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Does Paul tie God's designators (quotes, roles etc.) to Jesus?

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Apart from the question of whether Paul explicitly wrote that Jesus is God, did he at least overtly imply that Jesus is God? Did Paul take quotes, titles, roles, and properties noticeably and uniquely applicable to God and apply them to Jesus so-as to attribute to Jesus the divinity of YHWH?

Does Paul tie God's designators (quotes, roles etc.) to Jesus?

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Paul applied God’s “Lord (YHWH)” designation to Jesus
When Paul called Jesus “Lord” (κύριος), he intended it to carry the meaning and weight of “YHWH” (God's personal name, which Jews use κύριος as a traditional translation/placeholder for).
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OT quotes, swapping “Lord” [i.e. YHWH] instances with “Lord” [i.e. Jesus].

Paul describes Jesus as “lord” using OT quotes about YHWH (“Lord”).

Paul habitually called Jesus “Lord” in religious contexts.

The Jerusalem church did.

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Paul applied God’s “Lord (YHWH)” designation to Jesus

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