I, yes I, am the Lord, and there is no other Savior.
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.
- BSB I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
- 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.
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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.
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Cross-references · 22
- Hos 13:4“Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
- Isa 44:6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Yahweh of Armies, says: “I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
- Isa 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Isa 45:21–22Declare and present it. Yes, let them take counsel together. Who has shown this from ancient time? Who has declared it of old? Haven’t I, Yahweh? There is no other God besides me, a just God and a Savior; There is no one besides me.
- Acts 4:12There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved!”
- Rev 7:10–12They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- Deut 6:4Hear, Israel: Yahweh is our God. Yahweh is one.
- Isa 44:8Don’t fear, neither be afraid. Haven’t I declared it to you long ago, and shown it? You are my witnesses. Is there a God besides me? Indeed, there is not. I don’t know any other Rock.”
- Jude 1:25to God our Savior, who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever. Amen.
- Hos 1:7But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen.”
- Luke 1:47My spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior,
- Titus 3:4–6But when the kindness of God our Savior and his love toward mankind appeared,
- Rev 1:17–18When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,
- Luke 2:11For there is born to you today, in David’s city, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
- 1 Jn 5:20–21We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
- 1 Jn 4:14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
- Titus 2:10not stealing, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
- Rev 1:11saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
- Titus 2:13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory 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 forever. Amen.
- John 10:28–30I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
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