If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to
Continue reading...If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to
Continue reading...If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to
Continue reading...If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God” (could he possibly, as Jehovah’s Witnesses assert, mean Jesus was “a god”?), we need to
Continue reading...If we would understand how John intended us to understand John 1:1c, “and the Word was God,” we need to see John’s representation of Jesus in places outside of John 1:1, that is, in the remainder
Continue reading...From John’s perspective, could he, would he, describe Jesus as ‘a’ god? Jehovah’s Witnesses claim so in their online commentary: the Word was a god: Or “the Word was divine .” This statement
Continue reading...“…and the Word was God.” (John 1:1c) kai God,” or he meant it to be indefinite, “and the Word was a god,” or he meant it to be qualitative, “and the Word was Godness/divine/deity.”
Continue reading...“…and the Word was God…” (John 1:1c) Kai theos ēn ho logos The Word, Jesus, the Son of God who adopted human nature, was in the beginning, was, we should say, the beginner at the beginning,
Continue reading...“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1b) John is telling us there is a plurality in God, even as the Old Testament hints. But how does this square with the Biblical, and thus
Continue reading...“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1b) When we come to John 1:1b and read that the Word was in fellowship with God (ton theon, in the Greek), we certainly have precedent for
Continue reading...“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1b) Can God be with God? John’s assertion is strongly hinted at in the Old Testament, especially in the appearances of the Angel or
Continue reading...“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1) God can be with God? Is John introducing a new concept about God? No, there are clear hints in the Old Testament about plurality in
Continue reading...“…and the Word was with God…” (John 1:1b) The Word, the Creator God, was in eternal fellowship with God! John is describing a plurality in God. Is he teaching us something new here?
Continue reading...In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God (John 1:1) Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that “the Word was a god” (New World Translation) and that John conceived
Continue reading...In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. (John 1:1) Jehovah’s Witnesses argue that Jesus is not God. In their translation of John 1:1 it reads, “and
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