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................................. This is one of my own studies as I said. The first one concerning John 1:1c alone is my 50+ page DEF study. I have personally read the source of every quote in it. (It took so long to finish because of the intense work required pre-computer and for me to...

E. John 1:1c in NT Greek (cont.): The above lessons show that word order (predicate noun before the verb as found in the NT Greek of John 1:1c) does not change the meaning to an understood article (“the”) as Colwell’s Rule suggests or some nebulous ‘qualitative’ or ‘essence’ meaning as some...

D. John 1:1c in NT Greek (cont.): It’s been many years since I looked up all the clauses in John’s writing which had predicate nouns (also called predicate nominatives). Then I made a list of all of them which are parallel to John 1:1c (predicate noun [count noun] coming before the verb). I...

C. John 1:1c in NT Greek (cont.): But, you may ask, isn’t there a significance to the reversed word order in the Greek of Jn 1:1c (‘god was the word’) which is, in English, ‘the word was god.’? If you will examine a good NT interlinear, you will find that word order is generally meaningless...

B. John 1:1c in NT Greek (cont.): John 1:1c in NT Greek (cont.): The next step in finding John’s intended meaning of John 1:1c is to look up the meanings of theos in a good NT lexicon. Numerous Trinitarian scholars [see footnote] admit that this word was also used in scripture for angels...

.......................................... The best way to determine John's meaning for theos in John 1:1c is to carefully examine his use of NT Greek Grammar in every case that is honestly parallel to that of John 1:1c. The only trouble is, nobody will actually do that; "it's just too much...

Post #97, Roland Nolette: "Echad means one as singular, but also one as a "plural one" . Hard to define it. It gives the sense that God though one is formed of more than one. Take for example a baseball team. It has a roster of 26 individuals, but yet they make up one ball team."...

....................................... In addition to insisting that echad means “plural oneness” some also insist that, if God had intended the meaning of “absolute oneness” (singleness, only one individual) at Deut. 6:4, he would have used the word yachid (or yacheed). So let’s...

"One" Bible writers consistently described groups of individuals as “one” figuratively in the sense of their being “united in will and purpose.” Here’s how one trinitarian reference book states it: “‘One’ also expresses the unity between Christ and the Father (Jn 10:30), the union...

I Am Ex. 3:15 "Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel I AM [ehyeh] hath sent me unto you. 15) And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, Jehovah [YHWH], the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath...

An alternate to the interpretation of John 20:28 by the WTS: To understand what may have been intended by Thomas, let’s first examine it as if the words were not directly applied to Jesus. Notice the parallel between 1 Samuel 20:12 (where Jonathan’s words appear to be directed to David...

#4 1 John 5:20 Let's examine the scriptural uses of the "true God" Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible shows only 5 places where this is used in the entire Bible: (1) 2 Chron. 15:3; (2) Jer. 10:10; (3) 1 Thess. 1:9; (4) 1 John 5:20; and (5) John 17:3. Jehovah's Witnesses teach...

#3 2 Peter 1:1 The very same objections to Titus 2:13 apply to 2 Peter 1:1, another Sharp’s ‘proof.’ The Roman Catholic scholar, Karl Rahner, commenting on 2 Peter 1:1, says that ‘God’ “here is clearly separated from ‘Christ’.” - Theological Investigations, Karl Rahner, pp. 136, 137, Vol.1...

#2 Titus 2:13 In an attempt to prove the trinity doctrine, Granville Sharp made up a rule in 1798. It is often called "Sharp's Rule" by trinitarians. It says, in effect, that when two or more words (nouns) in the original Greek New Testament (NT) text are joined by the word "and," they all...

Post #2 Christophany wrote: “Both are true and The Apostles ( Thomas, Paul, Peter and John) called Christ their God in John 20:28, Titus 2:13, 2 Peter 1:1 and 1 John 5:20. There are many other passages that refer to Christ as God as well.” I will answer these 4 examples in separate posts...

RN wrote above (#80): "and if you bothered to read the end, James said they would not sin, but do well or prosper. It is the Watchtower who made it a sin, not the church of God." And if you bothered to read the previous verse, you would see that these are requirements for Christians. Acts...

"If the JW's are anti-political , why is the Watchtower Society an associate member of the evil political institution called the united nations?" ........................................ WT as "member" of the U.N.: Summary · DPI NGO status granted more than simple access to a main library. ·...

Good post! Just a clue, though, when you have a contraction (joining two words by leaving out a letter or so) the apostrophe nearly always goes where the missing letters were. For example, 'do not' becomes 'don't'; 'could not' becomes 'couldn't'.

GEN2REV writes: "For who is God save the Lord? (Jesus) or who is a Rock (Jesus) save our God?" (Psalm 18:31) A more accurate translation of the Hebrew text shows this verse should read: "For who is God save Jehovah [YHWH]? And who is a rock besides our God?" - ASV. "For who is God but Yahweh...

.............................. God said? Do you mean that man's translation of John's Greek writing is God's word? A careful examination of John's use of Greek grammar shows that he always intended an indefinite predicate noun ('a man,' 'a prophet,' 'a murderer,' etc.) in clauses which are...