Does Deuteronomy 6:4, the Shema, disprove the Trinity?

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So, does Deuteronomy 6 .4, also known as the Shema, disprove the Trinity? No. Deuteronomy 6 .4,

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also known as the Shema, which comes from the Hebrew word, to hear, does not disprove the

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Trinity. The verse says, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one. The Trinity is the teaching that in the one

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God there are three distinct, simultaneous, co -eternal and co -powerful persons known as the

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Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Now, Deuteronomy 6 .4 says that God is one, is one

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Lord. The word Lord in Hebrew is Yahweh, or Y -H -W -H. It's also translated into the

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English as Jehovah. The verse is saying that Yahweh alone is God, and it is teaching monotheism.

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The verse is not about God being a Trinity or not a Trinity, though He is. It's about there being only one

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God. The Shema is a statement about monotheism and the Trinity is monotheistic.

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Also, the word for one there in Deuteronomy 6 .4 is Echad, which is often used for describing a composite unity, such as a single cluster of grapes.

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But some will respond by saying that God is one, not three. But again, the verse does not say that God is not three.

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It says God is one. Okay, one what? One God. This is what

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Deuteronomy 6 .4 is talking about, and it does not refute or contradict the doctrine of the Trinity at all, because the

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Trinity teaching is that there is one God. Now, the Bible Knowledge Commentary says this regarding this verse,

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Deuteronomy 6 .4. It says, This confession of monotheism does not preclude the biblical doctrine of the

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Trinity. God is plural, Elohim, possibly implying the Trinity, and one,

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Echad, may suggest a unity of the persons in the Godhead, where the same word for one is used of Adam and Eve.