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If all persons of the Trinity have the same/a united will what does Jesus mean in John 6:38?
John 6:38
For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me
Surely this implies they have separate wills?
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How can trinitarians profess co-equality when Jesus said the Father was greater?
Trinitarians typically believe that the persons of the Trinity are coequal. How do they explain Jesus' statement that his Father was greater?
Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come ...
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Do any Trinitarian denominations teach from John 1 with, 'In the beginning was Jesus'?
We all know what it says, many can recite the first 3 verse of John without hesitation.
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with ...
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According to Trinitarians, in John 1 is Jesus both the Word and the Light, and if so how do we make sense of John 1's wording?
In John 1, Trinitarians hold that Jesus ('the Son') is to be identified with the Word (logos) that is introduced at John 1:1.
A little later on, using a typical Trinitarian translation (BSB), you have ...
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How do Trinitarians interpret Jesus's statement that "I live because of the Father"?
Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the Father, so
the one who feeds on me will live because of me (John 6:57)
This statement by Jesus seems to insinuate that Jesus derives his ...
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If the second person of the triune god bears witness of himself, why is it not true?
In John 5:31 Yeshua says:
If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.
If the second person of the triune god bears witness of himself, why is it not true?
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Is God the Son the God of God the Son?
Calvin's Commentary of John 20 says...
It is, unquestionably, an invaluable blessing, that believers can safely and firmly believe, that He who is the God of Christ is their God, and that He who is ...
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In what way is the Son of God "one with the Father"?
What is the Trinitarian stance on the meaning of John 10:30?
I and the Father are one.
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Which persons of the Trinity are attached to which noun in John 1:18?
No one has ever seen God[1]; the only God[2], who[3] is at the Father's[4] side, he[5] has made him[6] known. (John 1:18 ESV)
I have always had trouble understanding what this verse is actually ...
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