Defense:
Paul described Jesus as Creator:
> "Yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him.” (1 Cor. 8:6).

Isaiah 44:24 says, “Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, “I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone.”

In this passage, the LORD [Hebrew Yahweh] says that he created the earth all by Himself. However, Paul says that Jesus created all things. Therefore, in some sense, Jesus must be God. It is also important to note that Paul was very familiar with this Isaiah 44:24 passage due to his knowledge of the surrounding context in Isaiah 40-44 in his numerous other allusions to Isaiah (1 Cor. 2:16 cf. Isa. 40:13).