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79) Is John 1 Evidence that God is a Trinity?


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Many Trinitarians turn to John chapter 1 for evidence that Jesus is God and that therefore somehow God is a Trinity. But does John 1 describe God as a Trinity? Are any of the Trinitarian claims about the Triune god presented in John 1?

To investigate the Trinitarian claims about John 1, we use the chapter called “A Master Piece: the Prologue of John” from Dr. James White’s book The Forgotten Trinity. Dr. White thinks that John 1 gives evidence that God is Triune. But we will see that none of the characteristics with which Dr. White defines the Trinity are found in John 1.

We suggest a better way to interpret John’s opening verses. John is intentionally appropriating language from Genesis 1, but is describing the new creation of God in and through the man Christ Jesus.

Web resources mentioned in this podcast:

See this link for an analysis of some of the Greek questions in John’s Prologue, and how questions still remain even after the Greek is considered:

Another God in the Gospel of John? A Linguistic Analysis of John 1:1 and 1:18

https://brill.com/view/journals/hbth/44/2/article-p141_2.xml?fbclid=IwAR31v93xlcEfLNx3xnf3izHNFCOlduk9HT8ISW9ckT8BuxIHz7xTT_JHfBg

(Biblical) Unitarian Christian Alliance conference, Oct. 13-15, 2022

https://www.unitarianchristianalliance.org/conference/

#DeityofChrist, #Trinity, #Gospel of John, #JamesWhite, #ForgottenTrinity, #John1,

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