I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
Parallel translations
- WEB I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
- KJV I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
- NKJV I, even I, am the Lord, And besides Me there is no savior.
- NASB “I, only I, am the Lord, And there is no savior besides Me.
- NLT I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior.
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Quick answer
The LORD declares that He alone is God and besides Him there is no savior. It affirms that salvation belongs to God alone.
Overview
God states emphatically that no other being can deliver. Salvation is not shared with idols or nations but is His exclusive work. This truth that there is no savior besides the LORD is gloriously displayed in Jesus, in whom God Himself comes to save.
Cross-references & the web
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- Hos 13:4Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
- Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Isa 43:3For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt for your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place.
- Isa 45:21–22Speak up and present your case—yes, let them take counsel together. Who foretold this long ago? Who announced it from ancient times? Was it not I, the LORD? There is no other God but Me, a righteous God and Savior; there is none but Me.
- Acts 4:12Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”
- Rev 7:10–12And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Isa 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Deut 6:4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One.
- Isa 44:8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- Jude 1:25to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
- Hos 1:7Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”
- Luke 1:47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!
- Titus 3:4–6But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Rev 1:17–18When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,
- Luke 2:11Today in the city of David a Savior has been born to you. He is Christ the Lord!
- 1 Jn 5:20–21And 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.
- 1 Jn 4:14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
- Titus 2:10not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
- Rev 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Titus 2:13as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.
- John 10:28–30I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
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