What does the Bible say about trinity?
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The Bible teaches that there is one true God who eternally exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three distinct persons sharing the one divine being. Jesus commands baptism in the one name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in Matthew 28:19, while 2 Corinthians 13:14 blesses believers through all three persons. The Father sends the Son, the Son sends the Spirit, and the Spirit teaches and bears witness to Christ, as John 14:26 and John 15:26 show. Jesus is truly God, the eternal Word who became humble for our salvation (John 1:1; Philippians 2:5-8). This mystery calls us to worship the triune God with faith and gratitude.
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- Matthew 28:19
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,
- John 14:26
But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6
yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. Amen.
- Isaiah 48:16
Come you near to me, hear you this; from the beginning I have not spoken in secret; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord Yahweh has sent me, and his Spirit.
- John 15:26
"When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
- Matthew 3:16-17
[16] Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. [17] Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
- Genesis 1:26
God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
- Philippians 2:5-8
[5] Have this in your mind, which was also in Christ Jesus, [6] who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider it robbery to be equal with God, [7] but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men. [8] And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, yes, the death of the cross.
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