Jesus Is The Creator God

Formal Equivalence (Word-For-Word)

  • Received Text (Textus Receptus)

    All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. — John 1:3 KJV (48.83% / 66.58%)

    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: 17 And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. — Colossians 1:16-17 KJV (48.83% / 66.58%)

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    All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. — John 1:3 NKJV (60.32% / 65.21%)

    For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or [a]principalities or [b]powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. — Colossians 1:16-17 NKJV (60.32% / 65.21%)

  • Majority Text

    All things were made through him. Without him, nothing was made that has been made. — John 1:3 WEB (World English Bible)

    For by him all things were created in the heavens and on the earth, visible things and invisible things, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. — Colossians 1:16-17 WEB (World English Bible)

  • Critical Text

    All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. — John 1:3 LSB (NASB ‘95 61.65% / 67.99%)

    For in Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities⁠—all things have been created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, And in Him all things hold together. — Colossians 1:16-17 LSB (NASB ‘95 61.65% / 67.99%)

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    All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. — John 1:3 ESV (62.36% / 68.74%)

    For by[a] him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. 17 And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. — Colossians 1:16-17 ESV (62.36% / 68.74%)

Dynamic Equivalence (Thought-For-Thought)

  • Critical Text

    God created everything through him, and nothing was created except through him. — John 1:3 NLT (70.08% / 39.90%)

    for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. 17 He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. — Colossians 1:16-17 NLT (70.08% / 39.90%)

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    Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. — John 1:3 NIV (67.20% / 53.10%)

    For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him. 17 He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. — Colossians 1:16-17 NIV (67.20% / 53.10%)

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    All things were created[a] by him, and apart from him not one thing was created[b] that has been created.[c] — John 1:3 NET (66.28% / 53.94%)

    for all things in heaven and on earth were created in him—all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions,[a] whether principalities or powers—all things were created through him and for him. 17 He himself is before all things and all things are held together[b] in him. — Colossians 1:16-17 NET (66.28% / 53.94%)

  • NET Bible Translator Notes

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Messianic Bible translations

  • Critical Text

    All things were made through Him, and apart from Him nothing was made that has come into being. — John 1:3 TLV (Tree of Life Version, Formal Equivalent)

    For by Him all things were created—in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen, whether thrones or angelic powers or rulers or authorities. All was created through Him and for Him. 17 He exists before everything, and in Him all holds together. — Colossians 1:16-17 TLV (Tree of Life Version, Formal Equivalent)

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    All things came to be through him, and without him nothing made had being. — John 1:3 CJB (Complete Jewish Bible, Dynamic Equivalent)

    because in connection with him were created all things — in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, lordships, rulers or authorities — they have all been created through him and for him. 17 He existed before all things, and he holds everything together. — Colossians 1:16-17 CJB (Complete Jewish Bible, Dynamic Equivalent)

Highly Idiomatic Translation / Paraphrase

  • Critical Text

    3-5 Everything was created through him; nothing—not one thing!—came into being without him. What came into existence was Life, and the Life was Light to live by. The Life-Light blazed out of the darkness; the darkness couldn’t put it out. — John 1:3-5 MSG (The Message)

    15-18 We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We look at this Son and see God’s original purpose in everything created. For everything, absolutely everything, above and below, visible and invisible, rank after rank after rank of angels—everything got started in him and finds its purpose in him. He was there before any of it came into existence and holds it all together right up to this moment. And when it comes to the church, he organizes and holds it together, like a head does a body. — Colossians 1:15-18 MSG (The Message)

Conclusion

Thus says Yahweh, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, Yahweh, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone, — Isaiah 44:24 LSB (NASB ‘95 61.65% / 67.99%)

Jesus made all things (Jn 1:3; Col 1:16-17), and Yahweh made all of those very same things. You better believe Jesus is Yahweh God! It’s as plain as day. Undeniable, irrefutable, Indisputable proof that JESUS IS GOD.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. … 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. — John 1:1-3,14 LSB (NASB ‘95 61.65% / 67.99%)

Is it any wonder that the Apostle John went through great lengths stating just that.