19 Bible Verses on Who God Says I Am, and Why Most of Them Are Plural



  • Chosen people, royal priesthood, ambassadors, children of God — the “you” in these is plural, and they were written to congregations.
  • Jeremiah 1:5 is a commissioning to one man for one job, and he replied that he could not speak and was too young.
  • Roman adoption gave a son standing that could not be disputed, which is why Paul chose the word.
  • Peter hands scattered gentiles four phrases God had used of Israel at Sinai.
  • The yoke Galatians 5:1 warns about is religious rule-keeping: the way back into bondage runs through trying harder.

Almost every identity statement in the New Testament is plural, and English hides it. A chosen people. A royal priesthood. Ambassadors. Children of God. The you in those sentences is you all, and Peter is describing a congregation rather than handing out a description for a mirror. That does not make them less true of any of us; it means we were never meant to read them alone. The nineteen passages below start where identity starts in Scripture, which is…

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