Master = 1. a male teacher. 2. a revered religious leader. 3. a worker or artisan qualified to teach apprentices . 4. a great figure. 5. one having authority over another. 6. one that conquers. 7. a presiding officer in an institution or society. [b]1 Corinthians 1:3 - \"Grace to you and shalom from G-d our Father and the Master Yeshua the Messiah.\"[/b] The Father is always referred to as G-d. The son Yeshua is never referred to as G-d. It is always, the Messiah, Master Yeshua. [b]1 Corinthians 1:4 - \"I thank my G-d always for you because of G-d\'s love and kindness given to you through the Messiah Yeshua.\"[/b] Notice Paul gives thanks to G-d and not Yeshua for the love given by G-d to them and not givin by Yeshua but through. Yeshua is the go between, the mediator. [b]1 Corinthians1:30 - \"It is G-d\'s doing that you are united with the Messiah Yeshua. He has become wisdom for us from G-d, and righteousness and holiness and redemption as well![/b] You can see plainly that he (Yeshua) became wisdom from G-d. Became does not mean he always was. A trinitarian thinking Paul would have wrote \"He was wisdom for us as G-d.” But Paul knew who the Father was and knew G-d created the Messiah and that Messiah became wisdom from G-d for us. [b]1 Corinthians 4:6 \"I have used myself and Apollos as examples to teach you not to go beyond what the Tanakh says.\"[/b] Great verse. To try and prove a trinity you always have to go beyond what the Scripture says. This should stand as a warning. [b]1 Corinthians 8:6 - \"yet for us there is one G-d, the Father, from whom all things come and for whom we exist; and one Master, Yeshua the Messiah, through whom were created all things and through whom we have our being.[/b] This is plain speech, not theological stretching. Paul states categorically that there is only one G-d, and then identifies him clearly as G-d the Father. No nuances, no wiggle room. Just a plain declaration identifying the one true G-d. [b]1 Corinthian 15:15 - \"furthermore, we are shown up as false witnesses for G-d in having testified that G-d raised up the Messiah, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.\"[/b] G-d the Father raised up Messiah from the dead. G-d (immortal) rose up Messiah (mortal). Who was G-d, the immortal one, or the mortal one? [b]1 Corinthian 15:21 - \"For since death came through a man, also the resurrection of the dead has come through a man.” [/b] Paul continually describes Yeshua as man, not G-d. This is consistent with Yeshua himself, who described himself more than 80 times in the New Testament as \"the son of man.\" [b]1 Corinthians 15:24 - \"then the culmination, when he hands over the Kingdom to G-d the Father, after having put an end to every rulership, yes, to every authority and power.\"[/b] Time and time again we see Paul refer to one G-d who alone is the Father. Here he tells us that Messiah’s reign too will cease as he hands all back to his G-d. What at pointless act if Yeshua where G-d himself. [b]1 Corinthians 15:47 - \"The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.\"[/b] Another so called “proof text” as people say “look he is from heaven and therefore G-d.” Look at the context! What is Paul talking about? The resurrection! At the resurrection of the dead where is Yeshua coming from? The Earth or the Heavens! This is not talking about His birth, but rather his second coming. What people choose to ignore here is Paul calling him a man. [b]1 Corinthians 15:57 - \"but thanks be to G-d, who gives us the victory through our Master Yeshua, the Messiah[/b]!\" Thanks to whom? G-d or Yeshua? Thanks to G-d for the victory givin through the man Yeshua, our brother, master, and mediator. [b]2 Corinthians 1:2 - \"Grace to you and shalom from G-d our Father and the Master Yeshua, the Messiah.\"[/b] Paul begins nearly all of his epistles by telling us that G-d is our Father, and by drawing a distinction between G-d, and the man Yeshua. [b]2 Corinthians 1:3 - \"Blessed be the G-d and Father of our Master Yeshua the Messiah\"[/b] Notice is says “G-d and Father of Yeshua,” NOT “Blessed be our G-d and Father, Yeshua.” Yet again we have a distinction. [b]2 Corinthians 4:4 - \"They do not come to trust because the god of the \'olam hazeh has blinded their minds, in order to prevent them from seeing the light shining from the Good News about the glory of the Messiah, who is the image of G-d.\"[/b] Image = a tangible or visible representation of something . Yeshua is not what is being represented, but a visible representation of. Is the reflection in a mirror the image or a reflection? [b]2 Corinthians 4:14 - \"because we know that he who raised the Master Yeshua will also raise us with Yeshua and bring us along with you into his presence.\"[/b] G-d the Father who raised his son Yeshua will also raise us from the dead. [b]2 Corinthians 5:21 \"G-d made this sinless man be a sin offering on our behalf, so that in union with him we might fully share in G-d\'s righteousness.\"[/b] How many times does Paul need to make the distinction between G-d the Creator and the made man Yeshua before we realize the truth? Why is it we will cling to a few misunderstood verses when the majority say something completely different? [b]2 Corinthians 6:16-18 - \"What agreement can there be between the temple of G-d and idols? For we are the temple of the living G-d - as G-d said, ‘I will house myself in them, and I will walk among you. I will be their G-d, and they will be my people.’ Therefore ADONAI says, ‘Go out from their midst; separate yourselves; don\'t even touch what is unclean. Then I myself will receive you. In fact, I will be your Father, and you will be my sons and daughters.’ says ADONAI-Tzva\'ot.\"[/b] This is quoted from the book of Ezekiel: [b]Ezekiel 37:26-28 - \"Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their G-d, and they shall be my people. And the heathen shall know that I G-d do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.”[/b] Notice that Paul\'s quote from the prophet Ezekiel identifies the G-d of the Old Testament, as G-d the Father. You will notice also from reading Ezekiel that this is a time that has not happened yet. So to say Yeshua walked “with us” and equate that as him being G-d does not fit into the text. [b]2 Corinthians 11:31 - \"G-d the Father of the Master Yeshua - blessed be he forever - knows that I am not lying!\" [/b] Well after the resurrection of Yeshua, Paul\'s G-d is not Yeshua. But rather Yeshua’s G-d, and Father.