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. ● Eph 5:33b . . and the wife must respect her husband. We're not talking about admiration here. The Greek verb for "respect" is phobeo (fob-eh'-o) which essentially refers to fright; and is used just that way in numerous places throughout the New Testament. Some translators render phobeo as...

. FAQ: Why does the Watchtower Society translate the Word in John 1:1 as a god in lower case instead of God in upper case? A: The Watchtower Society's translation is based upon an imaginary grammatical technicality. The common Greek word for "god" is theós (theh'-os). When it's modified by the...

. The Watchtower Society's theology is a based on a version called monolatrism, which basically alleges that all gods are actual deities; though not all deities are deemed worthy of worship. This is not quite the same as polytheism where numerous gods are all considered worthy of worship...

. ● Eph 5:28-33a . . In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- for we are members of his body. . . .For this reason a...

. FAQ: If true that the Jews, as a people, brought the Holocaust upon themselves in accordance with the language of the covenant that their ancestors agreed upon with God; then why don't they own up to it instead of always going about playing the victim and acting so indignant? A: Well; sad to...

. ● Eph 5:21 . . Submit to one another out of respect for Christ. The koiné Greek word for "submit" is hupotasso (hoop-ot-as'-so) which means: to subordinate (as a verb) which is just the opposite of dominance, equality, and/or rivalry and competition. A workable synonym for the kind of...

. The Watchtower Society will never accept classical Christianity's teaching that Jesus Christ is Jehovah incognito simply because the Society's undying premise is that it is impossible for someone to exist as a spirit being and a human being simultaneously. According to the premise: Jehovah's...

. FAQ: Supposing we're right; that there is no one to blame for the loss of Jewish life in the Holocaust but the Jews themselves? If so; then how many of them would've had to breach the covenant to put them all in so much danger? A: It's surprising how few Jews it takes to ruin it for all the...

. ● Eph 5:2 . . Live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. Christ's love went way beyond just being friendly and helpful. His was a sacrificial kind of love; in other words: it was protective and supportive at the cost of...

. ● Jer 10:10 . . Jehovah is in truth God. He is the living god. The Hebrew word for "living" in that passage is chay (khah'-ee) which first appears in the Bible at Gen 1:20 where it speaks of aqua life and winged life. Then it appears at Gen 1:24 where it speaks of life on land. It appears...

. FAQ: Is the world supposed to believe it was the Jews' own fault that they were rounded up like cattle, stripped of their dignity, their property, their wealth, and their possessions, enslaved, starved, deprived of basic human necessities, tortured, subjected to Frankenstein medical...

. One has to ask, in point of fact there has been more than one rabbi ask: How is it that so many of Moses' people were caught up in the Holocaust? Where was God during all that? Why didn't He step in and do something to protect His chosen people? To find an answer to that question one need...

. ● John 1:18 . . No man has seen God at any time; the only-begotten god who is in the bosom position with the Father is the one that has explained him. The Greek word for "only-begotten" in that verse is monogenes (mon-og en-ace') which is also found in John 1:14, John 3:16, John 3:18, and...

. Below is the text of Col 1:16-17 quoted verbatim from the Watchtower Society's New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures ©1969. "Because by means of him all [other] things were created in the heavens and upon the earth, the things visible and the things invisible, no matter whether they...

. ● Col 1:15 . . He is the firstborn of all creation The New Testament's Greek word for "firstborn" in that verse is prototokos, which never means created first; no, it always means born first. The correct Greek word for created first is protoktistos. The average JW probably doesn't know the...

. On page 1129 of the Watchtower publication "Aid To Bible Understanding" a mediator is defined as one who interposes between two parties at variance to reconcile them: an intercessor. Here's a question that someone wrote in to the "Questions From Readers" section of the April 01, 1976 issue of...

. ● Ps 110:4 . . Jehovah has sworn (and he will feel no regret): You are a priest to time indefinite according to the manner of Melchizedek ● Heb 5:10-11 . . He has been specifically called by God a high priest according to the manner of Melchizedek. Concerning him we have much to say and hard...

. Watch for the deliberate misquote in the passage below. ● 1Cor 15:42-44 . . So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised up in incorruption. It is sown in dishonor, it is raised up in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised up in power. It is sown a...

. The primary purpose of a high priest is to reconcile God and Man, i.e. a mediator. No ordinary high priest can do that because he himself is likely in need of reconciliation. ● Heb 5:1-3 . . Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to...

. Jesus Christ today is a high priest patterned after a high priest in the Old Testament named Melchizedek (Ps 110:1-4, Heb 5:1-7:28). In order for him to be effective, one of the qualifications of a high priest is that they have to be able to relate to their constituents. So; in order for Jesus...