---
title: Hosea 11:1
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/hosea-11-1/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/hosea-11-1.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Hosea 11:1
testament: OT
section: Prophets
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Hosea 11:1

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [Sharing a Role Is Not Sharing Who God Is](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/god-alone-shared-or-identity.md) — Isaiah 44:24 / 1 Corinthians 6:2-3 / Job 38:7 — when 'God alone' texts allow others in, and when they don't [Deity of Christ]