Wrong: Paul NEVER claimed that Jesus was God but that the truth of the OT showed God spoke through him.
There is NOTHING about the mention of Beareans which shows they had any evidence for such a notion as you suggest.
Sass, even your much-beloved King James Version has Paul stating that Jesus is God on a number of occasions. Romans 1: 3-7
Romans 1:3-7King James Version (KJV)
3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh;
4 And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead:
5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name:
6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ:
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.As you can see Paul called Jesus the Son of God.He refers to God and Jesus Christ as two persons and note he says Jesus was made flesh.
Romans 9: 5; 4 Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
5 Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen.Does not say Christ is God...
Colossians 2: 9.
9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.Is Christ the God head or does the Godhead dwell in Christ...
We know God dwells in all men by the power of the Holy Spirit.
If you do not have the Spirit you do not belong to God. We see that Christ says;-
Make them one as we are one...
King James Bible
And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one:What Glory had God given Christ that he gave to us that we may be one as he and the Father are one.
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. If you add examples from the books that may or may not have been written by Paul, but traditionally bear his name as author, you also have 1 Timothy 3:16, 6:
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
King James Bible
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.No man has seen God the Son of God hath made him known to us.
Hebrews 1: 3.
1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets,
2 Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high:
These verses confirm that God sent Jesus, Spoke through Jesus and that Jesus made God known. Jesus was the image of Gods person. Nowhere does it give any belief that God was made flesh. It confirms that Christ was sent by God and God spoke through him,
Note that I have taken these examples from the King James Version Chain-Reference Bible by Frank Charles Thompson (4th Edition 1964)
Perhaps you ought to re-read your copy of the KJV rather more carefully.
It is you who need to see that what you proclaim is not confirmed in those verses. It confirms Christ sent by God and is the Son of God. Also I note you produced nothing from the OT. It is there where WE have confirmation.
What I have done is printed the KJV which shows you are misrepresenting what is actually written.
