Maybe it’s the theologian in me, but I geek out when I run across a passage in the Bible that refers to the Holy Trinity—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit.

Paul referenced the Trinity in a benediction to the Corinthian church:

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

A fully developed doctrine of the Trinity is not laid out in the New Testament, but multiple trinitarian formulas exist in the Scriptures. God is one is essence and three in persons. The Father begets, the Son is begotten, and the Holy Spirit proceeds.

Best of all for me and you are the gifts this triune God delivers to those who follow him. Paul prays for his hearers to experience grace from the Son, love from the Father, and companionship with the Holy Spirit.

One in three persons, blessed trinity. We truly serve an amazing God.

2 Corinthians 13 in Through the Bible in 2024

Photo by Sharon Santema