Official source
What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?
Official JW.org summary of Jehovah's Witness beliefs.
What Do Jehovah's Witnesses Believe?, JW.org, accessed June 16, 2026.
Open sourceObjection
The Holy Spirit Is Not a Person
The Holy Spirit is not a person but Jehovah's active force.
The New Testament describes the Holy Spirit with personal actions and divine treatment: he teaches, reminds, can be lied to, and is named with the Father and the Son.
Use the Bible's verbs
Jesus says the Spirit will teach and remind the disciples. Peter says Ananias lied to the Holy Spirit and then says he lied to God.
Do not reduce agency to power
God's power is real, but the passages at issue describe the Spirit with personal agency rather than as an impersonal force.
Sources
Official source
Should You Believe in the Trinity?
Official Watch Tower brochure arguing against the Trinity.
Should You Believe in the Trinity?, JW.org, accessed June 16, 2026.
Open sourceReference
BibleRef
Reference pages used for BibleRef-first links to Scripture passages.
BibleRef, accessed June 16, 2026.
Open sourceSecondary context
Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses
Evangelical response source for Jehovah's Witness claims.
Ron Rhodes, Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Jehovah's Witnesses, Harvest House, 1993.