The doctrine of the Trinity teaches that the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are three distinct persons who share one divine essence. However, Scripture find that the plain, repeated, and explicit testimony of the Bible emphasizes One God, not three persons. Presented here are the verses and reasoning to support the fact that God is absolutely ONE, without division into multiple persons.

Isaiah 45:5 (KJV)
“I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me.”

Isaiah 44:6 (KJV)
“Thus saith the LORD… I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.”

Deuteronomy 4:35 (KJV)
“Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.”

These verses are direct declarations from God Himself, not commentary.
God does not say He is “three persons,” but simply that He is One.

Deuteronomy 6:4 (KJV)
“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD.”

Jesus called this the greatest commandment (Mark 12:29). If God were three persons, this was the ideal moment for Jesus to clarify it—but He did not.

God Is a Single Person Speaking with “I,” “Me,” and “Himself”

Trinitarians interpret God’s unity as three persons in one essence.
However, Scripture overwhelmingly uses singular personal pronouns:

• “I am God” 
• “there is none beside me” 
• “I am the LORD” 
• “I am He”
   

Isaiah 43:10–11 (KJV)
“Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.”

Every self-description portrays God as one “I,” not a “We of three persons.”

John 17:3 (KJV)
“And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Jesus distinguishes:

• The Father = the only true God 
• Jesus Christ = the one sent by that God
   

If the Father is the only true God, then there cannot be two additional persons who are also “true God.”

John 14:28 (KJV)
“My Father is greater than I.”

If they were co-equal persons of one Godhead, Jesus would not call the Father greater.

John 20:17 (KJV)
“I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.”

If Jesus has a God, He cannot be the same co-equal God.

John 5:19 (KJV)
“The Son can do nothing of himself.”

The true Almighty God cannot “do nothing” on His own.

Genesis 1:2 (KJV)
“And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

The text does not say “God the Spirit,” but “the Spirit of God”—possessive, like “the hand of God.”

Psalm 51:11 (KJV)
“…take not thy Holy Spirit from me.”

David speaks of God’s Spirit, not a different person.

2 Corinthians 5:19 (KJV)
“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself.”

God was in Christ—not a second person but the one God working through a human body.

Colossians 1:15 (KJV)
“Who is the image of the invisible God…”

An “image” is not a second person, but the visible expression of the invisible One.

Colossians 2:9 (KJV)
“For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.”

God did not split into three persons—He dwelt fully in Christ.

1 Corinthians 8:6 (KJV)
“But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things…”

This verse plainly identifies:

• One God = the Father 
• One Lord = Jesus Christ (the exalted Messiah)
   

It does not say:

• “One God in three persons” 
• “One God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost”
   

Using the KJV Bible alone, one can form a coherent, consistent argument that:

1. God is absolutely one, not three persons 
2. The Father alone is called the only true God 
3. Jesus is the Messiah filled with God’s Spirit, not God the Son in a Trinity 
4. The Holy Spirit is God’s own Spirit, not a separate person 
5. The earliest biblical teaching is simple, clear monotheism
    

Therefore, according to Scripture, the Bible teaches One God—the Father—who manifested Himself in Christ and works through His Holy Spirit.

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