9问:上帝共有几个位格?

答:上帝共有圣父、圣子、圣灵三个位格,三者同质、同权、同荣,同为实存、永在之独一上帝,但三者各具不同之特性(约壹5:7;太3:16-17;28:19;林后13:14;约10:30)。

Question 9: How many persons are there in the Godhead?

Answer: There be three persons in the Godhead, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; and these three are one true, eternal God, the same in substance, equal in power and glory; although distinguished by their personal properties.

10问:上帝的这三个位格各有什么特性?

答:在亘古之前,圣父衍生圣子(来1:5-6,8),圣子生于圣父(约1:14,18),圣灵则出于圣父及圣子(约15:26;加4:6)。

Question 10: What are the personal properties of the three persons in the Godhead?

Answer: It is proper to the Father to beget the Son, and to the Son to be begotten of the Father, and to the Holy Ghost to proceed from the Father and the Son from all eternity.

11问:何以见得圣子和圣灵都是与圣父同等的上帝?

答:圣经既把专属于上帝的称谓(赛6:3,5,8;比较约12:41;徒28:25;约壹5:20;徒5:3-4)、属性(约1:1;赛9:6;约2:24-25;林前2:10-11)、作为(西1:16;创1:2)和敬拜(太28:19;林后13:14),也用于圣子和圣灵身上,说明圣子和圣灵也都是与圣父同等的上帝。

Question 11: How doth it appear that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father?

Answer: The Scriptures manifest that the Son and the Holy Ghost are God equal with the Father, ascribing unto them such names, attributes, works, and worship, as are proper to God only.