The Trinity is taught in the Bible
in both the Old Testament and New Testament
In this section scripture used is from the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures by the Watchtower Society.
The N.W.T is actually a very poor and biased translation. However the N.W.T is the accepted version by the Jehovah
Witnesses. Therefore if the verse has not been perverted too badly this version will be used here. In the cases where the text
has been twisted and the meaning has been changed the New American Standard is quoted and is abbreviated as N.A.S
Further information on the N.W.T will be covered later in this study and can be found in the Jehovah Witnesses Index
Historically the nature of God has been referred to as the Trinity. This means that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are 3
separate persons which constitute only one God. The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible. This simply is the name of a doctrine or
idea that is taught in the Bible. Jehovah Witnesses also use terms that are not found in the bible such as "Theocratic kingdom".
We also use the word omnipotent to describe God as having unlimited power. The word omnipotent is not in the bible yet the
bible clearly teaches that God has unlimited power. People that argue against the Trinity often misrepresent it by stating it is a
belief in 3 Gods. Similarly they often point out passages where Jesus prays to the Father and then declare that Jesus cannot
be the Father. This type of argument shows lack of understanding of the doctrine. Let me try to explain it as clear as I can. God
the Father is called God, but this does not mean that he is Jesus, nor does it mean that he is the Holy Spirit. The Father is
called God in
Rom 1:7 N.W.T "to all those who are in Rome as God's beloved ones, called to be holy ones: May YOU have undeserved
kindness and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ."
Jesus the Son is called God, but this does not mean that he is the Father nor does it mean he is the Holy Spirit. Jesus is called
God.
John 1:1&14 N.A.S
(1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(14) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
(Notice this states that God became flesh. In the context this is Jesus. See also Phil.2:5-8)
John 20:27-29 N.W.T Next he said to Thomas: "Put your finger here, and see my hands, and take your hand and stick it into
my side, and stop being unbelieving but become believing." In answer Thomas said to him: "My Lord and my God!" Jesus
said to him: "Because you have seen me have you believed? Happy are those who do not see and yet believe."
(Notice Jesus did not rebuke Peter when he called him Lord and God. The conclusion is Jesus is God the Son.)
The Holy Spirit is called God but this does not mean that he is the Father nor does it mean that he is Jesus. The Holy Spirit is
called God.
Acts 5:3-4 N.W.T "But Peter said: "An·a·ni'as, why has Satan emboldened you to play false to the holy spirit and to hold back
secretly some of the price of the field? As long as it remained with you did it not remain yours, and after it was sold did it not
continue in your control? Why was it that you purposed such a deed as this in your heart? You have played false, not to men, but
to God"
(Notice that Peter stated they played false to or in other words lied to the Holy Spirit. Then in the next breath he states that this
was God they lied to.)
Hebrews 3:7-11 N.W.T For this reason, just as the holy spirit says: "Today if YOU people listen to his own voice, do not harden
YOUR hearts as on the occasion of causing bitter anger, as in the day of making the test in the wilderness, in which YOUR
forefathers made a test of me with a trial, and yet they had seen my works for forty years. For this reason I became disgusted
with this generation and said, 'They always go astray in their hearts, and they themselves have not come to know my ways.' So I
swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter into my rest.'"
Here we see the Holy Spirit said that he that was provoked and swore in his anger "they shall not enter into my rest".
Psalm 95:6-11 N.W.T "O come in, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker. For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasturage and the sheep of his hand. Today if YOU people listen to his own voice, Do not harden
YOUR heart as at Mer'i·bah, As in the day of Mas'sah in the wilderness, When YOUR forefathers put me to the proof; They
examined me, they also saw my activity. For forty years I kept feeling a loathing toward [that] generation, And I proceeded to
say: "They are a people wayward at heart, And they themselves have not come to know my ways"; Concerning whom I swore in
my anger: "They shall not enter into my resting-place."
Here we were told that Jehovah our maker is God. It is he that was provoked and swore in his anger "they shall not enter into
my resting-place". The conclusion is God the Holy Spirit said this. (See also Num 14:22-23) Following is a similar reference
where we have Jehovah speaking in the Old Testament and in the New Testament it refers to the Holy Spirit as the speaker.
We will compare Isaiah 6:8-10 with Acts 28:25-27.
Isaiah 6:8-10 N.W.T "And I began to hear the voice of Jehovah saying: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I
proceeded to say: "Here I am! Send me." And he went on to say: "Go, and you must say to this people, 'Hear again and again,
O men, but do not understand; and see again and again, but do not get any knowledge.' Make the heart of this people
unreceptive, and make their very ears unresponsive, and paste their very eyes together, that they may not see with their eyes
and with their ears they may not hear, and that their own heart may not understand and that they may not actually turn back and
get healing for themselves."
Acts 28:25-27 N.W.T So, because they were at disagreement with one another, they began to depart, while Paul made this
one comment: "The holy spirit aptly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to YOUR forefathers, saying, 'Go to this people and say:
"By hearing, YOU will hear but by no means understand; and, looking, YOU will look but by no means see. For the heart of this
people has grown unreceptive, and with their ears they have heard without response, and they have shut their eyes; that they
should never see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn back, and I should heal them."'
We have just seen that the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy spirit are all called God. These 3 are all called God yet they are
also 3 separate persons. They are not all the same person. One passage that clearly shows this is
John 14:16-17 N.W.T.(Jesus is the one speaking here.) "and I will request the Father and he will give YOU another helper to
be with YOU forever, the spirit of the truth, which the world cannot receive, because it neither beholds it nor knows it. YOU
know it, because it remains with YOU and is in YOU."
This passage clearly shows they are 3 separate persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All 3 the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit
are called God and they are 3 separate persons. Yet the Bible does not teach that there are 3 Gods. There is only one God.
These 3 Persons constitute only one God.
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.
Isa 44:6-8 N.A.S "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the
last, and there is no God besides me. 'And who is like me? Let him proclaim and declare it; yes, let him recount it to me in
order, from the time that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things that are coming and the
events that are going to take place. 'Do not tremble and do not be afraid; have I not long since announced it to you and
declared it? And you are My witnesses. Is there any God besides me, or is there any other Rock? I know of none.'"
Did you notice King of Israel and his Redeemer seem to be speaking of more than one? Then he says "I am the first and I am
the last and there is no God besides Me" this is singular. Then he ask if there are any other Gods besides him and states that
he (God) does not know of any! How can there be other Gods that even God himself knows nothing about?
Isaiah 43:10 N.W.T "YOU are my witnesses," is the utterance of Jehovah, "even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that
YOU may know and have faith in me, and that YOU may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God
formed, and after me there
(This even states there will be no other Gods in the future.) So what we have so far is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are
3 separate persons. All 3 persons are called God and there is only one God. We find this in creation also. All 3 are called the
creator and there is only one creator.
THE FATHER IS CREATOR
Isaiah 45:18, N.W.T, "For this is what Jehovah has said, the Creator of the heavens, He the [true] God, the Former of the earth
and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be
inhabited: "I am Jehovah, and there is no one else. ( see also Isa 42:5 & 1 Cor.8:6)
JESUS IS CREATOR
Col 1:13-16, N.A.S, For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation.
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities-- all things have been created by Him and for Him.
John 1:3, N.W.T All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.
(See also Hebrews 1:2, 1 Corinthians 8:6)
THE SPIRIT IS CREATOR
Job 26:13, N.A.S, "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent."
Gen 1:2, N.A.S And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God
was moving over the surface of the waters.
Psalm 104:30, N.W.T, "If you send forth your spirit, they are created; And you make the face of the ground new
GOD CREATED BY HIMSELF
Isaiah 44:24, N.W.T "This is what Jehovah has said, your Repurchaser and the Former of you from the belly: "I, Jehovah, am
doing everything, stretching out the heavens by myself, laying out the earth. Who was with me?
The Watchtower claims that Jehovah created Jesus and then through Jesus created everything else. The problem is that even
their N.W.T states that apart from Jesus not even one thing came into existence Jn.1:3. Then in Is.44:24 Jehovah states that He
did it by Himself. Jehovah even ask "Who was with me? I have had several Jehovah Witnesses give me an illustration to try to
explain this. The illustration goes something like this; " a contractor can point at a building and say "This is the building that I
built." In reality others were involved, but it does not make the contractors statement untrue. The problem with this illustration is
that the contractor could not specifically say that he did it by himself or ask, "Who was with me?" Jehovah could not say he
created "by myself" and ask "Who was with me?" if the Father and Jesus are not one God. To some people these verses
would seem to be in conflict with each other. They are not however in conflict at all. The answer is these 3 persons constitute
only one God.
Deut 6:4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! NAS
in both the Old Testament and New Testament
In this section scripture used is from the New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures by the Watchtower Society.
The N.W.T is actually a very poor and biased translation. However the N.W.T is the accepted version by the Jehovah
Witnesses. Therefore if the verse has not been perverted too badly this version will be used here. In the cases where the text
has been twisted and the meaning has been changed the New American Standard is quoted and is abbreviated as N.A.S
Further information on the N.W.T will be covered later in this study and can be found in the Jehovah Witnesses Index
Historically the nature of God has been referred to as the Trinity. This means that the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are 3
separate persons which constitute only one God. The word "Trinity" is not in the Bible. This simply is the name of a doctrine or
idea that is taught in the Bible. Jehovah Witnesses also use terms that are not found in the bible such as "Theocratic kingdom".
We also use the word omnipotent to describe God as having unlimited power. The word omnipotent is not in the bible yet the
bible clearly teaches that God has unlimited power. People that argue against the Trinity often misrepresent it by stating it is a
belief in 3 Gods. Similarly they often point out passages where Jesus prays to the Father and then declare that Jesus cannot
be the Father. This type of argument shows lack of understanding of the doctrine. Let me try to explain it as clear as I can. God
the Father is called God, but this does not mean that he is Jesus, nor does it mean that he is the Holy Spirit. The Father is
called God in
Rom 1:7 N.W.T "to all those who are in Rome as God's beloved ones, called to be holy ones: May YOU have undeserved
kindness and peace from God our Father and [the] Lord Jesus Christ."
Jesus the Son is called God, but this does not mean that he is the Father nor does it mean he is the Holy Spirit. Jesus is called
God.
John 1:1&14 N.A.S
(1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
(14) And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father,
full of grace and truth.
(Notice this states that God became flesh. In the context this is Jesus. See also Phil.2:5-8)
John 20:27-29 N.W.T Next he said to Thomas: "Put your finger here, and see my hands, and take your hand and stick it into
my side, and stop being unbelieving but become believing." In answer Thomas said to him: "My Lord and my God!" Jesus
said to him: "Because you have seen me have you believed? Happy are those who do not see and yet believe."
(Notice Jesus did not rebuke Peter when he called him Lord and God. The conclusion is Jesus is God the Son.)
The Holy Spirit is called God but this does not mean that he is the Father nor does it mean that he is Jesus. The Holy Spirit is
called God.
Acts 5:3-4 N.W.T "But Peter said: "An·a·ni'as, why has Satan emboldened you to play false to the holy spirit and to hold back
secretly some of the price of the field? As long as it remained with you did it not remain yours, and after it was sold did it not
continue in your control? Why was it that you purposed such a deed as this in your heart? You have played false, not to men, but
to God"
(Notice that Peter stated they played false to or in other words lied to the Holy Spirit. Then in the next breath he states that this
was God they lied to.)
Hebrews 3:7-11 N.W.T For this reason, just as the holy spirit says: "Today if YOU people listen to his own voice, do not harden
YOUR hearts as on the occasion of causing bitter anger, as in the day of making the test in the wilderness, in which YOUR
forefathers made a test of me with a trial, and yet they had seen my works for forty years. For this reason I became disgusted
with this generation and said, 'They always go astray in their hearts, and they themselves have not come to know my ways.' So I
swore in my anger, 'They shall not enter into my rest.'"
Here we see the Holy Spirit said that he that was provoked and swore in his anger "they shall not enter into my rest".
Psalm 95:6-11 N.W.T "O come in, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker. For he is our God,
and we are the people of his pasturage and the sheep of his hand. Today if YOU people listen to his own voice, Do not harden
YOUR heart as at Mer'i·bah, As in the day of Mas'sah in the wilderness, When YOUR forefathers put me to the proof; They
examined me, they also saw my activity. For forty years I kept feeling a loathing toward [that] generation, And I proceeded to
say: "They are a people wayward at heart, And they themselves have not come to know my ways"; Concerning whom I swore in
my anger: "They shall not enter into my resting-place."
Here we were told that Jehovah our maker is God. It is he that was provoked and swore in his anger "they shall not enter into
my resting-place". The conclusion is God the Holy Spirit said this. (See also Num 14:22-23) Following is a similar reference
where we have Jehovah speaking in the Old Testament and in the New Testament it refers to the Holy Spirit as the speaker.
We will compare Isaiah 6:8-10 with Acts 28:25-27.
Isaiah 6:8-10 N.W.T "And I began to hear the voice of Jehovah saying: "Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?" And I
proceeded to say: "Here I am! Send me." And he went on to say: "Go, and you must say to this people, 'Hear again and again,
O men, but do not understand; and see again and again, but do not get any knowledge.' Make the heart of this people
unreceptive, and make their very ears unresponsive, and paste their very eyes together, that they may not see with their eyes
and with their ears they may not hear, and that their own heart may not understand and that they may not actually turn back and
get healing for themselves."
Acts 28:25-27 N.W.T So, because they were at disagreement with one another, they began to depart, while Paul made this
one comment: "The holy spirit aptly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to YOUR forefathers, saying, 'Go to this people and say:
"By hearing, YOU will hear but by no means understand; and, looking, YOU will look but by no means see. For the heart of this
people has grown unreceptive, and with their ears they have heard without response, and they have shut their eyes; that they
should never see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn back, and I should heal them."'
We have just seen that the Father, Jesus the Son and the Holy spirit are all called God. These 3 are all called God yet they are
also 3 separate persons. They are not all the same person. One passage that clearly shows this is
John 14:16-17 N.W.T.(Jesus is the one speaking here.) "and I will request the Father and he will give YOU another helper to
be with YOU forever, the spirit of the truth, which the world cannot receive, because it neither beholds it nor knows it. YOU
know it, because it remains with YOU and is in YOU."
This passage clearly shows they are 3 separate persons Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All 3 the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit
are called God and they are 3 separate persons. Yet the Bible does not teach that there are 3 Gods. There is only one God.
These 3 Persons constitute only one God.
THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD.
Isa 44:6-8 N.A.S "Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the
last, and there is no God besides me. 'And who is like me? Let him proclaim and declare it; yes, let him recount it to me in
order, from the time that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things that are coming and the
events that are going to take place. 'Do not tremble and do not be afraid; have I not long since announced it to you and
declared it? And you are My witnesses. Is there any God besides me, or is there any other Rock? I know of none.'"
Did you notice King of Israel and his Redeemer seem to be speaking of more than one? Then he says "I am the first and I am
the last and there is no God besides Me" this is singular. Then he ask if there are any other Gods besides him and states that
he (God) does not know of any! How can there be other Gods that even God himself knows nothing about?
Isaiah 43:10 N.W.T "YOU are my witnesses," is the utterance of Jehovah, "even my servant whom I have chosen, in order that
YOU may know and have faith in me, and that YOU may understand that I am the same One. Before me there was no God
formed, and after me there
(This even states there will be no other Gods in the future.) So what we have so far is the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are
3 separate persons. All 3 persons are called God and there is only one God. We find this in creation also. All 3 are called the
creator and there is only one creator.
THE FATHER IS CREATOR
Isaiah 45:18, N.W.T, "For this is what Jehovah has said, the Creator of the heavens, He the [true] God, the Former of the earth
and the Maker of it, He the One who firmly established it, who did not create it simply for nothing, who formed it even to be
inhabited: "I am Jehovah, and there is no one else. ( see also Isa 42:5 & 1 Cor.8:6)
JESUS IS CREATOR
Col 1:13-16, N.A.S, For He delivered us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son,
in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. And He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of all creation.
For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or
rulers or authorities-- all things have been created by Him and for Him.
John 1:3, N.W.T All things came into existence through him, and apart from him not even one thing came into existence.
(See also Hebrews 1:2, 1 Corinthians 8:6)
THE SPIRIT IS CREATOR
Job 26:13, N.A.S, "By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent."
Gen 1:2, N.A.S And the earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep; and the Spirit of God
was moving over the surface of the waters.
Psalm 104:30, N.W.T, "If you send forth your spirit, they are created; And you make the face of the ground new
GOD CREATED BY HIMSELF
Isaiah 44:24, N.W.T "This is what Jehovah has said, your Repurchaser and the Former of you from the belly: "I, Jehovah, am
doing everything, stretching out the heavens by myself, laying out the earth. Who was with me?
The Watchtower claims that Jehovah created Jesus and then through Jesus created everything else. The problem is that even
their N.W.T states that apart from Jesus not even one thing came into existence Jn.1:3. Then in Is.44:24 Jehovah states that He
did it by Himself. Jehovah even ask "Who was with me? I have had several Jehovah Witnesses give me an illustration to try to
explain this. The illustration goes something like this; " a contractor can point at a building and say "This is the building that I
built." In reality others were involved, but it does not make the contractors statement untrue. The problem with this illustration is
that the contractor could not specifically say that he did it by himself or ask, "Who was with me?" Jehovah could not say he
created "by myself" and ask "Who was with me?" if the Father and Jesus are not one God. To some people these verses
would seem to be in conflict with each other. They are not however in conflict at all. The answer is these 3 persons constitute
only one God.
Deut 6:4 "Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! NAS
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