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 Examine the Verse - Romans 8:26-27
 Consider the verse in detail in order to find out the true message or meaning.
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Examine the Verse
Romans 8:26-27
This verse is claimed to support the Trinitarian belief that God is the Triune God
by directly referencing the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit at the same time.

  Likewise the Spirit also helps in our weaknesses. For we do not know what we should pray for as we ought, but the Spirit Himself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 Now He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God.
(Romans 8:26-27, New King James Version)		  
  Trinitarian Belief in God and Jesus Christ:
 Trinitarians believe in the Trinity, that God is the "Triune God" existing as three persons―
God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, but one being. All three are
eternal with no beginning. Members of the Trinity are co-equal and co-eternal,
one in essence, nature, power, action, and will.
Trinitarians believe that Jesus Christ is the eternal second person "God the Son",
who took on a human body and nature and became both man and God. 
Thus is Jesus is fully man and fully God simultaneously.		  
  Apostle's admonition, warning and unique way of teaching:
1. No prophecy of scripture is a matter of personal interpretation. (II Pt. 1:20, NAB)
 2. Do not go beyond  what is written. (I Cor. 4:6, NIV)
 3. We do not use words of human wisdom. We speak words given to us by the Spirit,
using the Spirit's words to explain spiritual truths. (1 Cor. 2:13, NLT)		  
  Points to Consider:  
  1.  Notice that the above verse does not say that God is a Trinity or God is the Triune God existing as three persons but one being?
2.  How can referencing the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit at the same time be made to mean that God is a Trinity or God is the Triune God? Does it mean that by mentioning the three in one verse make them one God?
3.  How can the above verse be understood to mean that God is a Trinity or Triune God when you cannot find any of the elements of the Trinity doctrine, like "co-equal and co-eternal, one in essence, nature, power, action, and will" in the verse?
4.  Is the verse really about the Trinity doctrine or something else?		  
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  Romans 8:26-27 in other versions of the Bible:  
 

26Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.  27And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God.     (King James Version)

26 Also, the Spirit helps us. We are very weak, but the Spirit helps us with our weakness. We don’t know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit himself speaks to God for us. He begs God for us, speaking to him with feelings too deep for words. 27 God already knows our deepest thoughts. And he understands what the Spirit is saying, because the Spirit speaks for his people in the way that agrees with what God wants.   (Easy to Read Version)

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Bible Study Suggestion:
  • Search the internet for the Trinitarian explanation of the above verse.

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