Some Important
Biblical Passages in the Trinitarian Controversy:
"The LORD created me at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old." (Proverbs 8:22, speaking of Wisdom
"Let all the house of
"He is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation .
. ." (
"Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone." (Mark 10:18; parallels Matt 19:16-30; Luke 18:18-30)
. . . Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped (Philippians 2:5-6)
. . . for my Father is greater than I . . . " (John
"My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me." (John 7:16)
"O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt." (Matthew 26:39)
"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" (Matthew 27:46)
"But of that day and that hour no man knows, no, not the angels which
are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father." (Mark
"Who has gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God" (Peter
Jesus came into being at a point in time (Micah 5:2)
"...God, the head of Christ" (1 Cor 11:3).
When all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be
subjected to him, that God may be everything to every one (1 Cor
Jesus refers to, "My God and your God (John
"One God, the Father ... one Lord, Jesus Christ" (1 Cor 8:6)
II. On the Athanasian side:
"He who has seen me has seen the Father.-I am in the father and the Father in me." (John 14:9)
"I and the Father are one." (John 10:30)
"He reflects the glory of God and bears the very stamp of his nature...." (Heb 1:3)
"The LORD says to my lord, 'Sit at my right hand . . . "' (Psalm 110:1)
". . . he that hath seen me hath seen the Father" (John
. . . Holy Father keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are." (John 17:11)
"Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after
the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. (
Jesus declared, "Before Abraham, I Am" (John
Jesus also claimed to be "I Am" in Mark 14:62 and John 18:5-6.
Jesus claimed to be Yahweh by sharing in his glory (compare John 17:5 w/ Isa 42:8).
Jesus claimed to be equal with God by being able to forgive sins (Mark 2:5-11).
Jesus claimed to be equal with God by being-able to raise the dead (John
Jesus claimed to be God by accepting worship (Matt. 14:33; 28:17; Mark 5:6; compare w/ Exod 20:1-4; Deut 5:6-9; Acts 14:15; Rev 22:8-9).
Jesus claimed to have equal authority with God (Matt
Thomas calls Jesus, "My Lord and My God" (John
Jesus is the one in whom, "all the fullness of deity lives in bodily
form" (
"...our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ" (Titus
On both sides:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was [a] god" (John 1:1);