"Oneness Doctrine" (Jesus Only) vs. Trinitarianism
Part 6: God As A Tri-unity In The New Testament

The Trinity At The Baptism Of Christ

Mat 3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: 17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

The Trinity is obvious in the above passage. Jesus, the Son, came up out of the wtaer. The Spirit descended on Him, and the Father spoke from heaven.

The Teachings Of Jesus Pointing To The Trinity

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

ANOTHER (Strong's) - 243. allos, al'-los; a prim. word; "else," i.e. different (in many applications):--more, one (another), (an-, some an-) other (-s, -wise).

ONENESS would read as follows:

John 14:16 And I (Jesus) will pray to Myself since I am the Father, too, and I who am also the Father shall give you ANOTHER Comforter, which is Me, that I as the Holy Spirit may abide with you for ever;

Various commentaries and dictionaries negate Jesus changing roles and coming back at Pentecost as the Holy Spirit. Oneness makes Trinitarians to be heretical because of Trinitarians adding two "persons" to the Oneness of God, where the shoe is on the other foot according to these defintions, meaning, the Oneness believers subtract two "persons; from the Godhead. The Oneness "Jesus" is a babbling idiot with a split personality. Either all of these Greek scholars are heretical or the "Oneness" doctrine is:

Vincent's Word Studies

"The Holy Spirit is to be another Paraclete, and this falls in with the statement in the First Epistle, "we have an advocate with God, even Jesus Christ." Compare Rom. viii. 26. See on Luke vi. 24. Note also that the word another is allon, and not eteron , which means different. The advocate who is to be sent is not different from Christ, but another similar to Himself."

Another (allos) means more than one with all being of the same like character or a different one in the character of the first. The following are from Vine's. Heteros is never used in reference to the Trinity:

ANOTHER <1,,243,allos> indicates numeral distinction of objects of similar character, and is used (a) absolutely, e.g., Matt. 20:3 (plural); (b) attached to a noun, e.g., Matt. 21:36; (c) with the article, e.g., Matt. 5:39; 1 Cor. 14:29 (plural, RV); in Matt. 13:5; Luke 9:19; John 9:9, e.g., RV, "others" (AV, "some"); in Matt. 25:20, RV, "other" (AV, "beside them ... more"). See ANOTHER, MORE, B, Note (1), SOME.

Another (heteros) means more than one with all being of a different character or a different one not of the same character as the first:

OTHER <2,,2087,heteros> indicates either numerical distinction, e.g., Luke 4:43; 5:7; or generic distinction, different in character, etc., e.g., Luke 9:29, "(the fashion of His countenance) was altered," lit., "became other;" Luke 23:32, "two others, (malefactors)," RV, where the plural serves to make the necessary distinction between them and Christ; Acts 2:4; 19:39 ("other matters"); 1 Cor. 14:21, AV, "other" (RV, "strange"); 2 Cor. 11:4 (2nd and 3rd parts, RV, "different;" in the 1st clause, allos, "another"). For the distinction between this and No. 1, see under ANOTHER.

ANOTHER <1,,243 2087,allos heteros>
have a difference in meaning, which despite a tendency to be lost, is to be observed in numerous passages. Allos expresses a numerical difference and denotes "another of the same sort;" heteros expresses a qualitative difference and denotes "another of a different sort." Christ promised to send "another Comforter" (allos, "another like Himself," not heteros), John 14:16. Paul says "I see a different (AV, "another") law," heteros, a law different from that of the spirit of life (not allos, "a law of the same sort"), Rom. 7:23. After Joseph's death "another king arose," heteros, one of quite a different character, Acts 7:18. Paul speaks of "a different gospel (heteros), which is not another" (allos, another like the one he preached), Gal. 1:6,7. See heteros (not allos) in Matt. 11:3; Acts 27:1; in Luke 23:32 heteroi is used of the two malefactors crucified with Christ. The two words are only apparently interchanged in 1 Cor. 1:16; 6:1; 12:8-10; 14:17,19, e.g., the difference being present, though not so readily discernible. (Vine's)

Robertson's Word Pictures

And I will pray the Father (kagw erwthsw ton patera). Erwtaw for prayer, not question (the old use), also in 1 John 16:23 (prayer to Jesus in same sense as aitew), 1 John 14:26 (by Jesus as here); 1 John 17:9 (by Jesus), "make request of." Another Comforter (allon paraklhton). Another of like kind (allon, not eteron ), besides Jesus who becomes our Paraclete, Helper, Advocate, with the Father (1 John 2:1, Cf. Romans 8:26). This old word (Demosthenes), from parakalew, was used for legal assistant, pleader, advocate, one who pleads another's cause (Josephus, Philo, in illiterate papyrus), in N.T. only in John's writings, though the idea of it is in Romans 8:26-34. Cf. Deissmann, Light, etc., p. 336. So the Christian has Christ as his Paraclete with the Father, the Holy Spirit as the Father's Paraclete with us (John 14:16,26; John 15:26; John 16:7; 1 John 2:1).

Jamieson, Fausett And Brown

he shall give you another Comforter--a word used only by John; in his Gospel with reference to the Holy Spirit, in his First Epistle (1 John 2:1), with reference to Christ Himself. Its proper sense is an "advocate," "patron," "helper." In this sense it is plainly meant of Christ (1 John 2:1), and in this sense it comprehends all the comfort as well as aid of the Spirit's work. The Spirit is here promised as One who would supply Christ's own place in His absence.

Clark's Commentary

Another Comforter] The word paraklhtov signifies not only a comforter, but also an advocate, a defender of a cause, a counsellor, patron, mediator. Christ is thus termed, 1 John ii. 1, where the common translation renders the word advocate. Christ is thus called, because he is represented as transacting the concerns of our souls with God; and for this cause, he tells us, he goes unto the Father, ver. 12. The Holy Spirit is thus called, because he transacts the cause of God and Christ with us, explains to us the nature and importance of the great atonement, shows the necessity of it, counsels us to receive it, instructs us how to lay hold on it, vindicates our claim to it, and makes intercessions in us with unutterable groanings. As Christ acted with his disciples while he sojourned with them, so the Holy Ghost acts with those who believe in his name.

John Gill's Exposition Of The Bible

and he shall give you another Comforter.
This is no inconsiderable proof of a trinity of persons in the Godhead; here is the Father prayed unto, the Son in human nature praying, and the Holy Ghost the Comforter prayed for; who is the gift of the Father, through the prevalent mediation of the Son, and is another "Comforter"; distinct from the Messiah, to whom reference is here had! One of the names of the Messiah, with the Jews, is (Mxnm) F21, "a Comforter"; such an one Jesus had been to his disciples; and now he was about to leave them, and for their support under their sorrows, he promises to use his interest with his Father, that he would give them another Comforter, meaning the Spirit, who performs this his work and office, by taking of the things of Christ, and showing them to his people; by shedding abroad the love of the Father, and of the Son, into their hearts; by opening and applying the precious promises of the Gospel to them; by being a spirit of adoption in them; and by abiding with them as the seal, earnest, and pledge of their future glory; and with this view Christ promises to pray for him,

People's New Testament

16. I will pray the Father. Rather, "request." The Greek word is not the one used when we are bidden to pray. The creature prays; the Son requests. He shall give you another Comforter. The Holy Spirit; the Helper. The latter word more nearly expresses the idea of the Greek term than the word "Comforter." Abide with you for ever. The Lord had been with them over three years, but is about to depart. Henceforth he will abide with them, not in person, but by the Holy Spirit that he shall send. Through this agency he will be with his people "always."

It is obvious by these definitions that Jesus did not change roles and return as the Holy Spirit as "oneness" believers propose.

Part 1: The Early Church Fathers Declared "Oneness" (Sabellianism) Heresy
Part 2: The Early Church Fathers In Support Of The Triunity of God
Part 3: The Early Church Fathers And Genesis 1:26
Part 4: God As A Tri-unity In The Old Testament
Part 5: The New Testament Shows Jesus IS NOT The Father
Part 6: God As A Tri-unity In The New Testament
Part 7: Jesus Command In Matthew 28:19
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