The Jehovah Witness favorite verse to attack the Trinity is John 17:3 .
John 17:3 NKJV And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
And they would say that “The Father is the only true God” but according to the Greek this verse can be translated a number of ways.
Adam Clark Commentary on John 17:3 states
“……The words in this verse have been variously translated:
1. That they might acknowledge thee, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent, to be the only true God.
2. That they might acknowledge thee, the only true God, and Jesus, whom thou hast sent, to be the Christ or Messiah.
3. That they might acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus Christ to be him whom thou hast sent.
And all these translations the original will bear…..”
The Greek word Monos which means only when couple with the Greek word Kia which means ” and , Also ” can include both parties as the main subject examples of this can be seen in the following:
John 8:9 NKJV Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone (monos), and (kia) the woman standing in the midst.
Notice in the verse above “Jesus was left alone (monos), and (kia) the woman standing in the midst. “
Was Jesus alone ? No the woman was also there . Both are included .
Other example :
1Corinthians 9:5-6 NKJV Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? Or is it only ( monos) Barnabas and ( Kia) I who have no right to refrain from working?
Is the only in reference to Barnabas ? no Paul was also included as having the right to take a believing wife.
Also to show you that Jesus is not left out of the subject of being the true God we see Jesus also is called the true God in 1 John .
1John 5:20 NKJV And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
The Holy Spirit is also included because he along with the Father and the Son is also God moreover is true.
He is called the Spirit of Truth
John 14:17 NKJV the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
He is also called God
Acts 5:3-4 NKJV But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
Now who is excluded from being the only true God , all the idols which the Romans and the Greeks worshiped at that time.
John 17:3 NKJV And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
And they would say that “The Father is the only true God” but according to the Greek this verse can be translated a number of ways.
Adam Clark Commentary on John 17:3 states
“……The words in this verse have been variously translated:
1. That they might acknowledge thee, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent, to be the only true God.
2. That they might acknowledge thee, the only true God, and Jesus, whom thou hast sent, to be the Christ or Messiah.
3. That they might acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus Christ to be him whom thou hast sent.
And all these translations the original will bear…..”
The Greek word Monos which means only when couple with the Greek word Kia which means ” and , Also ” can include both parties as the main subject examples of this can be seen in the following:
John 8:9 NKJV Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone (monos), and (kia) the woman standing in the midst.
Notice in the verse above “Jesus was left alone (monos), and (kia) the woman standing in the midst. “
Was Jesus alone ? No the woman was also there . Both are included .
Other example :
1Corinthians 9:5-6 NKJV Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? Or is it only ( monos) Barnabas and ( Kia) I who have no right to refrain from working?
Is the only in reference to Barnabas ? no Paul was also included as having the right to take a believing wife.
Also to show you that Jesus is not left out of the subject of being the true God we see Jesus also is called the true God in 1 John .
1John 5:20 NKJV And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
The Holy Spirit is also included because he along with the Father and the Son is also God moreover is true.
He is called the Spirit of Truth
John 14:17 NKJV the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
He is also called God
Acts 5:3-4 NKJV But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
Now who is excluded from being the only true God , all the idols which the Romans and the Greeks worshiped at that time.
The Jehovah Witness favorite verse to attack the Trinity is John 17:3 .
John 17:3 NKJV And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.
And they would say that “The Father is the only true God” but according to the Greek this verse can be translated a number of ways.
Adam Clark Commentary on John 17:3 states
“……The words in this verse have been variously translated:
1. That they might acknowledge thee, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent, to be the only true God.
2. That they might acknowledge thee, the only true God, and Jesus, whom thou hast sent, to be the Christ or Messiah.
3. That they might acknowledge thee to be the only true God, and Jesus Christ to be him whom thou hast sent.
And all these translations the original will bear…..”
The Greek word Monos which means only when couple with the Greek word Kia which means ” and , Also ” can include both parties as the main subject examples of this can be seen in the following:
John 8:9 NKJV Then those who heard it, being convicted by their conscience, went out one by one, beginning with the oldest even to the last. And Jesus was left alone (monos), and (kia) the woman standing in the midst.
Notice in the verse above “Jesus was left alone (monos), and (kia) the woman standing in the midst. “
Was Jesus alone ? No the woman was also there . Both are included .
Other example :
1Corinthians 9:5-6 NKJV Do we have no right to take along a believing wife, as do also the other apostles, the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? Or is it only ( monos) Barnabas and ( Kia) I who have no right to refrain from working?
Is the only in reference to Barnabas ? no Paul was also included as having the right to take a believing wife.
Also to show you that Jesus is not left out of the subject of being the true God we see Jesus also is called the true God in 1 John .
1John 5:20 NKJV And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
The Holy Spirit is also included because he along with the Father and the Son is also God moreover is true.
He is called the Spirit of Truth
John 14:17 NKJV the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
He is also called God
Acts 5:3-4 NKJV But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God.”
Now who is excluded from being the only true God , all the idols which the Romans and the Greeks worshiped at that time.
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