Trinitarians make a distinction between “being” and “person.” They say being answers “what God is” (one divine essence), while person answers “who God is” (three distinct persons: Father, Son, Holy Spirit). So, in their view, God is one being but three persons, not three gods, but three “whos” sharing one “what.”
The problem is that this distinction is philosophical, not Biblical. Scripture never explains God using categories like “being vs person” or “one essence, three persons.” Instead, the Bible speaks clearly, the Father alone is “the only true God” (John 17:3), and Jesus is His Son, sent and dependent on Him. Turning God into one being with three persons introduces a concept foreign to Scripture and risks redefining plain language. In the Bible, a “person” is a being, not one third of a being, so saying three persons are one being creates confusion and goes beyond what is written (1 Corinthians 4:6).
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