There are not a few ambiguous Biblical passages that
teach that there is only one God, but many explicit passages
that clearly declare this cardinal truth. Each of the
following 28 passages explicitly teach that there is one —
and only one — true and living God. The Mormon plurality of
Gods doctrine (found most explicitly in the Pearl of Great
Price/Book of Abraham 4-5) contradicts this fundamental
biblical teaching.
Please note that the King James Version (used here)
designates the Hebrew name Jehovah (or Yahweh) with "LORD"
spelled with all letters capitalized; Adonai, meaning "Lord"
or "Master," is designated by "Lord;" and "Elohim," is
translated as "God." Thus, in Deut. 4:35, for example, the
phrase "the LORD he is God," would be literally translated,
"Jehovah, he is Elohim." (In those instances were Adonai is
used as a compound with Jehovah, the latter term is spelled
GOD, so that the compound name "Lord GOD" designates the
Hebrew, "Adonai Jehovah").
1. Deuteronomy 4:35,39 — Unto thee it was shown, that
thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none
else beside him. (39) 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.
2. Deuteronomy 6:4 — Hear, O Israel: The LORD thy
God is one LORD. [Note in Mark 12:28-34 how Jesus and a
Jewish scribe he encountered understood this text.]
3. Deuteronomy32:39 — 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.
4. 2 Samuel 7:22 — Wherefore thou art great, O LORD
God; for there is none like thee, neither is there any
God beside thee, according to all that we have heard
with our ears.
5. 1 Kings 8:60 — That all the people of the earth
may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none
else.
6. 2 KINGS 5:15 — And he returned to the man of God,
he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and
he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all
the earth, but in Israel; now therefore, I pray thee,
take a blessing of thy servant.
7. 2 Kings 19:15 — And Hezekiah prayed before the
LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between
the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of
all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and
earth.
8.
1 Chronicles 17:20
— O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there
any God beside thee, according to all that we have
heard with our ears.
9. Nehemiah 9:6 — Thou, even thou, art LORD alone;
thou has made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their
host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas,
and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and
the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
10. Psalm 18:31 — For who is God save the LORD?
or who is a rock save our God?
11. Psalm 86:10 — For thou art great, and doest
wondrous things: thou art God alone.
12. Isaiah 37:16,20 — O LORD of hosts, God of Israel,
that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God,
even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou
has made heaven and earth. (20) Now therefore, O LORD our
God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the
earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
13. Isaiah43:10,11 — 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.
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior.
14. Isaiah44:6,8 — 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. 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.
15. Isaiah 45:21 — 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 Savior; there is none beside me.
16. Isaiah 46:9 — For I am God, and there is none
else; I am God, and there is none like me.
17. Hosea 13:4 — Yet I am the LORD thy God from the
land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me; for
there is no savior beside me.
18. Joel 2:27 — And ye shall know that I am in the
midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and
none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.
19. Zechariah 14:9 — And the LORD shall be king over
all the earth: in that day shall there be one Lord, and his
name one.
20. Mark 12:29-34 —And Jesus answered him, The first
of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our
God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first
commandment. And the second is like, namely this, thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other
commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto
him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is
one God; and there is none other but he: And to love him
with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with
all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered
discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the
kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any
question.
21. John 17:3 — And this is life eternal, that they
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ,
whom thou hast sent.
22. Romans 3:30 — Seeing it is one God, which shall
justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision
through faith.
23. 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 — 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. For though there
be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as
there be gods many, and lords many,) But to us there is
but one God, the Father, of whom all things, and we in
him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and
we by him.
24. Galatians 3:20 — Now a mediator is not a mediator
of one, but God is one.
25. Ephesians 4:6 — One God and Father of all,
who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
26. 1 Timothy 1:17 — Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
27. 1 Timothy 2:5 — For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.
28. James 2:19 — Thou believest that there is
one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and
tremble.