We are not asking where the New Testament mentions three names (the doxologies), rather we are asking where the New Testament in any verse limits the number of persons (πρόσωπον) to only (μόνος) three.
In the Old Testament the qualifying term (μόνος) informs us that there is not more than one God, yet, can the same be said of the number of persons in the Trinitarian Godhead? A specific variant teaches us that there can't be a limit for the number of persons.
"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him." - Colossians 3:17.
This is however not what the Majority Text (the majority of manuscripts) reads, or what Claromontanus, Augensis, Boernerianus, Codex Psi/ ψ (044), and Minuscule 33. Rather they read:
"And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, *giving thanks to God and the Father* through him."
(Ευχαριστουντες τω θεώ και πάρτι).
Here the context speaks of a Holy Spirit in verse 16, with a Master Jesus, a God, and a Father in verse 17. Thus this variant presents us with a God that is not the Spirit, not Jesus and not the Father. We thereby end up with a count of 4 entities that are God.
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