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[Mr. Sensible]

Apart from 1 John 5:7, are there any other verses in the Gospels which explicitly mention the trinity?

[Allissa]

I John isn't in the gospels, so I'm going to assume you mean the New Testament.

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."

Matthew 28:19: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” ‭

[jimwalton]

1 Cor. 12.4-6 mentions all three as equals.

1 Peter 1.2 shows the three as cooperative deity.

Acts 1.1-8 mentions what has been expressed in the places: The Father and the Son share divine authority (Mt. 28.19-20), and the Son and the Spirit are one and same who come back to earth (Acts 1.8; Jn. 14.15-18). So the Father and the Son are one and the same, and the Son and the Spirit are one and the same, and these 3 are all brought together in Acts 1, especially vv. 7-8.

Hebrews 10.5-18 puts all three on the same plain of authority and truth.

Jesus' baptism scene in the Synoptic Gospels is a place where Father, Son, and Spirit all function as a unity.

In 1 Cor. 12.1-3; Gal. 4.4; Rom. 1.3-4; 8.11 Paul sees the Spirit's identity as defined by how the Father and Christ have sent him, and likewise the identities of the Father and Christ as "in part" determined by the Spirit.

Ephesians 2.18 shows that Jesus gives us access to the Father by means of the Spirit. So Jesus' blood is them means of access, but the Spirit is also the means of access. The result is that by reconciling people to Himself, Jesus reconciles people to God.

For that matter, all throughout Paul's writings God and Christ and Spirit are mutually defining and reciprocally implicating. That is, God's identity is defined in/through/by his relationship to Christ/Son, and vice versa, and also with regard to the Spirit, as listed above.

Romans 8 is infused with Father, Son, and Spirit working as equals and with equal authority, power, and presence. They are one undivided divine essence with different actions appropriate to their persons.

Titus 3.3-8. All three Persons of the Trinity are present and cooperating in the act of grace. Each Person has His function in the salvation of our soul.

There are also plenty of the places where the Father is equated with the Son, and the Son is equated with the Spirit. So if the principle holds that if A1 = A2 & A2 = A3, then A1 also equals A3.

In addition, in Revelation the dragon and the two beasts form a parody of the teaching of Scripture about the trinity, mimicking and mocking the work, nature, and glory of God (Rev. 16.13).

Just as the Bible begins with all 3 (Gn. 1.1-2; Jn. 1.3), so it ends with all 3 (Rev. 22.1, 17).