Where does it say in the Bible that you must believe in the trinity?

Answer 1

the trinity is a teaching of the church, no where is it in the bible. no doubt you will get john 1:1 etc below. Christians are ignorant about the formation of the gospels. the earliest was written 70 yrs after Jesus. the latest (johns) 100-120 years after, none of them met Jesus, and they were already influenced by greek and roman methology

Answer 2

Some will point to I John 5:7, but it is obvious that this is a later addition to the text. New Translations that have come out since the discovery of key ancient documents (earlier documents than were available for the translation of the KJV) do not include this reference to the trinity. The verse is not reliable.

There are implicit references to a Trinitarian God, although, it is doubtful that the author's of the N.T. would have understood God as such. These were monotheists, so it is more likely that they would have rejected such a formula. The Nicene council really put Christianity in a corner when it postulated that Jesus was of the same substance as the Father. God certainly can't be divisible (as indicated by the O.T. and N.T. witnesses) and so it seemed that they had created 2 Gods. The only intellectual cheat they could come up with was to create the doctrine of the Trinity, which would ensure that there was only 1 Godhead expressed in three different 'persons.' The logical consistency here is obviously flawed, but I think that this was the only direction the church could go after deifying Jesus.

The Bible never says you have to believe in the Trinity. The Bible does say a lot of things that we are supposed to believe and do in order to be followers of Christ, but the Trinity is not among them.

Answer 3

It doesn't, Not only is the word trinity not in the bible, but the very idea is contrary to the it's teachings.

See references:

rs p. 405 pars. 1-2 Trinity ***
The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: “Neither the word Trinity, nor the explicit doctrine as such, appears in the New Testament, nor did Jesus and his followers intend to contradict the Shema in the Old Testament: ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord’ (Deut. 6:4). . . . The doctrine developed gradually over several centuries and through many controversies. . . . By the end of the 4th century . . . the doctrine of the Trinity took substantially the form it has maintained ever since.”—(1976), Micropædia, Vol. X, p. 126.

The New Catholic Encyclopedia states: “The formulation ‘one God in three Persons’ was not solidly established, certainly not fully assimilated into Christian life and its profession of faith, prior to the end of the 4th century. But it is precisely this formulation that has first claim to the title the Trinitarian dogma. Among the Apostolic Fathers, there had been nothing even remotely approaching such a mentality or perspective.”—(1967), Vol. XIV, p. 299.

*** rs p. 406 par. 1 Trinity ***
In The Encyclopedia Americana we read: “Christianity derived from Judaism and Judaism was strictly Unitarian [believing that God is one person]. The road which led from Jerusalem to Nicea was scarcely a straight one. Fourth century Trinitarianism did not reflect accurately early Christian teaching regarding the nature of God; it was, on the contrary, a deviation from this teaching.”—(1956), Vol. XXVII, p. 294L.

(Romans 15:4-6) . . .” 4 For all the things that were written aforetime were written for our instruction, that through our endurance and through the comfort from the Scriptures we might have hope. 5 Now may the God who supplies endurance and comfort grant YOU to have among yourselves the same mental attitude that Christ Jesus had, 6 that with one accord YOU may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

It's in many parts of the Bible, just leaf through it and you'll randomly find a page with it. The Trinity(Father, Son, and Holy Spirit/Ghost) are mentioned together quuiiiite a bit.
It's not that you MUST believe in it, but basically, it's a foundational Christian belief--Like salvation, the creeds, etc.

Answer 5

God is not a forceful God. No one HAS to do anything they don't want to do.

The KJV Bible states that God, The Father; God, The Son and The Holy Spirit are ONE. Christians believe what is written therein:

John 1:1,2
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
2 The same was in the beginning with God.

1 John 5
7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.

In case you were wondering who The Word is:

John 1:14
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Christians CHOOSE to believe, and are SHOWN of it's truth.

God bless!

Answer 6

I John 5:7, but it doesn't say you have to believe it, but, if you are a Christian, you should believe what the Bible says, just not what you or I want to believe. Oh, you will not find this verse in many of the newer perversions, I mean versions of the Bible.

Answer 7

It doesn't!!
The word Trinity isn't in the Bible.
Some people get confused because God is referred to in 3 different manners: The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit.
But...if you look at it, that is all ONE
A man can be a father, and a son, and has a soul (spirit) but are there 3 equal entities? No, there is just the one man.
So...there is no Trinity...only God!!

Answer 8

It doesn't the word trinity isn't even in the Bible.

Answer 9

It doesn't. The trinity is a theological term used to describe the nature and character of God. When God said in Genesis, "let US make man in OUR image..." it speaks of the plurality of God. There are many such references. In the New Testament, God is described in trinity in many ways... one is at the Baptism of Jesus at the river Jordan. There was Jesus... and the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove, and God speaking from heaven, "This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased."

Answer 10

Gospel of John