Trinity in the Bible

Christians define the Trinity as One God in three distinct Persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

The doctrine of the Trinity is one of the most difficult ideas in Christianity. So, what does Trinity actually mean?

There is exactly one God
The Father is God
The Son is God
The Holy Spirit is God
The Father is not the Son
The Son is not the Holy Spirit
The Father is not the Holy Spirit

The table below lists a few Bible verses where the three distinct Persons appear together (underlined). Christians would cite this 'togetherness' as evidence for Trinity.

OLD TESTAMENT \| Trinity
Isaiah
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; ISAIAH 11:2
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. ISAIAH 42:1
Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. ISAIAH 48:16
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; ISAIAH 61:1
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. ISAIAH 63:9
NEW TESTAMENT \| Trinity
Matthew
But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus: for he shall save his people from their sins. MATTHEW 1:20-21
And 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: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. MATTHEW 3:16-17
Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. MATTHEW 12:18
Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying MATTHEW 22:42-43
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
John
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God JOHN 1:1
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 1:14
I and [my] Father are one. JOHN 10:30-36
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever JOHN 14:16-17
But the Comforter, [which is] the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. JOHN 14:26
For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one 1JOHN 5:7-8
Paul's Letters
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. COLOSSIANS 2:9
Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: (Read More...) PHILIPPIANS 2:5-8
[There is] one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; (Read More...) EPHESIANS 4:4-6
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. 1 CORINTHIANS 8:6
Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, [is] God; (Read More...) 2 CORINTHIANS 1:21-22
The 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.]) 2 CORINTHIANS 13:14
Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, (Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: ROMANS 1:1-4
And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. ROMANS 5:5-6
Acts
Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? ACTS 11:16-17
Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. ACTS 20:21-23
1 Peter
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 PETER 1:2

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