Christians:Where in the bible is the 'case' for the trinity laid out by the author?

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Being such a hot topic and all for early Jews. Surely some christian author would have covered it.

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I am fine with it not mentioning the actual word 'trinity'. Thats cool. But where is it specifically laid out in scripture? Like does Paul say "Behold my brethern, let me tell you about the mystery of the 3 persons in one god head. Its like water......" you get the idea
 
It isn't!And to someone on here..............no where in the Bible does it say,God the Son,God the Father and God the Holy Spirit!
 
The trinity is a doctrine from the devil, therefore it is NOT in the bible!

The terms Father, Son, and Holy Ghost cannot imply three separate persons, personalities, wills, or beings. They can only denote different aspects or roles of one Spirit-being - the one God. They describe God's relationships to man, not persons in a Godhead. We use Father to emphasize God's roles as Creator, Father of spirits, Father of the born-again believers, and Father of the humanity of Jesus Christ. We use Son to mean both the humanity of Jesus Christ and God as He manifested Himself in the flesh for the purpose of man's salvation. We use Holy Ghost to emphasize God's active power in the world and among men, particularly His work in regeneration.


"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).

In this passage, Jesus commanded His disciples to baptize "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." However, this verse of Scripture does not teach that Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are three separate persons. Rather, it teaches the titles of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost identify one name and therefore one being. The verse expressly says "in the name," not "in the names."

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost all describe the one God, so the phrase in Matthew 28:19 simply describes the one name of the one God. The Old Testament promised that there would come a time when Jehovah would have one name and that this one name would be made known (Zechariah 14:9; Isaiah 52:6). We know that the one name of Matthew 28:19 is Jesus, for Jesus is the name of the Father (John 5:43; Hebrews 1:4), the Son (Matthew 1:21), and the Holy Ghost (John 14:26). The New Testament church understood this to be so, for they baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:38; 8:16; 10:48; 19:5; I Corinthians 1:13). Matthew himself endorsed this interpretation by standing with Peter and the other apostles during the sermon in which Peter commanded the people to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (Acts 2:14-38).

Matthew 28:19 does not teach three persons in one God, but rather it gives three titles of God, all of which properly apply to Jesus Christ. These titles sum up different roles of God; by its singular reference to "name," it focuses upon the one name of God revealed in the New Testament. That name is Jesus.

Further light on this interpretation that the name of God is Jesus comes from a comparison of Revelation 14:1 with 22:3-4. There is one name for the Father, God, and the Lamb. The Lamb is Jesus, so Jesus is the name of God and the Father.
 
It's not there at all. Because there is no trinity.

God is one, not three-in-one.

Trinity "proof-texts" all involve a manipulation and re-interpretation of Bible verses.
 
The Trinity was a concept invented in the New Testament, it was created as a solution to rationalize how Jesus was God.

It wouldn't make much sense for Jesus to cry or talk to himself such as he does the night of the last supper when he cries for his father to take the cup from him. Or when he screams father forgive them for they know not what they do when he was hanging on the cross, or asks why his father had forsaken him. It wouldn't make sense if Jesus was just talking to himself.

The Holy Spirit was an addition that came from where Jesus described the proper way to baptize people in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit ;)
 
The Bible repeatedly, over and over and over speaks of God as a Father, as a Son, and as a Spirit. You really have to be blind not to see those three in the Scriptures.
 
Not one scripture of a vision, dream, or CLEAR description wherein God is shown as three persons can be found. Nor can there be found a clear scripture where Jesus is called "God the Son," (equal to those declaring "God, the Father).

These are surely to be expected (if the trinity were true) just as "God the Father" is clearly and indisputably repeated many times in scripture.

God would not mislead us in something which means eternal life: "This is eternal life: their knowing you [Father], the only true God, and the one you sent forth: Jesus Christ." - John 17:1, 3.

Just as the essential knowledge of who the Messiah is is clearly repeated over and over in the scriptures, so should the equally essential knowledge of the different persons who make up the trinity should be so described in scripture [if true].

But neither these equivalents to "God the Father" nor a clear statement of the trinity is found anywhere in scripture.

So, rather than using the entire Bible as context, many believers in the trinity rely on a few selected, so-called 'proof-texts' which do not hold up under closer scrutiny:

"Trinity 'Proof - Texts'"
http://examiningthetrinity.blogspot.com/2009/11/trinity-proof-texts.html
 
the famous hymn from Philippians 2 is one of my favorites:



5Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus:

6Who, being in very nature God,

did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,

7but made himself nothing,

taking the very nature of a servant,

being made in human likeness.
 
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