Colossians 1:15 refers to the Son as the firstborn in a literal sense, namely that He literally was the first to exist, but He is also “firstborn” in the figurative sense of the most important Being in the universe. Since He was “born,” He was not created. Rather, He, Himself is “the Beginning” of all creation.
As the “only-begotten,” Jesus is the only being incomprehensibly generated from the Father’s being. But some argue that monogenēs should not be translated as “only begotten” but as “unique” or as “only.” That removes the implication that the Son was generated from the being of the Father.
This article examines three statements Jesus made that are often cited to argue that the Father and the Son are one single Being: “I and the Father are one,” “The Father is in Me, and I in the Father,” and “He who has seen Me has seen the Father” (John 10:30; 38; 14:9).
In this verse, the Jews accused Jesus of claiming to be God. Based on Jesus’s debate with the Jews in this chapter, what did Jesus claim to be? Is verse 33 correctly translated?
1 Corinthians 8:6 shows that God is the Father alone. Trinitarians counter by saying that, in this verse, Jesus is God because (1) He co-created with God, (2) “God” and “Lord” are synonyms, and (3) this verse divides the words of the Shema between the Father and the Son. This article challenges the Trinitarian proposal.
Philippians 2:5-11 describes four chronological stages of Christ’s life – before He became man – His human life – His death – and His exaltation after His ascension. Do these verses describe Him as God? If Jesus is not God, why will every knee bow to Him?