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The Trinity
Common
Trinity
 Personality
   of the Spirit
 Christ
   Preliminary
  Strategy
  Genesis 1:26
  Genesis 3:22
  Isaiah 9:6
   Matthew 1:23
  Matthew 28:19
  John 1:1-3
  John 3:13
  John 5:23
  John 6:33,38,51
  John 6:62
  John 8:23
  John 8:58
  John 10:17,18
  John 10:30
  John 14:9
  John 17:5
  John 20:28
  Romans 9:5
  Philippians 2:6
  Col. 1:15,16
  Eph. 4:8-10
  Hebrews 1:2
  Hebrews 1:8
  Hebrews 1:10-12
  Hebrews 7:3
  Hebrews 10:5
  1 John 4:3
  1 John 5:20
  Revelation 3:14
Soul
Heaven
Hell
Satan/Demons
"Saved"
Baptism
Resurrection
Antichrist

Unique
Catholic
Mormon
SDA
JW
British Israel
Church
of Christ
Pentecostal
Islam

Science
Miracles
Evolution
Creation
Carbon Dating

Inspiration
Partial
Contradictions
& Inaccuracies

Genesis 3:22
"And the Lord God said behold the man is become as one of us..."
Problem:
It is pointed out that the verse reads, "God said", yet the plural "us" indicates a plurality.  It is argued that this refers to the Trinity.
Solution:
  1. The trinitarian argument on this passage is only an inferred argument. The "us" may very well be a reference to the angels of God.
  2. John Calvin, the Swiss Protestant reformer, had this to say about Genesis 3:22: "Although some Christians deduce from this passage the doctrine of three persons in Deity, the argument, in my apprehension, is not substantial."
  3. "It is no uncommon thing in any language, either ancient or modern, for single persons to speak in the plural; but it was never yet heard of in any age of the world, that more persons than one spoke in the singular."1
  4. See also comments on Genesis 1:26
Footnotes:
  1. William Christie, "Christian Discussion on Divine Unity", page 12.  Return