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The Holy Trinity

(All quotes from Scripture are taken from the King James Version of the Bible)


The word "trinity" itself is never mentioned in the Bible. But, the three Persons of the Trinity are not only mentioned by name, their eternal relationship to each other in the Godhead is specifically mentioned. There is God the Father, God the Son (Who is begotten of the Father), and God the Holy Spirit (Who proceeds from the Father). The Bible never, ever says that Christ proceeds from the Father, or that the Spirit is begotten of the Father, or that the Father is begotten of the Son. This shows that each Person of the Trinity is distinct from the other, yet they are all the same One God Who is manifest in three Persons.



There is only One God

Deuteronomy 6:4--"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD"

Malachi 2:10--"hath not one God created us?"

1 Corinthians 8:6--"But to us there is but one God"

Ephesians 4:6--"One God and Father of all"

1 Timothy 2:5--"For there is one God"

James 2:19--"Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well"



Manifest in Three Persons

God the Father

1 Corinthians 8:6--"But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him"

Galatians 1:1--"Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)"

Galatians 1:3--"Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ"

Ephesians 6:23--"Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"

Philippians 2:11--"And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father"

1 Thessalonians 1:1--"Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ"

2 Timothy 1:2--"To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord"

Titus 1:4--"To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour"

1 Peter 1:2--"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied"

2 Peter 1:17--"For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased"

2 John 1:3--"Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love"

Jude 1:1--"Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called"


Jesus the Only-Begotten

John 1:14--"And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth"

John 1:18--"No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him"

John 3:16--"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life"

John 3:18--"He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God"

1 John 4:9--"In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him"


The Holy Spirit Who proceeds from the Father

John 15:26--"But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me"


Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

Matthew 28:19--"Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"

2 Corinthians 13:14--"The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen."

1 Peter 1:2--"Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied."

1 John 5:7--"For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one."


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