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If Jesus is God...

For God Loved the world so much that he gave his only begotten son so that those exercising faith in him might have everlasting life.
Consider it all Joy my brothers, when you meet with various trials.
And the Peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and your minds by means of Christ Jesus.
So that you may not become sluggish, but be imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises
Cloth yourselves with the tender affections of compassion, kindness, humility, mildness, and patience.
For the fruitage of light consists of every sort of goodness and righteousness and truth.
Faith is the assured expectation of things hope for, the evident demonstration of realities though yet not beheld.
Walk worthily of the calling with which you were called, with all humility, and mildness...
For this very reason, put forth all earnest effort to supply to your faith virtue, to your virtue knowledge, to your knowledge self control, to your self control endurance, to your endurance godly devotion, to your godly devotion brotherly affection, to your brotherly affection love.

A trinitarian dilemma...

Then who is the firstborn creation of God?

Love

Romans 8:38-39

“For I am convinced that neither death nor life nor angels nor governments nor things now here nor things to come nor powers nor height nor depth nor any other creation will be able to separate us from God’s love that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

Joy

Hebrews 12:2
"as we look intently at the Chief Agent and Perfecter of our faith, Jesus. For the joy that was set before him he endured a torture stake, despising shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God."

Peace

Philippians 4:6-7
"Do not be anxious over anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication along with thanksgiving let YOUR petitions be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God that excels all thought will guard YOUR hearts and YOUR mental powers by means of Christ Jesus."

Patience

James 5:7-8
"Exercise patience, therefore, brothers, until the presence of the Lord. Look! The farmer keeps waiting for the precious fruit of the earth, exercising patience over it until he gets the early rain and the late rain. YOU too exercise patience; make YOUR hearts firm, because the presence of the Lord has drawn close."

Kindness

Colossians 3:12
"Accordingly, as God’s chosen ones, holy and loved, clothe yourselves with the tender affections of compassion, kindness, lowliness of mind, mildness, and long-suffering"

Goodness

Ephesians 5:8-9
"...YOU are now light in connection with the Lord. Go on walking as children of light, 9 for the fruitage of the light consists of every sort of goodness and righteousness and truth."

Faith

Hebrews 11:1
"Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld"

Mildness

Ephesians 4:1
"I, therefore, the prisoner in [the] Lord, entreat YOU to walk worthily of the calling with which YOU were called, 2 with complete lowliness of mind and mildness, with long-suffering, putting up with one another in love"

Self Control

2 Peter 1:5-8
"Yes, for this very reason, by your contributing in response all earnest effort, supply to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control endurance, to endurance godly devotion, 7 to godly devotion brotherly affection, to brotherly affection love. 8 For if these things exist in you and overflow, they will prevent you from being either inactive or unfruitful regarding the accurate knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ."