Shorter Catechism

Q 5. Are there more Gods than one?

A. There is but one only,1 the living and true God.2

Larger Catechism

Q 8. Are there more Gods than one?

A. There is but one only,3 the living and true God.4

1. Deuteronomy 6:4

   “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

   Isaiah 44:6

   Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
   and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
   “I am the first and I am the last;
   besides me there is no god.

   Isaiah 45:21-22

   Declare and present your case;
   let them take counsel together!
   Who told this long ago?
   Who declared it of old?
   Was it not I, the Lord?
   And there is no other god besides me,
   a righteous God and a Savior;
   there is none besides me.

   “Turn to me and be saved,
   all the ends of the earth!
   For I am God, and there is no other.

   1 Corinthians 8:4-6

   Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.” For although there may be so-called gods in heaven or on earth—as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”— yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist. (ESV)

2. Jeremiah 10:10

   But the Lord is the true God;
   he is the living God and the everlasting King.
   At his wrath the earth quakes,
   and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

   John 17:3

   And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

   1 Thessalonians 1:9

   For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

   1 John 5:20

   And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (ESV)

3. Deuteronomy 6:4

   “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

   1 Corinthians 8:4

   Therefore, as to the eating of food offered to idols, we know that “an idol has no real existence,” and that “there is no God but one.”

   1 Corinthians 8:6

   yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.

   Isaiah 45:21-22

   Declare and present your case;
   let them take counsel together!
   Who told this long ago?
   Who declared it of old?
   Was it not I, the Lord?
   And there is no other god besides me,
   a righteous God and a Savior;
   there is none besides me.

   “Turn to me and be saved,
   all the ends of the earth!
   For I am God, and there is no other.

   Isaiah 44:6

   Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel
   and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts:
   “I am the first and I am the last;
   besides me there is no god. (ESV)

4. Jeremiah 10:10

   But the Lord is the true God;
   he is the living God and the everlasting King.
   At his wrath the earth quakes,
   and the nations cannot endure his indignation.

   John 17:3

   And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.

   1 Thessalonians 1:9

   For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

   1 John 5:20

   And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. (ESV)