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Verse 20 20. ] τὸ ἔργον τ . θεοῦ has been variously understood: by Fritz. and Baumg.-Crusius, as = δικαιος . εἰρήνη , κ . χαρά : by Meyer and Krehl, as = the Christian status of the offended brother , so as to be parallel to Romans 14:15 (NAS) 15 For if because of food your brother {or sister}...

And in Romans 14:14, when Paul discusses “unclean” food, we recognize this as a category of Jewish kosher food laws. ... (And it’s worth noting that in Romans 15:1, Paul puts himself in the strong group who understands that no food is unclean in itself.) ... In this passage, the apostle is...

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4074 Pétros (a masculine noun) – properly, a stone (pebble), such as a small rock found along a pathway. 4074 /Pétros ("small stone") then stands in contrast to 4073 /pétra ("cliff, boulder," Abbott-Smith). "4074 (Pétros) is an isolated rock and 4073 (pétra) is a cliff" (TDNT, 3, 100). "4074...

4073 pétra (a feminine noun) – "a mass of connected rock," which is distinct from 4074 (Pétros) which is "a detached stone or boulder" (A-S). 4073 (pétra) is a "solid or native rock, rising up through the earth" (Souter) – a huge mass of rock (a boulder), such as a projecting cliff. 4073...

Matthew 16:18 ► Text Analysis Go to Parallel Greek Strong's Greek English Morphology 2504 [e] κἀγὼ kagō I also PPro-N1S 1161 [e] δέ de now Conj 4771 [e] σοι soi to you PPro-D2S 3004 [e] λέγω legō say V-PIA-1S 3754 [e] ὅτι hoti that Conj 4771 [e] σὺ sy you PPro-N2S 1510 [e]...

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Johannes Greber (1876-1944), ordained Catholic priest, then spiritist His “New Testament” is used to back the Watchtower’s New World Translation in John 1:1 and Matthew 27:52, 53, and more Also by Greber, Communication with the Spirit World of God/It’s Laws and Purpose Born in Germany, ordained...

Not even of Christ was the natural body raised. (p.385) Jesus Christ was spoken of as "the first resurrected from the dead."(Acts 26:23) This means he was the first to be resurrected of those who would not have to die again. Also, he was the first to be raised as a spirit person. (Paradise on...

Doctrine Johannes Greber, "Communication with the Spirit World of God--Its Laws and Purpose. Revealed to him by demon spirits: Watchtower doctrines revealed by the "faithful and Wise servant" God Has a Body Material forms are images of spiritual forms, and since all material things have...

Comparison of doctrines: Doctrines revealed by demons to Greber COMPARED TO doctrines revealed to Jehovah's Witnesses through the "faithful and discrete servant". In fact, the Watchtower felt that the doctrines the spirit revealed to Greber, were true. Remember, the Watchtower believes that the...

The boy Greber describes was a medium, and the meeting was a seance. The spirit, speaking through the boy, answered several of Greber's questions, including one about why Christianity was no longer exerting an influence on people in his day: "The teachings of Christ are no longer found in...

What the Watchtower knew about Johannes Greber before 1960: Johannes Greber was a Catholic priest in Germany in the 1920's. In 1923, he was invited by one of his parishioners to a prayer meeting. Greber describes what he encountered there: "Scarcely was the prayer ended when the boy fell over...

Remember, the Watchtower believes that the Holy Spirit communicates with the "governing body" in the production of the Watchtower magazine and the translation process of the NWT. Greber was making the identical claim that JW's make! Prior to the introduction of this New Testament by Greber, we...

They made reference to him at least 7 times in various Watchtower publications from 1962 through 1976. 1932: Greber wrote his book where he gives his personal testimony as an occult spiritist: "Communication with the Spirit World of God--Its Laws and Purpose" 1937: Greber produces his Bible...

https://ses.edu/conversations-with-jehovahs-witnesses/ https://www.makesureministries.com/world-translation/ It all began in 1956 in the Watchtower. Greber was revealed as a spiritist who translated the New Testament with help from God's spirits. The article says, in part: "Says Johannes...

https://www.bible.ca/trinity/trinity-Mantey.htm https://digilander.libero.it/domingo7/protestanti.htm https://www.equip.org/articles/getting-over-the-hurdles-of-the-new-world-translation/ In 1954, in a Scotland trial, Fred Franz, then head of the Watchtower Editorial Board, admitted that he...

Here is the letter written by Julius R. Mantey, whose Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament has been quoted by various Watchtower publications in their discussions of John 1:1-2: "I have a copy of your letter addressed to Caris in Santa Ana, California and I am writing to express my...

https://jashow.org/articles/the-jehovahs-witnesses-new-world-translation-of-the-holy-scriptures-part-2/ https://www.bible.ca/Jw-NWT.htm Best Link on What scholars really wrote, said about the NWT Index of Scholars William Barclay Jason BeDuhn Lant Carpenter William D. Chamberlain C.H. Dodd...