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title: Acts 4:12
url: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/acts-4-12/
markdown: https://jw-apologetics.app/verses/acts-4-12.md
type: verse
perspective: Protestant (historic Nicene) response to Jehovah's Witness teaching
reference: Acts 4:12
testament: NT
section: Acts
index: https://jw-apologetics.app/llms.txt
---

# Acts 4:12

## Text (Berean Standard Bible)

> Salvation exists in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved.”

## JW Usage

JWs acknowledge that salvation comes through Jesus but frame Jesus as the appointed agent — Jehovah saves, Jesus is the instrument. Acts 4:12 is read compatibly with the JW framework: "no other name" means no other agent besides the one Jehovah appointed.

## Protestant Usage

Lay Acts 4:12 beside Isaiah 43:11 — both verses in the NWT. Isaiah 43:11: "besides me there is no saviour." Acts 4:12: "there is no salvation in anyone else, for there is not another name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must get saved." If no saviour exists besides Jehovah, and Jesus is named as the sole saving name, then either Jesus is included in who Jehovah is or Scripture contradicts itself. The verse does not say "Jesus is the best-appointed agent of Jehovah's salvation." It says "no salvation in anyone else." An exclusive claim matched by an exclusive claim. Pair with Titus 2:13 — even the NWT calls Jesus "our great God and Saviour" — and the pattern is consistent: Jesus holds the title that Isaiah reserves for Jehovah alone.

## Arguments Using This Verse

- [Jehovah Alone Is Saviour — Yet Jesus Saves](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/isaiah43-saviour.md) — Isaiah 43:11 / Acts 4:12 / Titus 2:13 [Deity of Christ]
- [No New Testament Command to Use 'Jehovah'](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/jehovah-name-no-NT-mandate.md) — The NT's only command about the saving name redirects it to Jesus [Deity of Christ]
- [Every Title For Yahweh Is Given To Jesus](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/yahweh-titles-applied-to-jesus.md) — Isaiah 44:6 / Acts 4:12 / Romans 10:9 / Hosea 13:4 / Revelation 22:13 [Deity of Christ]
- [The Salvation-Name Dilemma](https://jw-apologetics.app/arguments/salvation-name-dilemma.md) — Old Testament — only Jehovah's name saves. New Testament — only Jesus' name saves. [Deity of Christ]