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Monday, 10 August 2026

Quick Facts: Does Paul’s Teaching Support the Trinity?

Quick Facts Bible study examining whether the Apostle Paul’s teachings support the Trinity, including 1 Corinthians 8:6, 1 Timothy 2:5 and 1 Timothy 6:15–16.

What did the Apostle Paul really teach about the identity of God? This Quick Facts study examines key passages including 1 Timothy 2:5, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Ephesians 4:5–6 and 1 Timothy 6:15–16, inviting readers to carefully examine Paul’s distinction between the one God, the Father, and Jesus Christ.

QUICK FACTS: DOES PAUL’S TEACHING SUPPORT THE TRINITY?

PART 1

What did the Apostle Paul actually teach about God?

Did Paul teach that the one God is three persons — Father, Son and Holy Spirit?

Or did Paul repeatedly identify the ONE GOD as THE FATHER, while distinguishing Jesus Christ as God’s Son, Lord, Messiah and mediator?

Rather than beginning with a later theological doctrine, let us begin with Paul’s own words.

Here are the QUICK FACTS.

QUICK FACT 1 — PAUL SAID THERE IS “ONE GOD”

Paul wrote:

“For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.”
— 1 Timothy 2:5

Notice carefully that Paul identifies two parties:

ONE GOD

and

ONE MEDIATOR — CHRIST JESUS

A mediator stands between parties.

Paul does not say:

“There is one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”

Instead, he distinguishes the ONE GOD from the man Christ Jesus, who is the mediator between God and mankind.

This raises an important question:

If Jesus is Himself the one God in this statement, between whom is Jesus mediating?

QUICK FACT 2 — PAUL IDENTIFIED THE “ONE GOD” AS THE FATHER

Paul becomes even more specific:

“Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ...”
— 1 Corinthians 8:6

Look carefully at Paul’s words:

ONE GOD = THE FATHER

ONE LORD = JESUS CHRIST

Paul does not identify the “one God” here as three persons.

He explicitly says:

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

At the same time, Paul gives Jesus the exalted title “one Lord.”

The Father and Jesus are both central to Paul’s faith, but Paul distinguishes them rather than identifying both as the one God.

QUICK FACT 3 — PAUL AGAIN SAID “ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL”

Paul wrote:

“One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”
— Ephesians 4:5–6

Again Paul identifies:

ONE LORD

and

ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL.

Notice also Paul’s extraordinary statement that the one God and Father is:

“OVER ALL.”

Paul’s language is remarkably consistent.

The ONE GOD is repeatedly identified as THE FATHER.

QUICK FACT 4 — PAUL DESCRIBES THE “ONLY SOVEREIGN”

Now consider one of the most remarkable passages in Paul’s writings:

1 Timothy 6:15–16.

Paul speaks of:

“the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, who dwells in unapproachable light, whom no one has ever seen or can see.”

Four expressions deserve very careful attention:

  1. ONLY SOVEREIGN

  2. KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS

  3. WHO ALONE HAS IMMORTALITY

  4. WHOM NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN OR CAN SEE

Who is Paul describing?

That is the question we need to examine from Scripture rather than simply assuming the answer.

QUICK FACT 5 — WHAT DOES THE GREEK ACTUALLY SAY?

The Greek wording behind 1 Timothy 6:15 includes:

βασιλεὺς τῶν βασιλευόντων

King of those reigning as kings

and:

κύριος τῶν κυριευόντων

Lord of those exercising lordship.

This is naturally expressed in English as:

“KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.”

The Greek construction emphasizes supremacy.

This individual stands above every king and every lord.

That agrees with the preceding description:

“THE BLESSED AND ONLY SOVEREIGN.”

LOOKING AHEAD TO PART 2

But Paul has not finished.

In Part 2 we will examine one of the most important statements in this entire passage:

“WHO ALONE HAS IMMORTALITY.”

We will then compare this with Jesus’ remarkable statement that:

THE FATHER “GRANTED” THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF.

— John 5:26

If the Father granted the Son life in Himself, what does this tell us about the relationship between God and Jesus?

And what did Jesus mean when He called His Father:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD”?

— John 17:3

Continue to Part 2 as we allow the Bible to speak for itself.

Research by Simon Brown

REAL DISCOVERIES

https://wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com/

Quick Facts Part 2 examining whether the Apostle Paul’s teaching supports the Trinity, including 1 Timothy 6:16, John 5:26, John 17:3 and 1 Corinthians 8:6.

Part 2 of this Quick Facts Bible study examines whether Paul’s teaching supports the Trinity. It considers 1 Timothy 6:16, Jesus’ statement that the Father granted the Son life in Himself in John 5:26, the unseen God, and Jesus’ prayer identifying the Father as “the only true God” in John 17:3.

QUICK FACTS: DOES PAUL’S TEACHING SUPPORT THE TRINITY? PART 2

In Part 1 we examined several remarkable statements from the Apostle Paul.

Paul wrote:

“There is one God.”
— 1 Timothy 2:5

He identified that one God as:

“ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”
— 1 Corinthians 8:6

And again:

“ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL.”
— Ephesians 4:6

Now let us continue with perhaps the most striking evidence in this study.

QUICK FACT 6 — “WHO ALONE HAS IMMORTALITY”

Paul wrote concerning the one described in 1 Timothy 6:15–16:

“WHO ALONE HAS IMMORTALITY.”

The Greek word translated “immortality” is:

ἀθανασία — ATHANASIA

Meaning immortality or freedom from death.

But Paul also teaches that human beings can RECEIVE immortality.

He wrote:

“For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:53

This gives us an important distinction.

God possesses life as its ultimate source.

Human beings receive immortality from God.

This becomes even more significant when we compare Paul’s statement with something Jesus Himself said.

QUICK FACT 7 — JESUS SAID THE FATHER GRANTED HIM LIFE

Jesus said:

“For as the Father has life in himself, so he has granted the Son also to have life in himself.”
— John 5:26

PLEASE NOTICE THE WORD:

“GRANTED.”

Jesus did not say that He independently possessed life in Himself.

He said:

THE FATHER “GRANTED” THE SON TO HAVE LIFE IN HIMSELF.

Something that is granted is received from another.

NOTE THIS VERY IMPORTANT POINT:

If Jesus were the same Almighty God whose life is inherently underived and who cannot die, why would Jesus tell us that the Father GRANTED Him life in Himself?

God does not need another person to grant Him life.

God is the SOURCE of life.

Furthermore, the New Testament repeatedly teaches that Jesus truly DIED and that GOD RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD.

Peter proclaimed:

“This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.”
— Acts 2:32

Paul likewise wrote:

“God raised him from the dead.”
— Romans 10:9

Notice the distinction:

GOD RAISED JESUS.

JESUS WAS RAISED BY GOD.

THE FATHER GRANTED THE SON LIFE IN HIMSELF.

This also raises a serious question concerning the belief that Jesus was originally a pre-existing angel who later became a human being.

Jesus does not identify Himself as an angel possessing life independently of the Father.

Instead, Jesus identifies THE FATHER as the source from whom the Son receives life.

Angels are described as beings who do not die in Luke 20:36, but Scripture does not present an angel as possessing underived life in himself.

The central question therefore is not simply:

WHO CAN LIVE FOREVER?

The question is:

WHO IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF LIFE?

Jesus’ own words point to:

THE FATHER.

QUICK FACT 8 — “WHOM NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN OR CAN SEE”

Paul says of the one described in 1 Timothy 6:16:

“whom no one has ever seen or can see.”

Does that description naturally describe Jesus Christ?

Jesus was certainly seen.

Thousands of people saw Jesus during His earthly ministry.

His disciples saw Him.

His enemies saw Him.

Pontius Pilate saw Him.

People watched Him die.

His followers testified that they saw Him alive after His resurrection.

Compare Paul’s statement with John 1:18:

“No one has ever seen God...”

And Jesus Himself said:

“Not that anyone has seen the Father except he who is from God; he has seen the Father.”
— John 6:46

This provides another important reason for examining whether Paul’s description in 1 Timothy 6:15–16 ultimately refers to GOD THE FATHER rather than Jesus Christ.

QUICK FACT 9 — JESUS CALLED THE FATHER “THE ONLY TRUE GOD”

Perhaps the clearest statement comes from Jesus Himself.

Jesus prayed to His Father:

“And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
— John 17:3

Read those words carefully.

Jesus identifies:

“YOU”

as:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD.”

Then Jesus distinguishes Himself as:

“JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU HAVE SENT.”

Again we have two clearly distinguished subjects:

THE ONLY TRUE GOD

and

JESUS CHRIST, WHOM THAT GOD SENT.

QUICK FACT 10 — PAUL AND JESUS SAY SOMETHING REMARKABLY SIMILAR

Now compare Jesus and Paul.

JESUS:

“YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD,
AND JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU HAVE SENT.”
— John 17:3

PAUL:

“FOR US THERE IS ONE GOD, THE FATHER...
AND ONE LORD, JESUS CHRIST.”
— 1 Corinthians 8:6

PAUL:

“THERE IS ONE GOD,
AND THERE IS ONE MEDIATOR BETWEEN GOD AND MEN,
THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.”
— 1 Timothy 2:5

PAUL:

“ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL,
WHO IS OVER ALL...”
— Ephesians 4:6

There is a remarkably consistent biblical pattern:

THE FATHER = THE ONE GOD

JESUS = THE SON OF GOD, LORD, CHRIST AND MEDIATOR

None of this diminishes Jesus.

God has highly exalted Jesus.

Jesus is the Messiah.

Jesus is God’s Son.

Jesus is Lord.

Jesus is our mediator.

Jesus is the one through whom God brings salvation.

But none of those truths requires us to change Paul’s explicit statement:

“FOR US THERE IS ONE GOD, THE FATHER.”

QUICK FACTS CONCLUSION

Let us put the evidence together.

1 TIMOTHY 2:5:

ONE GOD

And

ONE MEDIATOR — THE MAN CHRIST JESUS.

1 CORINTHIANS 8:6:

ONE GOD = THE FATHER

And

ONE LORD = JESUS CHRIST.

EPHESIANS 4:6:

ONE GOD AND FATHER OF ALL

  •  WHO IS OVER ALL.

1 TIMOTHY 6:15–16:

THE ONLY SOVEREIGN

WHO ALONE HAS IMMORTALITY

AND WHOM NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN OR CAN SEE.

And Jesus Himself prayed:

“YOU, THE ONLY TRUE GOD,
AND JESUS CHRIST WHOM YOU HAVE SENT.”
— John 17:3

SO DOES PAUL’S TEACHING SUPPORT THE TRINITY?

I encourage every reader to answer that question for themselves.

Do not simply accept what I say.

Do not simply accept what a church says.

Do not simply accept what a denomination says.

And do not reject the Trinity merely because somebody tells you to reject it.

OPEN YOUR BIBLE.

SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES.

COMPARE THE TEXTS.

EXAMINE THE GREEK.

READ THE CONTEXT.

PRAY.

AND DECIDE FROM THE BIBLICAL EVIDENCE.

The question every serious Bible student should consider is this:

If Paul believed that the ONE GOD consisted equally of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, why did he explicitly write:

“FOR US THERE IS ONE GOD, THE FATHER”?

— 1 Corinthians 8:6

And why did Jesus Himself call His Father:

“THE ONLY TRUE GOD”?

— John 17:3

These are not words invented by Unitarians or Trinitarians.

They are words written in Scripture.

Read them.

Study them.

Compare them.

And allow the Bible to speak for itself.

“Yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ...”
— 1 Corinthians 8:6

Research by Simon Brown

REAL DISCOVERIES

https://wwwrealdiscoveriesorg-simon.blogspot.com/

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