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History:
History:
8,695,808
Theology: Nontrinitarian
Headquarters: Warwick, New York, US
Classification: Restorationist
Founder: Charles Taze Russell
Origin: 1870s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Official Website: jw.org
Charles Taze Russell:
-Born 02/16/1852
(Allegheny, Pennsylvania, U.S.)
-Died 10/31/1916 ( 64 AGE )
(Pampa, Texas, U.S)
-American Christian
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New World Translation Bible was published in 1950
MISTRANSLATED VERSES
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
1 Εν αρχη ην ο λογος και ο λογος ην προς τον Θεον και Θεος ην ο λογος
2 ουτος ην εν αρχη προς τον Θεον
John 20:17
Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’ ”
Hebrews 1:5
For to which of the angels did God ever say,
“You are my Son,
today I have begotten you”?
Or again,
“I will be to him a father,
and he shall be to me a son”?
john:20:28
Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
no exclamation mark in the original manuscript.
everything was capitalized
colossians 1:16
For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
JW add the word “all other things”
john 1:3
John 1:3 (ESV)
All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.
John 17:3-5
And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
isaiah 42:8
I am the Lord; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.
God state that he doesn't share his glory with no on.