John 3:16

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The validity of Jesus' status as the "only begotten son" of God, as described in John 3:16, has been disputed by Muslim scholars especially,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/february4/is-god-of-muhammad-father-of-jesus.html |title=Is the God of Muhammad the Father of Jesus? |last=George |first=Timothy |work=[[Christianity Today]] |access-date=3 May 2022 |date=4 February 2002 |archive-date=21 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220321205231/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/february4/is-god-of-muhammad-father-of-jesus.html |url-status=live }}</ref> who deny the [[Islamic view of the Trinity|Trinity]] and consider such concepts as a denial of ''[[tawhid]]'' (oneness of God).<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/februaryweb-only/22.0.html |title=There Can Be No End to Jihad' |last=McRoy |first=Anthony |date=1 February 2005 |work=Christianity Today |access-date=3 May 2022 |archive-date=11 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210811001628/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/februaryweb-only/22.0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gombe State University]]'s Yakubu Modibbo and [[University of Maiduguri]]'s Dani Mamman claimed other verses from the Bible that, they believed, are an affirmation of other "begotten sons" of God, and thus contradict Jesus' words or John's commentary; [[Book of Psalms|Psalms]] 2:7 for example, which reads, "I will tell of the decree: The Lord said to me, 'You are my Son; today I have begotten you'."<ref name="status" /> They added that, despite unambiguous, "Christians still regards all the biblical sons of God as adopted sons by God, through faith in Jesus."<ref name="status">{{Citation |url=https://www.academia.edu/40949959 |title=Scriptural Analysis on the Divine Sonship of Jesus from the Qur'an and the Bible |last1=Modibbo |first1=Yakubu |last2=Mamman |first2=Dani |publisher=[[Gombe State University]], [[University of Maiduguri]] |pages=6–7 |access-date=3 May 2022 |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503085834/https://www.academia.edu/40949959/SCRIPTURAL_ANALYSIS_ON_THE_DIVINE_SONSHIP_OF_JESUS_FROM_THE_QUR_AN_AND_BIBLE |url-status=live }}</ref> However, the Christian apologist A. Yousef Al-Katib wrote that it is actually a reference to the coming son of God, who in Christian theology is identified as Jesus; he also wrote of [[Acts of the Apostles|Acts]] 13:33 that quotes the verse to prove Jesus' divine sonship.{{sfn|Al-Katib|2014|p=57}}