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Bible Verses About The Two Natures Of Christ

Early Christian writers taught that Christ is truly one person with both divine and human realities, not two separate Christs. Justin, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Tertullian, Hippolytus, Origen, Novatian, Victorinus, Cyprian, and Gregory Thaumaturgus all speak in ways that affirm his full deity and real humanity. The broad pattern is strong, though a few writers phrase the point with different guardrails, such as warning against speaking of two persons or using language that can sound like one nature in a different sense.

The clearest Bible passages in this set are John 1:14, Colossians 2:9, Philippians 2:6-8, 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Timothy 3:16, and Hebrews 2:14. A few unrelated or weak cards were left out because they do not directly teach the topic.

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26 references

Foundation Texts

John 1:14 primary

And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Direct Bible passage for incarnation.

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Direct Bible text saying God was manifested in the flesh.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:

direct exact imprint and divine nature passage

For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.

Direct Bible text that the fullness of deity dwells bodily in Christ.

Supporting Passages

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

divine Word with God passage

For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;

Shows Christ as mediator between God and men.

But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

human form and servant language

He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.

world made by him passage

That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;

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And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's.

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But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

Supports incarnation language from Paul.

But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.

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And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.

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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man.

Supports the human side of Christ’s saving work.

For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.

Supports taking human nature, not angels.

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

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One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

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I and my Father are one.

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And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

Shows Christ in human form and obedient death.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

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Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

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Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:

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Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

Supports real sharing in flesh and blood.

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

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Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.

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The same was in the beginning with God.

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