Where is the trinity mentioned in the Bible?

Question

Just want to know where I can look up information about the trinity.

Answer 1

To my knowledge, the word 'Trinity' isn't used.

There are passages where ' The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost being equal and as One are mentioned. We just refer to them as the Trinity













Kp

Answer 2

Great Question,

The most difficult thing about the Christian concept of the Trinity is that there is no way to adequately explain it. The Trinity is a concept that is impossible for any human being to fully understand, let alone explain. God is infinitely greater than we are, therefore we should not expect to be able to fully understand Him. The Bible teaches that the Father is God, that Jesus is God, and that the Holy Spirit is God. The Bible also teaches that there is only one God. Though we can understand some facts about the relationship of the different persons of the Trinity to one another, ultimately, it is incomprehensible to the human mind.



Keep in mind when studying this subject that the word "Trinity" is not used in Scripture. This is a term that is used to attempt to describe the triune God, the fact that there are 3 coexistent, co-eternal persons that make up God. Understand that this is NOT in any way suggesting 3 Gods. The Trinity is 1 God made up of 3 persons. There is nothing wrong with using the term "Trinity" even though the word is not found in the Bible. It is shorter to say the word "Trinity" than to say "3 coexistent, co-eternal persons making up 1 God." If this presents a problem to you, consider this: the word grandfather is not used in the Bible either. Yet, we know there were grandfathers in the Bible. Abraham was the grandfather of Jacob. So don't get hung up on the term "Trinity" itself. What should be of real importance is that the concept that is REPRESENTED by the word "Trinity" does exist in Scripture. With the introduction out of the way, Bible verses will be given in discussion of the Trinity.



There is one God: Deuteronomy 6:4; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Galatians 3:20; 1 Timothy 2:5.



The Trinity consists of three Persons: Genesis 1:1; 1:26; 3:22; 11:7; Isaiah 6:8; 48:16; 61:1; Matthew 3:16-17; Matt 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14.



In Isaiah 48:16 and 61:1, the Son is speaking while making reference to the Father and the Holy Spirit. Compare Isaiah 61:1 to Luke 4:14-19 to see that it is the Son speaking. Matthew 3:16-17 describes the event of Jesus' baptism. Seen in this is God the Holy Spirit descending on God the Son while God the Father proclaims His pleasure in the Son. Matthew 28:19 and 2 Corinthians 13:14 are examples of 3 distinct persons in the Trinity.



Sorry for being so long, but you asked, you shall recieve.

Answer 3

The term "trinity" does not appear in the Bible, as other answerers have already pointed out. They are correct.



However, the concept of the Trinity is indeed very scriptural.



First, there is only one God: "You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.” – (Deuteronomy 4:35)



Second, there is a plurality to God: “Let us make man in our image” – (Genesis 1:26)



Third, the Father is God: "Know that the LORD is God. It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.” – (Psalm 100:3)



Fourth, Jesus is God: "That if you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved…. for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” – (Romans 10:9,13)



This is a particularly interesting point to me. If you look at the things that God says about Himself in scripture, and then compare with what Jesus said about Himself and did, you'll see that without question, Jesus believed himself to be God.



For instance, God called himself the shepherd. Later, Jesus called himself the good shepherd. God said that it would be He would gather the nations and judge them; Jesus said that He would gather the nations and judge them. God said that he would not share his glory with anyone; Jesus said that God would glorify Him. God said that we are to worship only Him; Jesus accepted worship.



There are numerous examples of this throughout scripture. No matter what you believe about Jesus Christ, just looking at the pattern of Jesus' behavior must lead to the conclusion that Jesus believed Himself to be God.



Fifth, the Holy Spirit is God: "“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the Lord's glory, are being transformed into his likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.” – (2 Corinthians 3:17-18)



I confess I hate answers like this one that are loaded down with Bible quotes, but I think it's important to show you that the idea of the Trinity is pervasive throughout the Bible.



No Biblical doctrine should be based on one or two specific verses. The reason for this is that translation differences and linguistic preferences can alter the meaning of a verse to produce a an unintended meaning. Or, verses can be taken out of context to support a specific point.



There are belief systems that do this. The Jehovah's Witnesses are experts at it, creating their own translation of the Bible to avoid a specific verse which says that Jesus Christ -- the Word -- was God.



The whole of scripture supports the concept of the Trinity, though this word is never used.

Answer 4

Well, we see that the Father and the Son are equal when Jesus says "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father, for I am in the Father and the Father is in me." (John 14:11)



The Holy Spirit comes into the picture first in Matthew 3:16, when the Spirit of God comes upon Jesus at Jesus' baptism. It is again mentioned in Mark 3:29, when Jesus says that whoever blasphemies against the Holy Spirit has comitted an unforgivable sin and shall never attain Heaven.



Later, in Acts, Christ fulfilles His promise to send the Holy Spirit upon His apostles.

Answer 5

The exact word trinity it does not.



The bible does teach the trinity



In hebrew there are two words that talk about God.

First hebrew word is Jehovah the supreme God.

The second word is Elohim which means many Gods.



Elohim was often used of the nations around Israel who worshiped many Gods.



example

Exodus 32:8 They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.



gods in this verse is the word elohim.



Gen 1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.



This verse says the Spirit of Elohim moved upon the face of the waters. This spirit is the spirit of Jehovah elohim. English calls him Lord God. This spirit is one with God.



Isa 44:6 Thus 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.



In this verse it mentions both people of the elohim God.

In hebrew it states thus says Jehovah the King of Israel and his redeemer the Jehovah of his hosts or army.

Jehovah the King is The father.

Jehovah of his Hosts is Jesus the redeemer.



Both are Jehovah as is the spirit of God.





jesus said in talking to John

Rev 22:13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.



final example

Gen 2:4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,



From hebrew in the day Jehovah Elohim made the heavens and the earth. Jehovah of many Gods the elohim.



The elohim God is the father, the son, the Holy Spirit.



Gen 1:26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:



In this verse the elohim said let us make man in our image.

Elohim is plural Gods that is why it says us in this verse plural.



Deu 6:4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:



In hebrew this verse

Hear O Israel , Jehovah Elohim is alone or one Jehovah



Jehovah the supreme God is Elohim many is alone or one Jehovah



So yes the bible very clearly mentions what we know as the father , the son, the Holy Spirit as being Elohim one Jehovah supreme God

Answer 6

The idea of the trinity comes from Jesus Himself:



Matthew 28: 16-20



16 Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go.

17 When they saw him, they worshiped him; but some doubted.

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.

19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Answer 7

Matthew 28:19

Answer 8

You can read all this below or just go to the site I'm putting under my sources.



The term "Trinity" is not a Biblical term, and we are not using Biblical language when we define what is expressed by it as the doctrine that there is one only and true God, but in the unity of the Godhead there are three coeternal and coequal Persons, the same in substance but distinct in subsistence. A doctrine so defined can be spoken of as a Biblical doctrine only on the principle that the sense of Scripture is Scripture. And the definition of a Biblical doctrine in such un-Biblical language can be justified only on the principle that it is better to preserve the truth of Scripture than the words of Scripture. The doctrine of the Trinity lies in Scripture in solution; when it is crystallized from its solvent it does not cease to be Scriptural, but only comes into clearer view. Or, to speak without figure, the doctrine of the Trinity is given to us in Scripture, not in formulated definition, but in fragmentary allusions; when we assemble the disjecta membra into their organic unity, we are not passing from Scripture, but entering more thoroughly into the meaning of Scripture. We may state the doctrine in technical terms, supplied by philosophical reflection; but the doctrine stated is a genuinely Scriptural doctrine.



The older writers discovered intimations of the Trinity in such phenomena as the plural form of the divine name 'Elohim, the occasional employment with reference to God of plural pronouns ("Let us make man in our image," Genesis 1:26; Genesis 3:22; Genesis 11:7 Isaiah 6:8), or of plural verbs (Genesis 20:13; Genesis 35:7), certain repetitions of the name of God which seem to distinguish between God and God (Genesis 19:27 Psalm 45:6, 7; Psalm 110:1 Hosea 1:7), threefold liturgical formulas (Deuteronomy 16:4 Numbers 6:24, 26 Isaiah 6:3), a certain tendency to hypostatize the conception of Wisdom (Proverbs 8), and especially the remarkable phenomena connected with the appearances of the Angel of Yahweh (Genesis 16:2-13; Genesis 22:11, 16; 31:11, 13; 48:15, 16 Exodus 3:2, 4, 5 Judges 13:20-22). The tendency of more recent authors is to appeal, not so much to specific texts of the Old Testament, as to the very "organism of revelation" in the Old Testament, in which there is perceived an underlying suggestion "that all things owe their existence and persistence to a threefold cause," both with reference to the first creation, and, more plainly, with reference to the second creation. Passages like Psalm 33:6 Isaiah 61:1; Isaiah 63:9-12 Haggai 2:5, 6, in which God and His Word and His Spirit are brought together, co-causes of effects, are adduced. A tendency is pointed out to hypostatize the Word of God on the one hand (e.g. Genesis 1:3 Psalm 33:6; Psalm 107:20; 119:87; Psalm 147:15-18 Isaiah 55:11); and, especially in Ezekiel and the later Prophets, the Spirit of God, on the other (e.g. Genesis 1:2 Isaiah 48:16; Isaiah 63:10 Ezekiel 2:2; Ezekiel 8:3 Zechariah 7:12). Suggestions-in Isaiah for instance (7:14; 9:6)-of the Deity of the Messiah are appealed to.



We cannot speak of the doctrine of the Trinity, therefore, if we study exactness of speech, as revealed in the New Testament, any more than we can speak of it as revealed in the Old Testament. The Old Testament was written before its revelation; the New Testament after it. The revelation itself was made not in word but in deed. It was made in the incaration of God the Son, and the outpouring of God the Holy Spirit.

Answer 9

The actual word trinity doesnt appear in the Bible. Then again, the word Bible isnt in the Bible either.

The trinity is a concept that didnt require a Biblical title. No discrepancy here.

Answer 10

All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit [Matthew 28:19].



May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all [2 Corinthians 13:14].



To God’s elect. . .who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and sprinkling by his blood [1 Peter 1:1-2].

Answer 11

From Genesis to Revelation.



Holy Trinity in the Bible

John greets the seven churches in Asia from the three persons of the Godhead or Holy Trinity. The greetings come from … him which is, and which was, and which is to come; this points to the Father. The … seven Spirits before the Throne point to the Holy Spirit. Then the Son names himself the Faithful Witness and the resurrected Christ. Perhaps John the apostle thinks of the words that he wrote in his Gospel.



1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2The same was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. 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 1:1–3, 14, KJV).



In these verses, John used the phrase “the Word” in exchange for Jesus Christ. The Word of God created all thrones, all powers, all rulers, and all authorities here on earth and in Heaven. Jesus created the earth and everything in it, even the smallest insects and the specks of dust in the atmosphere.



The Word holds the universe together for all time from the beginning to the end. He’s the head of his body the church; he’s the firstborn from the dead. Jesus Christ, as part of the Holy Trinity, controls all things on earth. (Col. 1:15–20).



1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (Gen. 1:1, 2, KJV).



Moses writes about the creation when he starts the Bible with, “In the beginning.” John starts his Gospel about Jesus Christ with, “In the beginning.” In Genesis 1, we see the Almighty God and the Holy Spirit before the creation of the universe. In John 1, we see Jesus before the creation of the universe.



The Bible does not use the term Holy Trinity, but the Bible contains many references to the Triune God (2 Cor. 13:14). God the Father, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit have always been, and they always will be. With the Lord there’s no beginning and no end. The Lord is unchanging: the same throughout eternity (Matt. 28:19).







Holy Trinity reveals one God

The three persons of the Holy Trinity are distinct and separate: yet, they are one (Eph. 4:4–6). This gives us the mystery of the Godhead—we wonder how this can be? The Christian Church holds the doctrine of the Holy Trinity as one of their oldest beliefs (1 Pet. 1:2). As we look at the traditional teachings of the Christian Church and study the Bible, we should grow in our understanding and accept the Holy Trinity by faith (Luke 3:21, 22).



Holy Trinity—One God

The Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit,

three separate Persons, and yet One.

Divine mystery beyond perception.

We look at One—We look at All.

We pray to One—We pray to All.

We love One—We love All.

One love’s us—All love us.

Father–Son–Holy Spirit—One God.



The mystery of the Holy Trinity separates the Christian Church from other religions.

Answer 12

The concept of the trinity was created by the church around the 3rd or 4th century. It was done in response to criticism that Christianity was becoming like the old Pagan religions that worshipped multiple deities. So some bright person came up with the concept that they were really just all different parts of the same God, and voila! Problem solved!



EDIT: WHY IS ANYONE GIVING THIS THUMBS DOWN? It's a matter of history! Here's a reference. Go to the following web page and scroll down to the section titled "Arian Controversy". It tells how the Council of Nicaea came up with the trinity concept.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Council_of_Nicaea

Answer 13

First John 1:1

Answer 14

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



http://www.bibleuniverse.com/home.aspx

Answer 15

Jesus said ' when the SPIRIT of Truth shall come, whom the FATHER shall send ;...." Jn 15 -17

Answer 16

no problem. let me find it for you .





it's there .....





no, there ....







waitaminit ......



nope, that is the catholic missal ......





AW NUTS! there IS no trinity in the bible.



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the right wholy reverend doctor SEZ there is!







and i can no find it.





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the trinity left.



i guess.



:-)



gramps

Answer 17

"...& Blade shall smite the vampires with his 2 companions, becoming the third of the trinity..."

Answer 18

You'll never find that word. Even though it existed in his time. Hence pagan trinities.

Answer 19

It is not in the bible. It is part of Catholic doctrine.

Answer 20

it is not mentioned in the bible.i have a site where you can get info.



http://www.gotquestions.org/Trinity-Bible.html

Answer 21

NO WHERE IT IS NOT A CHRISTIAN TEACHING NEITHER JESUS NOR ANY OF HIS FOLLOWERS TAUGHT THAT PAGAN DOCTRINE IT IS A TEACHING OF PAGANDOM AND christendom not CHRISTIANITY

Answer 22

Do yourself a favor and get rid of that book.



Watch "Zeitgeist". It will explain why.

Answer 23

its not

Answer 24

not

Answer 25

no it is not

Answer 26

It isn't.