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You've depended on your JW mates to provide the grammar. Hardly an unbiased perspective! Oz

Truther, Don't you want to take the time to do the careful exegesis of these 2 verses? Oz

Truther, Jesus, the Man, is God according to John 1:1; John 10:33. See "Is Jesus God?" Oz

Truther, You are promoting the no-truther heresy of Modalism. See also, "What Is Modalism?" Oz

Phil, What is involved in exegesis of the biblical text? Interpretation of the text by human beings! The Holy Spirit doesn't interpret as an invisible supernatural being, without involvement by human beings. Oz

Philologos, Is it possible for you to read the Word of God without interpretation of it? Oz

Wrangler, See #568 where I proved you to be wrong about the 3 persons as God and all of the references are from the Bible. "The Word" is Jesus and he appears in John 1:1. Oz

Wrangler, All three Persons Jesus mentions—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit—are God, but they are distinct from each other within the Trinity. See: John 14:25–26; 15:26–27; 16:7–15. Scripture affirms: God the Father (1 Cor 8:6; Eph 4:6); God the Son (John 1:1-3; Col 1:13-16); God the Holy...

Wrangler, There certainly is the Godhead revealed in Scripture: + God, the Father (Eph 4:6); + God, the Son (Col 1:13-16); + God, the Holy Spirit (John 14:25-26). I don't think you are listening, so I'll leave the discussion now. Oz

Wrangler, To the contrary, this thread is about the doctrine of the Trinity. I have searched the Scriptures to determine the number of Persons in the Godhead. See: How to understand three persons in the Trinity Oz

Dropship, That's your invention and it's not based on an exegesis of John 1:1. I've provided that exegesis for you and you've rejected it. Oz

Dropship, This is not true. John 1:1 states, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (ESV). I'm a retired teacher of NT Greek and there's a fundamental of Greek grammar that needs to be applied to get the translation, "the Word was God." Even though...

The OP is like asking: "Is it to easier to be Christian or followers of the Nazarene?" Oz

They are M-I invented statements. I Cor 11:5 (NIV) is written to a church with instructions on how it ought to function. The closing down of all women in all ministry is not taught in this book, as this verse explains. Oz

M-I, You state, "“and sisters” is not part of the scripture." That is a false statement as you are not understanding the meaning of adelphoi (nominative plural). It can mean 'brothers' if only male persons are the context but 'brothers and sisters' if that is the meaning in context. We know...

Women prayed and prophesied according to 1 Cor. 11:5. I have read lots of my Bible lately. We have further confirmation of the "everyone" ministry in 1 Cor 14:26, "What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a...

I Cor 11:5 states, "But every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is the same as having her head shaved" (NIV). How is it possible for a woman to be totally silent in the church and yet women can prophesy? Oz

Daniel, My new non-fiction book has recently been released by Wipf and Stock: How to Ruin Your Education and TV Viewing: Five Lessons from John Dominic Crossan. Amazon seems to have changed its model for publishing. Oz

Bread of Life, You don't understand the nature of the Greek language. Rom 1:18 includes the phrase, γὰρ ὀργὴ θεοῦ, gar orgē theoū, "for anger of God." It is "of God/god" because the declension for God, theoū, is in the genitive case, meaning "of God/god." Context will determine if God wants us...

John, E. C. Colwell completed his doctor’s dissertation on “The Character of the Greek of John’s Gospel” in 1931. His intensive research into the grammar of John’s Gospel led to the discovery of his rule. p 257 257 In 1933 he published an article entitled, “A Definite Rule for the Use of the...