John 17:3 and 1 Corinthians 8:6 are verses unequivocally identify the Father alone as truly God, and preclude the inclusion of any other person in that category. Two persons are mentioned, but only one is identified as God. If God is more than one person, this would have been the ideal time to mention it. Yet the Father alone is identified as God, the Son is identified as “Lord Jesus Christ”, and the Holy Spirit is not mentioned at all. This is truly a strange statement for Paul to make if he believed in the deity of Christ and the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 8:6 is just another in the ever‐growing list of verses Trinitarians cannot accept at face value, for the sheer simplicity of its language defies a Trinitarian interpretation. It appears the only option for Trinitarianism is to obscure Paul’s words and blur his terms of reference. There is no possible way to overcome the Shema from which Paul bases his understanding of God.
Paul only defines the “one God” of Israel as the Father, exclusively, matching the consistent use of this term throughout the NT
Mark 2:7; Mark 10:18; Mark 12:29; Mark 12:32; Luke 18:19; Romans 3:30; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Galatians 3:20; Ephesians 4:6, 1 Timothy 2:5; James 2:19
Only God or Only One True God
John 5:44; John 17:3; 1 Timothy 1:17; Jude 1:25
On a Scriptural basis we are always coming at this subject from a position of strength.
In part, I pity them.
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