Raised in debate over whether Jesus’ statement about God alone being good denies or instead indirectly affirms his own divine identity.
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A caller used this verse to argue that Jesus denied being God by saying only God is good.
The host and a Muslim discussant appealed to this verse's wording ('No one is good except God') while debating manuscript wording, church-father citations, and whether textual variants amount to corruption.
Used to argue that Jesus distinguished himself from God and therefore cannot be divine; the host answered that the passage does not deny Christ's deity and exposes the questioner's failure to recognize who Jesus is.
Raised by a Muslim to argue Jesus distinguished himself from God by saying only God is good; the Christians replied that the statement was rhetorical, not a denial of divinity.
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