Monday, April 6, 2009

Trinity in the Bible - Part III:New Testament Teachings in the Epistles

Quite frankly, teachings in the Gospel accounts should be more than sufficient to state the case for the existence of the Trinity. But I wanted to take one more post to describe what is in some of the New Testament Epistles:


4There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling;

5one Lord, one faith, one baptism

6one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.

Ephesians 4:4-6 (NASB)

14how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, (cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

Hebrews 9:14 (NASB)

2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.

1 Peter 1:2 (NASB)

2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;

1 John 4:2 (NASB)

20But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

21keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.

Jude 20-21 (NASB)


Four authors of the epistles: Paul,Peter, John, Jude; 5 is you think Hebrews is other than Paul, make clear references to the members of the Trinity.

There is no doubt in my mind, how about you?

Do you find any nuances in the Epistles or in the Gospels that are different from each other?

Are there other passages that you look to to reveal and define the Trinity for you?




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