The following links lead to research showing how the most frequently used so-called 'Proof Texts' are not proof of the Holy Spirit's Godhood or personhood in any way.
(Links to more guides can be found at the bottom of this list.)
Gen. 1:26
Gen. 1:26 - "Let Us Make Man in Our Image" (Search For Bible Truths); Does this Scripture really prove the Trinity? (Search For Bible Truths); Image (Examining the Trinity); How is Man Made in God's Image? (Gen. 1:26) (Search For Bible Truths); ("Let us make man in our image") - ELOHIM 3-6; I-AM 5; (Examining the Trinity)
Mt. 12:32
Blasphemy to Christ: forgiven; to Holy Spirit not - HS (par. #34); (Examining the Trinity); BOWHS (f.n.) (Examining the Trinity); Matthew 12:32 "whoever says something against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven" (Examining the Trinity)
Mt. 28:19
What does Mt. 28:19 mean? (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers; Quote from WT 2002 April 1st); Mt. 28:19 "...in the NAME of the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit" (Examining the Trinity); Mt. 28:19 - NWT (Defending the NWT); Does Mt. 28:19 prove that the Holy Spirit is God? (Search For Bible Truths); Concerning Mt. 28:19... (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers); 2 Cor.13:14 "Jesus", "God", "and the...Holy Spirit" (Search For Bible Truths); Shem Tov's Hebrew Matthew 14th century manuscripts (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers); Some comments by scholars and translators (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers); Online references that discuss the possible spurious origins of Matt. 28:19 (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers)
John 6:7-15
John 6:7-15 Holy Spirit as a "he" (Examining the Trinity); Why, in John 16:7, is the holy spirit spoken of as a "helper"? (Examining the Trinity)
Acts 5:3, 4 Lied to the Holy Spirit...lied to God? (Examining the Trinity); Acts 5:3 "play false" (In Defense of The New World Translation); The Doctrine of the Trinity and Acts 5:3, 4 (Jehovah's Witnesses United); The Holy Spirit - God's Active Force (Jehovah's Witnesses United)
Acts 8:29
Does Acts 8:29 prove that the Holy Spirit is a person? (Search For Bible Truths)
Acts 10:38
"Anointed with Holy Spirit" (Examining the Trinity)
Acts 13:2
Acts 13:2 "The holy spirit said: “...for the work to which I have called them.'” (Examining the Trinity); The Holy Spirit "speaks" at Acts 13:2 ('Reasoning From Scripture' Archive)
Acts 28:25
Acts 28:25 "The holy spirit aptly spoke through Isaiah" (Examining the Trinity)Rom. 8:27
Rom. 8:27 (phronema) (In Defense of The New World Translation); Rom. 8:27 - Why is the Greek word translated differently in the NWT? (Jehovah's Witnesses United); Rom. 8:27 "Mind of the Spirit" (Examining the Trinity)
1 Cor. 12:11
1 Cor. 12:11 "The holy spirit wills" (Examining the Trinity); Do scriptures personifying the "Holy Spirit" mean that it is a person? (Search For Bible Truths)2 Cor. 3:17
2 Cor. 3:17 "The Lord is the Spirit." (Examining the Trinity)
2 Cor. 13:14
2 Cor. 13:14 "the sharing in" (In Defense of The New World Translation); 2 Cor.13:14 "Jesus", "God", "and the...Holy Spirit" (Search For Bible Truths); Holy Spirit, par. 31, Note (13.) to HS, and Note (14.) to HS (Examining the Trinity); 2 Cor. 13:14 "Jesus", "God", "and the...Holy Spirit" (Examining the Trinity); 2 Cor.13:14 "Jesus", "God", "and the...Holy Spirit" (Examining the Trinity)
Eph. 4:30 "Do not grieve the Holy Spirit" (Examining the Trinity); How can the Holy Spirit be "grieved"? (Search For Bible Truths); What about scriptures that seem to show the Holy Spirit being personified? (Search For Bible Truths)
1 John 5:7
The 'Johannine Comma' - 1 John 5:7 (In Defense of The New World Translation); But Your Bible's Been Changed! (From God's Word); Newton proved that the words in 1 John 5:7 were spurious... (Pastor Russell); 1 John 5:7 (KJV) (Examining the Trinity); How does the accuracy of the New World Translation Bible compare to other translations? (Search For Bible Truths); 1 John 5:7 proof of the Trinity? (Search For Bible Truths); "Word" and 1 John 5:7, KJV ("Oneness") (Jehovah's Witnesses Questions and Answers); "Jehovah" in the New Testament (end notes) (Search For Bible Truths, 10th par. end note #1, 10th par. "Zondervan")
1 John 5:8
1 John 5:8 (Examining the Trinity); Trinitarian reasoning - water and blood persons too? (Search For Bible Truths); How can the Holy Spirit be "grieved"? (Search For Bible Truths); What about scriptures that seem to show the Holy Spirit being personified? (Search For Bible Truths)
More material:
Trinity 'Proof' Texts Refuted (From In Defense of The New World Translation of The Holy Scriptures)
What is the Holy Spirit? (From the Official Website of Jehovah's Witnesses)
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