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

All things were made through him; and without him was not anything made that hath been made.

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

I said, Ye are gods, And all of you sons of the Most High.