Footnote

b Some object to the use of the term “God’s Son,” believing that it implies that God had sexual relations with a woman. However, this idea is not taught in the Scriptures. Rather, the Bible calls Jesus “God’s Son” and “the firstborn of all creation” because he was the first and only one created directly by God. (Colossians 1:​13-​15) The Bible also refers to the first man, Adam, as the “son of God.” (Luke 3:38) This was because Adam was created by God.