Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
Why this matters
Israel’s central confession identifies the LORD as one, not one member of a divine group.
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God’s identity, attributes, acts, and self-revelation.
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Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, 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.
Why this matters
No God was formed before the LORD and none will be formed after Him.
Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself;
Why this matters
The Redeemer says He created all things alone, stretching out heaven by Himself.
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Why this matters
The King, Redeemer, First, and Last declares that no God exists beside Him.
I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
Why this matters
The LORD directly says, ‘I am the LORD, and there is none else.’
And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:
Why this matters
Jesus repeats the Shema as the first commandment, preserving Israel’s confession of one LORD.
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
Why this matters
The LORD alone is God and no savior exists beside Him.
All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.
Why this matters
The Word is God’s creative self-expression through which all things came into being.
For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:
Why this matters
All realms of creation were created in relation to Christ, through Him, and for Him.
Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any.
Why this matters
God challenges Israel to name another God and declares that He knows of none.
Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
Why this matters
The just God and Savior declares that no God exists beside Him.
For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Why this matters
The mediator is specifically the man Christ Jesus, representing humanity before the one God.
4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Why this matters
The church’s unity rests on one Spirit, one Lord, and one God and Father above, through, and in believers.
For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
Why this matters
The Creator of heaven and earth identifies Himself as the LORD and denies any other.
As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one.
Why this matters
Paul states that an idol is nothing and there is no other God but one.
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Why this matters
God’s acts in the exodus were given so Israel would know that the LORD alone is God.
By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth.
Why this matters
The heavens were made by the LORD’s word and their host by the breath of His mouth.
Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
Why this matters
The LORD is God in heaven above and earth beneath, with no other beside Him.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
Why this matters
The one God invites all the ends of the earth to look to Him for salvation.
Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me,
Why this matters
God commands remembrance of His uniqueness: He is God and there is none like Him.
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Why this matters
The kingdom hope culminates in one LORD and one name over all the earth.
But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Why this matters
Christian confession centers all things in one God and one Lord Jesus Christ without adding another deity.
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Why this matters
God speaks in the singular and denies that any god exists with Him.
That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else.
Why this matters
From east to west, people are to know that there is no God beside the LORD.