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Examine the Verse - 2 Corinthians 13:14
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Examine the Verse
2 Corinthians 13:14
This verse is claimed to provide the basis of the Trinitarian belief
that God is the Triune God, existing as three personsGod the Father,
God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but one being.

  The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
(2 Corinthians 13:14, New King James Version)
 
  Trinitarian Belief in God and Jesus Christ:
 Trinitarians believe in the Trinity, that God is the "Triune God"
existing as three persons
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but one being. All three are
eternal with no beginning. M
embers of the Trinity are co-equal and co-eternal,
one in essence, nature, power, action, and will.
Trinitarians believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal second person "God the Son",
who took on a human body and nature and became both man and God. 
Thus is Jesus is fully man and fully God simultaneously.
 
  Apostle's admonition, warning and unique way of teaching:
1. No prophecy of scripture is a matter of personal interpretation. (II Pt. 1:20, NAB)
2. Do not go beyond  what is written. (I Cor. 4:6, NIV)
 3. We do not use words of human wisdom. We speak words given to us by the Spirit,
using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths. (1 Cor. 2:13, NLT)
 
  Points to Consider:  
  1.  Notice that the above verse is the benediction of Apostle Paul 2nd letter to the early Christians in Corinth.
2.  How can the above verse provide the basis of the Trinity doctrine when the verse only say "The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all", but did not in anyway say that the three are one God or one being. Does mentioning the three in the same verse make them one God? Is this not going beyond what is written in the verse?
3.  How can the above verse be made as a basis of the the Trinity doctrine when the verse did not even mention any of the Trinitarian elements that the three persons are co-equal, co-eternal; one in essence, action, power and will?
4.  Is the above verse is really about the Trinity doctrine or a benediction?
 
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  2 Corinthians 13:14  in other versions of the Bible:  
 

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.(King James Version)

The grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the presence and fellowship (the communion and sharing together, and participation) in the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen (so be it). (Amplified Bible)

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (New International Version)

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.(New Living Translation)

 

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