Bible Verses About Sabellianism And The Trinity

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

triune witness text directly naming Father, Word, and Holy Spirit

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

Key Logos text

And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

Baptism scene with Father, Son, Spirit together

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

Main baptismal command used in Trinity debates

And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Baptism scene with Father and Son

One Lord, one faith, one baptism,

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

word of God text echoed by Origen

Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

One Father of all text often paired with Trinity teaching

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

Spirit searches the depths of God

And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.

three earthly witnesses text

And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

Spirit resting on the messianic figure

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

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I and my Father are one.

Text cited in later anti-Sabellian arguments

And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Spirit of his Son language

The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.

Father gives all things to the Son

And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:

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Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

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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.

Core one-God / one-Lord text

Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also.

Shows Father-Son relation

For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.

one Spirit baptism text

The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

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Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.

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Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

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Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.

Doctrine of Christ and Father/Son

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

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But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

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If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

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