Divine Titles, Functions and Character Qualities ascribed to the Father, Son and Holy Spirit
"And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him
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To prove trinity true we need either prove Jesus is uncreated God and/or the Holy Spirit is a person with will, thoughts and emotions like God, angels and man.
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Irrefutable logic: Game Over for Arians! |
Divine Titles Jesus Shares with the Father
We all know the Father is God, but the key focus here is that the Son is uncreated God. So we have placed great attention on collecting verses where Jesus is ascribed the Titles of Deity! Empty sections on the Holy Spirit in this chart are not important and cause no problem for Trinitarians. We prove in a following chart that the Holy Spirit is a person.
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Divine Title |
The Father |
The Son |
The Holy Spirit |
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God |
Deut 32:6; Ps 89:26; Isa 63:16; 64:8; Mal 1:6; 2:10; Mt 6:9; Jn 6:27; Gal 1:1-3; Eph 4:6; 5:20; 6:23; Phil 1:2; 2:11; 4:20; Col 3:17; |
Gen 19:24; Ps 45:7; Isa 7:14; 9:6; Zech 12:10 Mt 1:23; Jn 1:1; 5:18; 20:28; Acts 20:28; Rom 9:5; Phil 2:6-7; Col 2:9; 1 Tim 3:16; Titus 2:14; Heb 1:8-9; 2 Pet 1:1; 1 Jn 5:20 |
Hag 2:5; Mt 12:28; Lk 11:20; Acts 5:3-4; 1 Cor 12:6,11,18; 2 Cor 3:17 |
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YHWH (Yahweh) |
Ex 6:3 |
Jer 23:6 |
Micah 3:8 |
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Lord |
Deut 10:17, Ps 110:1 |
Mt 22:43-45 |
2 Cor 3:18 |
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Mighty God |
Isa 10:21; Jer 32:18 |
Isa 9:6 |
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A Stone |
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Isa 8:13-15; 1 Pet 2:1-8 |
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The Rock |
Isa 44:8 |
Deut 2:7; 32:30; Isa 44:8; 1 Cor 10:4 |
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I Am |
Ex 3:14 |
Jn 8:58 |
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Alpha & Omega; First & Last |
Isa 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 1:8; 21:6 |
Rev 1:17; 2:8; 22:13 |
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King of kings; Lords of lords |
Deut 10:17; Ps 136:2-3; Dan 2:47 |
1 Tim 6:15; Rev 17:14; 19:16 |
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Shepherd |
Ezek 34:11-16; Ps 23:1 |
Jn 10:11,14; Heb 13:20; Rev 7:17 |
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Divine Traits Jesus Shares with the Father
"Majestic Glory, Eternal, Unfathomable, Holy, True, Good"
Again, the key focus here is that the Son is uncreated God. We have placed great attention on collecting verses where Jesus is ascribed divine traits. Although we prove in a following chart that the Holy Spirit is a person, it is powerful to see that almost all the Divine traits of the Father are applied to the Holy Spirit.
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Divine Traits |
The Father |
The Son |
The Holy Spirit |
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Eternal, self-existent |
Gen 21:33; Ex 3:14; Deut 33:27; Ps 90:2; 90:4; 93:2; 102:12; Job 36:26; Hab 1:12; Rom 16:26; 2 Pe 3:8 |
Psalm 102:24-25 + Heb 1:10-12; Isa 9:6; Micah 5:1-2; Jn 1:1; 8:58; 17:5; Eph 3:21; Col 1:17; Heb 7:3; 1 Jn 1:1; Rev 22:13 |
Heb 9:14 |
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Omnipresence, near when needed |
Deut 4:7; 1 Ki 8:27; Isaiah 66:1; Jer 23:23-24; Acts 7:48-49; 17:27-28 |
Mt 18:20; 28:20; Jn 1:48; Eph 1:22-23; 4:10; Col 3:11 |
Ps 139:7-10 |
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Omniscience, knows hearts men |
1 Sam 16:7; Job 37:16; 1 Chron 28:9; Ps 139:1-4; Jer 17:10; Isa 41:22-23; 42:9; 44:7; 1 Jn 3:20; Heb 4:13 |
Mt 11:27; 12:25; Mk 2:8; Lk 9:47; 11:17; Jn 1:48; 2:23-25; 4:16-18; 16:30; 21:17 |
1 Cor 2:10-11 |
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Omnipotence |
Gen 17:1; Ex 6:3; Job 36:5,22,26; 42:2; Ps 115:3; Jer 32:17, 27; Mt 3:9; 19:26; Mk 10:27; Lk 1:37; 18:27; Eph 1:11; Rev 19:6 |
Mt 28:18; Phil 3:20-21 |
Gen 1:2; Lk 1:35-37 |
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Majestic Glory |
Ps 29:3; 84:11; Job 37:22; Eph 3:20-21; 2 Pet 1:17; Rev 4:11 |
Lk 9:43; 2 Cor 4:4; 2 Pet 1:16; Heb 1:3; Rev 5:11-14 |
2 Cor 3:8; 1 Pe 4:14 |
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Incomprehensible, Unfathomable |
Job 9:10; Rom 11:33; Eph 3:20 |
Mt 11:27; Eph 3:8 |
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Holy |
Lev 19:2; Ps 5:4-6; 99:5; Isa 6:3; 8:13; Hab 1:12-13; Tit 1:2; 1 Jn 1:5; Rev 4:8; 15:4 |
Mk 1:24; Acts 3:14; 2 Cor 5:21; Heb 4:15; 7:26; Rev 3:7 |
Lk 11:13; Rom 1:4; Eph 1:13 |
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True, truth |
Num 23:19; Isa 65:16; Ps 31:5; Jn 7:28; 17:17; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18 |
Jn 14:6; Rev 3:7 |
Jn 14:17 |
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Good |
Deut 8:16; Ps 118:1; Nahum 1:7; Mk 10:18; Lk 18:19; Rom 8:28; Jas 1:13 |
Jn 10:11 |
Ps 143:10; Neh 9:20 |
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Immutable, unchangeable |
Ex 32:14; Ps 33:11; Ps 89:34; 102:26-27; Isa 51:6; Mal 3:6; Rom 1:23; 2 Tim 2:13; Heb 6:17-18; Jas 1:17 |
Heb 1:12; 13:8 |
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Preeminent |
Ps 97:9; 148:13 |
Col 1:18; Acts 10:36 |
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A Spirit, greater than man |
Num 23:19; 1 Sam 15:29; Job 33:12; Ezek 1:26-28; Jn 4:24; 1 Jn 3:20 |
Mk 2:8; Lk 24:39; Rev 1:14 |
"Holy Spirit" |
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Unique, One of a kind |
Ex 8:10; 9:14; 15:11; 2 Sam 7:22; 1 Chron 17:20; Ps 86:8; 1 Ki 8:23; Isa 40:18,25; 44:7; Jer 10:6-7; Micah 7:18 |
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Divine functions Jesus shares with the Father
"Creator, Redeemer, worshipped, Prayer to, Forgives sin"
Again, the key focus here is that the Son is uncreated God. We have placed great attention on collecting verses where Jesus is ascribed divine functions. Although we prove in a following chart that the Holy Spirit is a person, it is powerful to see that many of the Divine functions of the Father and the Son are also shared by the Holy Spirit.
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Divine Function |
The Father |
The Son |
The Holy Spirit |
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Creator |
Gen 1:1; Ps 33:6; 102:25; Isa 44:24; 64:8; Rom 11:36; Acts 17:24 |
Gen 1:1; Jn 1:1; 1:3; 1 Cor 8:6; Col 1:15-17, Heb 1:2,10-12; 11:3 |
Gen 1:2; Ps 104:30; Job 33:4 |
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Redeemer |
Ps 130:7-8; Isa 43:14; Lk 1:68 |
Isa 44:6; Gal 3:13; Eph 1:7; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:12-15 |
Eph 4:30 |
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Savior, salvation |
Isa 12:2; 43:11; Ps 18:46; Hos 13:4; Lk 3:6; 1 Tim 1:1; 2:3; 4:10; Tit 1:3; 3:4; Jude 25 |
Acts 2:21; 4:12; 1 Tim 1:15; 2 Tim 1:10; Titus 1:4; 2:13; 3:6; 2 Pe 1:1 |
Tit 3:5 |
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Calms the storm |
Ps 107:29 |
Mt 8:26-27 |
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Fills the hungry soul |
Ps 107:9 |
Jn 6:51 |
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Just, Impartially Judges with vengeance |
Ps 7:11; 75:7; 94:1-2; 96:13; Isa 30:18; 45:21; Mal 2:17; Jer 51:56; Zeph 3:5; Jn 8:50; Acts 10:34; Rom 2:5; 3:26; 11:22; Heb 10:31; 12:23 |
Jn 5:22-23; 2 Tim 4:1,8; Jas 5:9 |
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Accepts Worship |
Gen 24:26; Deut 6:13; Josh 5:13-15 |
Mt 14:33; 28:9,17; Jn 20:28; 9:38; Acts 14:8-15; Phil 2:10; Heb 1:6; Rev 5:8-14 |
Philippians 3:3 |
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Divine "service" |
Deut 6:13; 10:20; Mt 4:10 |
Col 3:24; Rev 22:3 |
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Every Knee Bows |
Isa 45:23 |
Rom 14:10-12, Phil 2:8-10 |
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Prayed to |
Mt 6:8 |
Commands: Jn 14:14; Jas 1:1-7; 1 Cor 1:2; Eph 5:19; Acts 8:22. Examples: Rev 22:20, 2 Cor 12:7-9, Acts 7:54-60; Acts 8:24. Inferences: 1 Jn 5:11-15, Acts 1:24; Heb 7:25 |
Intercedes in our prayers: Rom 8:26-27 |
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Begot Jesus |
Heb 1:5 |
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Mt 1:18; Lk 1:35 |
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Raised Jesus |
Acts 2:32; 3:15, 26; 17:31; 1 Thess 1:9-10 |
Mk 14:58; Jn 2:19-22; 10:17 |
Rom 1:4; 8:11 |
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Final Resurrection |
1 Cor 6:14 |
Jn 6:39-44; Phil 3:20-21 |
Rom 8:11 |
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Indwells the believer |
2 Cor 6:16-18; 1 Jn 4:15 |
2 Cor 13:5; Eph 3:17 |
Rom 8:9; 1 Cor 6:19; 2 Tim 1:14 |
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Abides |
Gen 21:22; Deut 7:21; Josh 1:9; 1 Sam 10; 1 Chron 17:2; Isa 8:10; 1 Jn 4:12-15 |
Mt 28:20; Jn 6:56 |
Jn 14:17; 1 Jn 2:27 |
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We Belong To |
Jn 17:9 |
Jn 17:6 |
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In our heart |
Gal 4:6 |
Eph 3:17 |
2 Cor 1:22 |
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Provides Access To God |
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Jn 14:6; Eph 2:18 |
Eph 2:18 |
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Source Of Life |
Gen 2:7; Acts 17:28; Rom 6:23; 1 Tim 6:13 |
Jn 1:3-4; 5:21; 10:28; 11:25; Acts 3:15; 1 Jn 5:11 |
Jn 3:3-8; Rom 8:2; 2 Cor 3:6; Gal 6:8; Titus 3:5 |
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Sanctifies |
1 Thess 5:23 |
Heb 2:11 |
1 Pet 1:2 |
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Forgives Sin |
Mt 6:12 |
Lk 7:47-48; Mk 2:5-11 |
Titus 3:5 |
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Searches Our Heart |
1 Chron 28:9; Ps 7:9; 26:2; 139:1; Jer 17:10; Lk 16:15 |
Rev 2:23 (key verse to prove deity) |
Rom 8:27; 1 Cor 2:10-11 |
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Authority by their name to be baptized |
Mt 28:19 |
Mt 28:19 |
Mt 28:19 |
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Source of help, strength, protector, deliverer |
Deut 3:22; 2 Sam 22:33; Ps 46:1; 54:4; 59:9,17; 62:8; 68:20; 73:26; 84:11; Isa 12:2; 49:5; Hab 3:19; 2 Cor 1:10 |
2 Cor 12:9; Phil 4:13; 2 Tim 4:17-18 |
Eph 3:16; 2 Tim 1:14 |
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Light and guidance |
Ps 84:11; 1 Jn 1:5 |
Jn 1:4-5; 3:19; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35 |
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Sends Holy Spirit |
Jn 14:16 |
Jn 15:26 |
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Baptizes us into Christ |
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1 Cor 12:13 |
Personality and character ascribed to the Holy Spirit
"Thinks, speaks, makes decisions, loves, Compassionate, Grieves, Insulted, Intercedes"
In order to prove the Trinity true, we need merely show that the Holy Spirit is a person. Because no one disputes that the Father and the Son are persons, we place all our focus on proving the personality of the Holy Spirit. The chart below is absolutely devastating to Arians like Jehovah's Witnesses and Christadelphians.
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Character Qualities of the Holy Spirit |
The Father |
The Son |
The Holy Spirit |
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Inspires Scripture, Speaks, has a mind, a will and makes management decisions directing others for divine purpose |
Jer 3:15; 26:5; Mt 3:17; 10:17-20; Lk 22:42; 1 Thess 2:13; 2 Tim 3:16; Heb 1:1; 2 Pe 1:20-21 |
Mt 10:5; Lk 6:13; 21:12-15; 22:42; 2 Cor 13:3; Eph 4:11 |
Mt 4:1; 1:12; Mk 13:11; Lk 2:26; 4:11; 12:11-12; Jn 16:13-14; Acts 1:16; 2:4; 4:25; 8:29,39; 10:19; 11:12; 13:2; 15:28; 16:6; 20:22-23; 20:28; 28:25; 1 Cor 12:11; Eph 3:5; 1 Tim 4:1; Heb 3:7; 9:8; 10:15; 1 Pet 1:11; 2 Pe 1:20-21; Rev 22:17 |
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hope |
Rom 15:13 |
1 Tim 1:1 |
Rom 15:13 |
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Joy |
Rom 15:13 |
Jn 15:11 |
Rom 14:17; 1 Thess 1:6 |
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fellowship |
Jn 14:23; 1 Jn 1:3-6 |
1 Cor 1:9; 1 Jn 1:3 |
2 Cor 13:14; Phil 2:1 |
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Loves, Loving |
Deut 7:7-8; Jer 31:3; Jn 3:16; 1 Cor 13:11; Eph 2:4-5; Heb 12:6; 1 Jn 4:8,16 |
Jn 15:13; Eph 5: 25 |
Rom 15:30 |
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Grace |
Ps 84:11; 1 Pet 5:10 |
Rom 16:20; 1 Thess 5:28 |
Zech 12:10; Heb 10:29 |
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Who Gives the Christian the Words to Speak? |
Mt 10:17-20 |
Lk 21:12-15 |
Lk 12:11-12 |
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Lied to |
Hosea 11:12 |
Jn 8:55 |
Acts 5:3 |
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Bears witness: |
Phil 1:8 |
Rev 1:5; 3:14 |
Acts 5:32 |
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Compassionate, Comforts, kind |
Deut 4:31; 2 Chron 30:9; Ps 103:8-9; 116:5; Rom 11:22; 2 Cor 1:3; 2 Thess 2:16 |
Mk 6:34; 2 Cor 1:5; 2 Thess 2:16 |
Acts 9:31 |
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Grieves |
Gen 6:6 |
Mt 26:38; Mk 3:5 |
Isa 63:10; Eph 4:30 |
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Insulted |
2 Chron 32:17 |
Mt 27:44 |
Heb 10:29 |
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blasphemed |
Rev 16:11 |
Lk 22:65 |
Mt 12:31 |
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Abides |
Jn 14:23 |
Jn 14:23 |
Jn 14:17 |
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Consuming fire, jealous |
Deut 4:24; Nahum 1:2; Heb 12:29 |
2 Thess 1:7; Rev 1:14 |
Mt 3:11 |
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Faith, faithful |
Deut 32:4; 1 Cor 1:9 |
Rev 3:7 |
2 Cor 4:13 |
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Peace |
1 Cor 14:33; Rom 15:33; 16:20; 2 Cor 13:11; Phil 4:9; 1 Thess 5:23; Heb 13:20 |
1 Cor 1:3; 2 Cor 1:2; Gal 1:3; Eph 2:14 |
Rom 8:6; 14:17; Gal 5:22; Eph 4:3 |
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Intercedes like a lawyer to God |
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1 Jn 2:1 |
Rom 8:26; John 14:16,17,26; 16:7 |
By Steve Rudd
