I don’t know why I had to dig up the quote, as you (another poster! -Lapell) are the one who said it;
"But there is a Jew who obviously believe in the Trinity, more knowledgeable about the law than any other of his contemporaries. I am referring to Paul, a pharisee well-instructed in the law. "
Hello, Valke2! I am coming back on the holy Trinity according to Paul, as I was trying to remember of any verses but somehow couldn’t. And Paul talks so much about Jesus as the Christ (“Messiah”) that when he mentions something about the 3 persons of the Holy Trinity, we might either not notice it or forget it. Also, the way he mentions it seems to not be in the forefront of the topics of his letters, so it seems to have been understood and accepted by the Christians in those places a while ago.
Still, there ARE verses where the persons of the Trinity are mentioned. I believe “God the Father” or “God our Father” is the one mostly mentioned. As for Jesus being the Son, and God being His Father, it’s quite explicit in the first of Paul’s letters as they appear in the New Testament, that is, Paul’s letter to the Romans, in the very 1st chapter:
Rom. 1, 1-4: “Paul, the servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he had promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures,concerning his Son who was born to him according to the flesh of the offspring of David; who wasforeordained Son of God by an act of power in keeping with the holiness of his spirit, by resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord (…)”
2 Cor. 1, 3:“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ(…)”
And do you think the 3rd person of the Trinity is left out? (this question is for those who would think that mentioning “the holiness of his spirit” isn’t explicit at all…)
1 Cor. 12, 3: “Wherefore I give you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God says “Anathema” to Jesus. And no one can say “Jesus is Lord”, except in the Holy Spirit.”
if this one verse is not explicit enough, what else is?
But otherwise, the verses speaking explicitly of the persons of the Trinity as they are relating to one another in Paul’s letters are not that many…