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Bible quotes against the Trinity - page 1
Psalm 33,6 + 9
6 By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, their starry host by the breath of His mouth.
9 For He spoke, and it came to be; He commanded, and it stood firm.
Psalm 148,5
5 Let them praise the name of the LORD, for at His command they were created.
GOD creates things by speaking and commanding. It is His own act of will, which has nothing to do with Jesus.
Isaiah 44,24
24 This is what the LORD says—your Redeemer, who formed you in the womb: I am the LORD, the Maker of all things, who stretches out the heavens, who spreads out the earth by myself (...).
Ezekiel 34,23 f.
23 I will place over them one shepherd, my servant David (Jesus), and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd.
24 I the LORD will be their GOD, and my servant David (Jesus) will be prince among them. I the LORD have spoken.
Jesus is the Servant of GOD, whom He raised up to be their Shepherd and Leader. Verse 24 clearly distinguishes between GOD and the Messiah. Nowhere in the Old Testament is the alleged incarnation of GOD even hinted at.
Matthew 12,17 f.
17 This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
18 “Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. (...)"
Matthew 16,15 f.
15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?”
16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living GOD.”
Peter confesses Jesus as the "Son of the living GOD"; not as the living GOD Himself, which he would be according to the Trinitarian understanding. Like all other apostles, Peter distinguishes between GOD and His Anointed One. Nowhere are the terms "GOD" (ancient Greek: theos) and "Christ" (ancient Greek: christos) equated.
Matthew 21,9
9 The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest heaven!”
Jesus comes in the name of the Lord (Yahweh) and not in his own name, although Trinitarians equate Jesus and Yahweh.
Matthew 24,36
36 "But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father."
If Jesus were GOD, he would know everything at all times. If Jesus had already pre-existed as the Son and only temporarily shed his divinity, his statement would be a lie, since he had all knowledge before and after his incarnation. If the Holy Spirit were also GOD, he too would know the time of the Son's return, and not the Father alone.
Matthew 28,18
18 And Jesus came and spoke unto them, saying, "All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."
GOD possesses all power. He does not need to be given power. Only someone who did not have it before can receive power. Jesus received power over the universe as a reward for his unconditional obedience.
Mark 10,18
18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me."
Jesus points out that only GOD (the Father) is perfectly good and that He deserves the highest honor. Although Jesus is without sin, he does not honor himself, knowing that his honor comes from GOD. This is an expression of humility. Jesus's calling himself the Good Shepherd (John 10) does not make him GOD, but rather means that Jesus has benevolent intentions for all the sheep GOD has placed under his care; in contrast to the Pharisees, who were only concerned with their own advantage.
Mark 14,61 f.
61 But Jesus remained silent and gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah, the Son of the Blessed One?”
62 “I am,” said Jesus. “And you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
The High Priest, too, knew how to distinguish between the living GOD and His Christ. The jews understood "Son" not as a second hypostasis of a triune Godhead, but as a title of authority and a synonym for "Christ," which means "the Anointed One."
Mark 15,39
39 And when the centurion, who stood there in front of Jesus, saw how he died, he said, “Surely this man was the Son of GOD!”
Even the Roman centurion recognized that the Son of GOD who died on the cross was a man, and not GOD himself.
Mark 16,19
19 After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of GOD.
To sit at the right hand of a person means to take the place of honor next to that person. This represents a special distinction. That Jesus sits at the right hand of GOD does not mean that he is GOD himself, since GOD does not sit at the right hand of GOD. GOD is supreme, whereas Jesus remains subordinate to GOD even after his resurrection.
Luke 1,31 f.
31 You will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to call him Jesus.
32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord GOD will give him the throne of his father David.
Jesus is the Son of the Most High. He is not the Most High, as Trinitarians claim. The Father, the only true GOD, is above the Son. Furthermore, a distinction is also made here between GOD, the Lord, and Jesus.
Luke 2,28-32
28 (…) He took him in his arms and praised GOD, saying:
29 “Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You may now dismiss Your servant in peace.
30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
31 which You have prepared in the sight of all nations:
32 a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of You people Israel.”
Simeon realized that the child in his arms was not GOD, but the Savior promised by GOD, as his words clearly express.
Luke 2,52
52 And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with GOD and man.
Luke 5,17
17 One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.
This verse makes it clear that Jesus' power to heal and perform miracles did not come from himself, as Trinitarians assume, but from GOD the Father.
Luke 6,12
12 One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to GOD.
Luke 20,42 f.
42 David himself declares in the Book of Psalms: “‘The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand
43 until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."
David also distinguishes between THE LORD (Yahweh) and HIS Lord (King). Yahweh assigns the place at His right hand to His anointed, not to Himself.
Luke 22,67-70
67 "If you are the Messiah,” they said, “tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe me,
68 and if I asked you, you would not answer.
69 But from now on, the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the mighty GOD.”
70 They all asked, “Are you then the Son of GOD?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
John 1,30
30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me (higher in rank).’
John the Baptist also identifies the Messiah as a human being and not as GOD incarnate.
John 1,49
49 Then Nathanael declared, “Rabbi, you are the Son of GOD; you are the king of Israel.”
Nathanael's statement makes it clear that "son" is to be understood as a title of rule for kings and not as a euphemism for GOD.
John 4,25 f.
25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.”
26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”
With the words “I am,” Jesus identifies himself as Messiah/Christ and not as GOD, as Trinitarians claim.
John 5,30
30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but Him who sent me.
John 6,68 f.
68 Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.
69 We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of GOD.”
John 7,16 f.
16 Jesus answered, “My teaching is not my own. It comes from the one who sent me.
17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of GOD will find out whether my teaching comes from GOD or whether I speak on my own.
If Jesus were GOD, this statement would make no sense. Even if Jesus had completely renounced his supposed divinity in the meantime, he would still remain GOD in the first place, and his teachings about him would remain. Furthermore, it is contradictory that Jesus is said to have revealed himself as GOD in some places (John 5,17 f. / John 10,29-33), while in others he makes a clear distinction between himself and GOD.
John 8,40
40 "As it is, you are looking for a way to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from GOD. Abraham did not do such things."
Jesus himself described himself as a man sent by GOD. At no point did he present himself as anything else, even though Trinitarians might accuse him of this based on their misinterpretations of his statements.
John 10,29
29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.
The statement that the Father is greater than all includes Jesus. If Jesus were equal to the Father, as Trinitarians interpret verse 30, this would be a direct contradiction to verse 29.
John 10,35 f.
35 If He called them ‘gods,’ to whom the word of GOD came—and Scripture cannot be set aside—
36 what about the one whom the Father set apart as His very own and sent into the world? Why then do you accuse me of blasphemy because I said, ‘I am GOD’s Son’?
The term "god" or "gods" (Hebrew: elohim / ancient Greek: theos) was used in Judaism both for the Creator GOD Yahweh and for humans, e.g., for judges of Israel. Jesus declares that he is the judge of all people appointed by GOD and that his self-designation as "Son of GOD" is therefore legitimate. Being the Son of GOD is neither blasphemy nor does it mean that Jesus wanted to equate himself with GOD, as the Jews wrongly accused Jesus of.
John 13,3
3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from GOD and was going to GOD (...).