We will look in the first book in the Bible, the Book of Genesis. In Genesis 1:26a-27 KJV, the Bible says, 'And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.' You notice the pronouns in the first part of this verse- The Bible says, 'And God said, Let us (this is a plural pronoun) make man in our (this is a plural pronoun) image, after our (this is a plural pronoun) likeness. Let us continue in verse 27 - So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. The Bible says, 'So God created man in his (that is a singular pronoun) own image, in the image of God (this is singular) created he him.
You will notice the plural pronouns in verse 26, but singular pronoun in verse 27. In verse 27, you notice when it refers to God, it refers to God as one God, not plural gods. The reason we can understand that verse 26 does not refer to plurality of gods but something other, but the plural pronouns found in verse 26 cannot refer to something other than God; let me explain- In verse 26, the Bible says, 'And God said, Let us make man in our image.' In verse 27, it identifies what 'our image' is- The Bible says, 'So God created man in his own image.' It means 'God's image'. This means that the plural pronouns found in verse 26 must refer to God. What does this mean? It means that there is one God, but more than one person in the God-head. This is a glimpse of the Trinity in the very first chapter of the Bible. Later on when God gives more revelation, and made clear in the New Testament, the plural pronouns found here refer to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit- These three persons are the three persons of the God-head, but ONLY One God, the only ONE true God.
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