What are the attributes of God?
God’s attributes are the perfections of his being — what he is in himself. Theologians group them as incommunicable (those uniquely God: eternity, immutability, aseity, omnipresence, omniscience, omnipotence) and communicable (shared in creatures by analogy: love, holiness, wisdom, justice, mercy).
Incommunicable attributes mark the Creator-creature distinction: God alone is eternal, unchanging, all-knowing, all-powerful.
Communicable attributes appear in us by reflection: we can love, be just, show mercy. He is the perfect original; we image him.
Every attribute is fully God. God is not partly love and partly justice; he is wholly love and wholly justice in every act.
Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.