The Trinity in Scripture

Things attributed to one person of the Trinity can also be attributed to another, or all three

Not only does each member of the Trinity possess the qualities unique to deity, they are also each credited with some of the exact same deeds. This reinforces the claim that there is but one God.

  • The Creation:
    • The Father:
      • In the beginning God (Elohim) created the heaven and the earth. – Genesis 1:1
      • Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: – Jeremiah 32:17
    • Son:
      • [1]In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. [2]The 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. – John 1:1-3
        (Note: The Jehovah's Witnesses claim that God created Jesus, and that Jesus subsequently created everything else. If what they say is true, then Genesis 1:1 would appear to contradict John 1:1-3, as the heaven and the earth would logically fall under the category of all things
      • [16] For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: [17] And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. – Colossians 1:16-17
      • 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
    • The Spirit:
      • The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. – Job 33:4
      • Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. – Psalm 104:30
  • The Resurrection:
    • The Father:
      • Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. – Acts 2:24
      • And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. – Acts 3:15
      • Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set [him] at his own right hand in the heavenly [places], – Ephesians 1:20
      • Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with [him] through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. – Colossians 2:12
    • The Son:
      • [19]Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. [20]Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? [21]But he spake of the temple of his body. – John 2:19-21
      • [17]Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. [18]No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. – John 10:17-18
    • The Spirit:
      • But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. – Romans 8:11
      • For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: – 1 Peter 3:18
  • The Source of our salvation:
    • The Father:
      • Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; – 1 Timothy 1:1
      • For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; – 1 Timothy 2:3
      • For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. – 1 Timothy 4:10
    • The Son:
      • But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: – 2 Timothy 1:10
      • To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. – Titus 1:4
      • Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; – Titus 3:6
  • The title ‘Alpha & Omega' or ‘First & Last':
    • The Father:
      • Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he. – Isaiah 41:4
      • 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. – Isaiah 44:6
      • Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I [am] he; I [am] the first, I also [am] the last. – Isaiah 48:12
    • The Son:
      • [11]Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. [12] And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; [13] And in the midst of the seven candlesticks [one] like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. – Revelation 1:11-13
      • [17] And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: [18] I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. – Revelation 1:17-18
      • [13] I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. [14] Blessed [are] they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. [15] For without [are] dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. [16] I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star. – Revelation 22:13-16
  • Identification with the Rock:
    • The Father:
      • Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: – Isaiah 17:10
    • The Son:
      • And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. – 1 Corinthians 10:4