Henotheism

There is none like Thee among the gods, O Lord, And like Thy works there are none.

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

thou--thou dost believe that God is one; thou dost well, and the demons believe, and they shudder!

yet to us <FI>is<Fi> one God, the Father, of whom <FI>are<Fi> the all things, and we to Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom <FI>are<Fi> the 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 have known that Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> greater than all the gods, for in the thing they have acted proudly--<FI> He is<Fi> above them!'

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

Jesus saith to her, `Be not touching me, for I have not yet ascended unto my Father; and be going on to my brethren, and say to them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father, and to my God, and to your God.'

The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'

Jesus said to them, `Verily, verily, I say to you, Before Abraham's coming--I am;'

`And the house that I am building <FI>is<Fi> great, for greater <FI>is<Fi> our God than all gods;

Who <FI>is<Fi> like Thee among the gods, O Jehovah? Who <FI>is<Fi> like Thee--honourable in holiness--Fearful in praises--doing wonders?

and I have passed over through the land of Egypt during this night, and have smitten every first-born in the land of Egypt, from man even unto beast, and on all the gods of Egypt I do judgments; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.

who, being in the form of God, thought <FI>it<Fi> not robbery to be equal to God,

and I wish you to know that of every man the head is the Christ, and the head of a woman is the husband, and the head of Christ is God.

Ye <FI>are<Fi> My witnesses, an affirmation of Jehovah, And My servant whom I have chosen, So that ye know and give credence to Me, And understand that I <FI>am<Fi> He, Before Me there was no God formed, And after Me there is none.

And Naaman, head of the host of the king of Aram, was a great man before his lord, and accepted of face, for by him had Jehovah given salvation to Aram, and the man was mighty in valour--leprous. — read the full passage →

`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God <FI>is<Fi> one Jehovah;

and in all that which I have said unto you ye do take heed; and the name of other gods ye do not mention; it is not heard on thy mouth.

because in him doth tabernacle all the fulness of the Godhead bodily,

because in him were the all things created, those in the heavens, and those upon the earth, those visible, and those invisible, whether thrones, whether lordships, whether principalities, whether authorities; all things through him, and for him, have been created,

and make not sorrowful the Holy Spirit of God, in which ye were sealed to a day of redemption.

one God and Father of all, who <FI>is<Fi> over all, and through all, and in you all,

Concerning the eating then of the things sacrificed to idols, we have known that an idol <FI>is<Fi> nothing in the world, and that there is no other God except one;

and he taketh his son, the first-born who reigneth in his stead, and causeth him to ascend--a burnt-offering on the wall, and there is great wrath against Israel, and they journey from off him, and turn back to the land.

And the word of Samuel is to all Israel, and Israel goeth out to meet the Philistines for battle, and they encamp by Eben-Ezer, and the Philistines have encamped in Aphek, — read the full passage →

and this is the life age-during, that they may know Thee, the only true God, and him whom Thou didst send--Jesus Christ;

That which Chemosh thy god causeth thee to possess--dost thou not possess it? and all that which Jehovah our God hath dispossessed from our presence, --it we do possess.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

For a Child hath been born to us, A Son hath been given to us, And the princely power is on his shoulder, And He doth call his name Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.

--A Psalm of Asaph. God hath stood in the company of God, In the midst God doth judge. — read the full passage →

`Thou hast no other Gods before Me.

to the only wise God our Saviour, <FI>is<Fi> glory and greatness, power and authority, both now and to all the ages! Amen.

how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

who being the brightness of the glory, and the impress of His subsistence, bearing up also the all things by the saying of his might--through himself having made a cleansing of our sins, sat down at the right hand of the greatness in the highest,

in these last days did speak to us in a Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He did make the ages;

waiting for the blessed hope and manifestation of the glory of our great God and Saviour Jesus Christ,

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons, — read the full passage →

in whom are all the treasures of the wisdom and the knowledge hid,

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

each not to your own look ye, but each also to the things of others.

being diligent to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of the peace;

and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

There is, then, now no condemnation to those in Christ Jesus, who walk not according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit; — read the full passage →

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

There came a man--having been sent from God--whose name <FI>is<Fi> John,

Since thou wast precious in Mine eyes, Thou wast honoured, and I have loved thee, And I appoint men in thy stead, And peoples instead of thy life.

only to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat that he caused Israel to sin he hath cleaved, he hath not turned aside from it.

And the people cometh in unto the camp, and the elders of Israel say, `Why hath Jehovah smitten us to-day before the Philistines? we take unto us from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and it cometh into our midst, and He doth save us out of the hand of our enemies.'

And God maketh the expanse, and it separateth between the waters which <FI>are<Fi> under the expanse, and the waters which <FI>are<Fi> above the expanse: and it is so.

in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

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

and when the fulness of time did come, God sent forth His Son, come of a woman, come under law,

and if the Spirit of Him who did raise up Jesus out of the dead doth dwell in you, He who did raise up the Christ out of the dead shall quicken also your dying bodies, through His Spirit dwelling in you.

What, then, <FI>is<Fi> the superiority of the Jew? or what the profit of the circumcision? — read the full passage →

And Thomas answered and said to him, `My Lord and my God;'

ye heard that I said to you--I go away, and I come unto you; if ye did love me, ye would have rejoiced that I said--I go on to the Father, because my Father is greater than I.

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

Jesus saith to him, `So long time am I with you, and thou hast not known me, Philip? he who hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how dost thou say, Shew to us the Father?

`Let not your heart be troubled, believe in God, also in me believe; — read the full passage →

I and the Father are one.'

that all may honour the Son according as they honour the Father; he who is not honouring the Son, doth not honour the Father who sent him.

because of this, then, were the Jews seeking the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the sabbath, but he also called God his own Father, making himself equal to God.

And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.

in the world he was, and the world through him was made, and the world did not know him:

And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

And the scribe said to him, `Well, Teacher, in truth thou hast spoken that there is one God, and there is none other but He;

and Jesus answered him--`The first of all the commands <FI>is<Fi> , Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is one;

having gone, then, disciple all the nations, (baptizing them--to the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,

and Simon Peter answering said, `Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.'

And I have poured on the house of David, And on the inhabitant of Jerusalem, A spirit of grace and supplications, And they have looked unto Me whom they pierced, And they have mourned over it, Like a mourning over the only one, And they have been in bitterness for it, Like a bitterness over the first-born.

Before mountains were brought forth, And Thou dost form the earth and the world, Even from age unto age Thou <FI>art<Fi> God.

And Moses saith unto God, `Lo, I am coming unto the sons of Israel, and have said to them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you, and they have said to me, What <FI>is<Fi> His name? what do I say unto them?' — read the full passage →

Beloved, all diligence using to write to you concerning the common salvation, I had necessity to write to you, exhorting to agonize for the faith once delivered to the saints,

every good giving, and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the lights, with whom is no variation, or shadow of turning;

and when again He may bring in the first-born to the world, He saith, `And let them bow before him--all messengers of God;'

For I wish you to know how great a conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and 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 fellowship of the Holy Spirit, <FI>is<Fi> with you all! Amen.

in whom the god of this age did blind the minds of the unbelieving, that there doth not shine forth to them the enlightening of the good news of the glory of the Christ, who is the image of God;

for even if there are those called gods, whether in heaven, whether upon earth--as there are gods many and lords many--

God <FI>is<Fi> a Spirit, and those worshipping Him, in spirit and truth it doth behove to worship.'

all things through him did happen, and without him happened not even one thing that hath happened.

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

I--I have said, `Gods ye <FI>are<Fi> , And sons of the Most High--all of you,