1512 Trinity, equality of the persons
Dictionary of Bible Themes

The Son and the Holy Spirit are equal to God the Father in eternity, nature and status. Within the Trinity the Father is head, first among equals; the Son and the Holy Spirit do the Father's will, glorifying him and making him known; and the Holy Spirit glorifies and makes known the Son.

John 5:18

The Son is equal with the Father

See also

John 5:23; 8:16; 14:9; 17:10
Philippians 2:6
Colossians 2:9
Romans 1:7

See also

1 Corinthians 1:3

The equality of the Son and the Father is often implied in the opening greetings of the NT letters.

Galatians 1:3
Ephesians 1:2
1 Thessalonians 1:1
1 Timothy 1:2
Philemon 1:3
2 Peter 1:2
Revelation 5:13

See also

Romans 9:5

Doxologies are addressed to the Father and the Son equally or just to the Son.

Hebrews 13:21
2 Peter 3:18
Revelation 7:10
2 Corinthians 13:14

The Holy Spirit is equal with the Father and the Son

See also

Matthew 28:19
1 Peter 1:2
Revelation 1:4-5
Philippians 2:6-7

The obedience of the Son to the Father

See also

The Son submits to the Father in his incarnation

Matthew 24:36
John 4:34; 6:38; 14:28,31
Romans 5:19
Hebrews 5:8; 10:5-7
Psalms 40:6-8
1 Corinthians 11:3

See also

The Father is Jesus Christ's "head"

1 Corinthians 3:23; 8:6; 15:27-28
Romans 16:27

Equality and mutuality as the three persons glorify one another

See also

The Son glorifies the Father

John 14:13
Ephesians 1:5-6; 3:21
Philippians 2:11
Colossians 3:17
1 Peter 4:11
Jude 1:25
John 17:1

The Father and the Son glorify one another

See also

John 8:54; 13:31-32; 17:4-5,24

In John's Gospel, the "glory" of Jesus Christ is seen above all in the cross.

Acts 3:13
John 16:13-15

See also

The Spirit glorifies the Father and the Son

John 14:26; 15:26
Ephesians 1:13-14

See also

1045 God, glory of
1403 God, revelation
2018 Christ, divinity
2024 Christ, glory of
2057 Christ, obedience
3015 Holy Spirit, divinity
3030 Holy Spirit, power
3293 Holy Spirit, witness of
5308 equality
8138 monotheism
8646 doxology
Dictionary of Bible Themes
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