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Trinity
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Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: — Matthew 28:19 | |
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| Category | God |
| Passages | 16 (22 verses) |
| Old Testament | 2 passages |
| New Testament | 14 passages |
| Books cited | Deuteronomy, Isaiah, Matthew, Luke, John, Acts, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Ephesians, Colossians, James, 1 Peter |
| Also called | Godhead, Father Son and Holy Spirit, Triune God, three in one |
Trinity is not a word used in the Bible. This page lists verses that speak of God as one and that name the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit together.
God is one
- Deuteronomy 6:4Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
- Isaiah 44:6Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his redeemer the Lord of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
- James 2:19Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit named together
- Matthew 28:19Go 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 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
- 1 Peter 1:2Elect 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.
- Ephesians 4:4-64There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
At Jesus' baptism
- Matthew 3:16-1716And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
- Luke 3:22And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
The Son
- John 1:1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- John 1:14And 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 10:30I and my Father are one.
- Colossians 2:9For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.
The Holy Spirit
- Acts 5:3-43But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.
- John 14:16-1716And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
- 1 Corinthians 2:10-1110But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. 11For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
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