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The Nicene Creed
Scriptural Reference Guide


  • We believe in one God
  • the Father
  • Almighty,
  • Maker of heaven and earth,
  • of all that is seen and unseen.
  • We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,
  • the only Son of God
  • eternally begotten of the Father,
  • God from God,
  • Light from Light,
  • True God from True God,
  • begotten not made,
  • one in being with the Father,
  • through Whom all things were made.
  • For us men and for our salvation
  • He came down from heaven:
  • by the power of the Holy Spirit
    He was born of the Virgin Mary
  • and became man.
  • For our sake He was crucified
    under Pontius Pilate;
  • He suffered,
  • died, and was buried
  • On the third day He rose again in
    fulfillment of the Scriptures;
  • He ascended into Heaven
  • and is seated at the right
  • hand of the Father.
  • He will come again in Glory
  • to judge the living and dead,
  • and His kingdom will have no end;
  • We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord,
  • the giver of life,
  • Who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
  • With the Father and the Son,
    He is worshipped and glorified.
  • He has spoken through the prophets.
  • We believe in one
  • holy
  • catholic
  • and apostolic Church
  • We acknowledge one baptism
  • for the forgiveness of sins.
  • We look for the resurrection of the dead,
  • and the life of the world to come.
  • Amen.
  • (Deut 6:4, Eph 4:6)
  • (Matthew 6:9)
  • (Exo 6:3)
  • (Gen 1:1, 14:19)
  • (Col 1:15-16)
  • (Acts 11:17, Jude 4)
  • (John 1:2, 1:18; 3:26, 17:1-5)
  • (John 1:14)
  • (John 12:45, 16:28, Heb 1:1-9)
  • (John 1:1-9, 9:5, 12:36, 1 John 1:5, Rev. 21:23, 22:5)
  • (John 17:3, 1 Thess 1:9, 1 John 5:20)
  • (John 1:18, Col 1:15)
  • (John 5:18, 10:30, Heb 1:3)
  • (Heb 1:1-2, John 1:1-2)
  • (1 Tim 2:4-5)
  • (John 3:13, 6:33-35)
  • (Luke 1:35)
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  • (John 1:14)
  • (John 19:16)
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  • (Mark 8:31)
  • (Luke 23:53, 1 Cor 15:3-4)
  • (Luke 24:1, 1 Cor. 15:4)
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  • (Luke 24:51, Acts 1:10)
  • (Col 3:1, Heb 1:3, 10:12)
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  • (Matt 24:27)
  • (Acts 10:42, 2 Tim 4:1)
  • (2 Pet 1:11, Luke 1:33)
  • (Acts 5:3-4)
  • (John 14:26, Gen 1:2, 2:7)
  • (John 14:16, 15:26)
  • (Matthew 3:16-17)
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  • (Ezek 11:5, 1 Peter 1:10-11)
  • (Matt 16:18, Rom 12:13)
  • (Eph 5:25-27, Rev 19:7-8)
  • (Matt 28:19-20, Rev 5:9-10)
  • (Eph 2:19-21)
  • (Eph 4:5)
  • (Acts 2:38)
  • (John 11:24, 1 Cor 15:12-49)
  • (Mark 10:29-30)
  • (Psalm 106:48)