Topic
Son of God
19 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 6:2Easton
That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
- Genesis 6:4Easton
There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- Job 1:6Easton
¶ Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
- Job 38:7Easton
When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
- Luke 3:38Easton
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
- John 1:1–14Easton
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men.…
- John 5:18–25Easton
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing…
- John 10:30–38Easton
I and my Father are one. Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but…
- Romans 1:3Easton
Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
- Romans 1:4Easton
And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
- Romans 8:14Easton
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
- Romans 8:19Easton
For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God.
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- 2 Corinthians 6:18 Easton
- Galatians 4:4 Easton
- Galatians 4:5 Easton
- Galatians 4:6 Easton
- Philippians 2:15 Easton
- 1 John 3:1 Easton
- 1 John 3:2 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 20 references
The plural, “sons of God,” is used (Gen. 6:2, 4) to denote the pious descendants of Seth. In Job 1:6; 38:7 this name is applied to the angels. Hosea uses the phrase (1:10) to designate the gracious relation in which men stand to God.
In the New Testament this phrase frequently denotes the relation into which we are brought to God by adoption (Rom. 8:14, 19; 2 Cor. 6:18; Gal. 4:5, 6; Phil. 2:15; 1 John 3:1, 2). It occurs thirty-seven times in the New Testament as the distinctive title of our Saviour. He does not bear this title in consequence of his miraculous birth, nor of his incarnation, his resurrection, and exaltation to the Father’s right hand. This is a title of nature and not of office. The sonship of Christ denotes his equality with the Father. To call Christ the Son of God is to assert his true and proper divinity. The second Person of the Trinity, because of his eternal relation to the first Person, is the Son of God. He is the Son of God as to his divine nature, while as to his human nature he is the Son of David (Rom. 1:3, 4. Comp. Gal. 4:4; John 1:1-14; 5:18-25; 10:30-38, which prove that Christ was the Son of God before his incarnation, and that his claim to this title is a claim of equality with God).
When used with reference to creatures, whether men or angels, this word is always in the plural. In the singular it is always used of the second Person of the Trinity, with the single exception of Luke 3:38, where it is used of Adam.
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.