Wednesday, January 31, 2024

Triadic passages in the New Testament

I have sought to compile a list of Triadic passages in the New Testament, which mention the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit together in close succession. There are several such lists online but none seemed exhaustive enough. It is noteworthy that most of the triadic formulas are in the epistle to the Romans, when this epistle says so little of theology proper. Samuel Clarke has a fine discussion of triadic texts in his treatise on the Trinity.

Matt. 12:28;  28:19; Luke 1:35; John 15:16; John 15:26; Acts 2:33; 7:55; 10:38; Rom. 1:1-4; 5:5-6; 8:9; 8:11; 15:15-16; 15:18-19; 15:30; 1 Cor. 6:11; 12:3; 12:4-6; 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 3:3; 13:14; Gal. 4:6; Eph. 1:17; 2:18; 4:4-6; 2 Thess. 2:13-14; 2 Tim. 1:7-8; Titus 3:4-6; Heb. 2:3-4; 9:14; 1 Pet. 1:2; 1:18; 3:18; 4:14; 1 John 4:2-3; 4:13-14; 5:5-6; 5:7 (Spurious); Jude 20-21; Rev. 1:9-10.


Arranged according to the books of the New Testament. 


Matt. 12:28; 28:19;

Luke 1:35;

John 14:16; 15:26;

Acts 2:33; 7:55; 10:38;

Rom. 1:1-4; 5:5-6; 8:9; 8:11; 15:15-16; 15:18-19; 15:30;

1 Cor. 6:11; 12:3; 12:4-6;

2 Cor. 1:21-22; 3:3; 13:14;

Gal. 4:6;

Eph. 1:17; 2:18; 2:21-22; 4:4-6;

2 Thess. 2:13-14;

2 Tim. 1:7-8;

Titus 3:4-6;

Heb. 2:3-4; 9:14;

1 Pet. 1:2; 1:18; 3:18; 4:14;

1 John 4:2-3; 4:13-14; 5:5-6; 5:7;

Jude 20-21;

Rev. 1:9-10.


Each text quoted from the NASB (1995) with the exception of 1 John 5:7, of which I have offered my own translation of the spurious longer reading.


Matt. 12:28

But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you


Matt. 28:19

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,


Luke 1:35

“The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.


John 14:16

I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever;


John 15:26

“When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me,


Acts 2:33

Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear.


Acts 7:55

But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;


Acts 10:38

 You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him.


Rom. 1:1-4

Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,


Rom. 5:5-6

and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.

For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.


Rom. 8:9

However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.


Rom. 8:11

But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.



Rom. 15:15-16

But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God, to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.


Rom. 15:18-19

For I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me, resulting in the obedience of the Gentiles by word and deed, in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ.



Rom. 15:30

Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,



1 Cor. 6:11

Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.


1 Cor. 12:3

Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is accursed”; and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.


1 Cor. 12:4-6

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons.


2 Cor. 1:21-22

Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge.


2 Cor. 3:3

being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.


2 Cor. 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.


Gal. 4:6

Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, “Abba! Father!”


Eph. 1:17

that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.


Eph. 2:18

for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.


Eph. 2:21-22

in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.



Eph. 4:4-6

There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.


2 Thess. 2:13-14

But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.


2 Tim. 1:7-8

For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline.

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God,


Titus 3:4-6

But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,


Heb. 2:3-4

How will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.


Heb. 9:14

How much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?


1 Pet. 1:2

According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure.


1 Pet. 1:18

Knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers,


1 Pet. 3:18

For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;



1 Pet. 4:14

If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.


1 John 4:2-3

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.


1 John 4:13-14

By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.


1 John 5:5-6

Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.


1 John 5:7 (Spurious)

For there are three that testify: The Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost. These three are one.


Jude 20-21

But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.


Rev. 1:9-10

I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,


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