Jehovah's Witness FAQ

The WT states, “we honor the Son. He is ‘a god’ and Jehovah’s first and greatest creation. We just don’t worship Jesus.”

What the WT wishes is that this verse were not even in the Bible. I am sure that the powers that be in Brooklyn, looked into their bag of Shenanigans and decided not to change the verse, not to give it an unintelligible meaning but to simply ignore the verse—like it wasn’t even there. The WT finds this easy to do since JW’s will not ask about verses they are not allowed to study

“Avoid independent thinking . . . questioning the counsel that is provided by God’s visible organization (WTBTS).” WT, Jan 15, 1983, p. 22.

The WTBTS would say, “If the WT doesn’t talk about a verse, who is an individual Witnesses to bring it up. Does that Witness know more than the brothers at Brooklyn and especially the ‘governing body?’ Such pride!”

What does John 5:23 really teach? The WT would have you believe that the word ‘just as’ implies giving some honor but not equal honor—equal honor as that given to the Father.

But if you have a KIT (The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures) use it to look up John 5:23. I am using the Purple Covered KIT.

Look on the Greek side of John 5:23 and look at the Greek word translated ‘according as.’ It looks like this: kaqwñv We are going to look at this word and its root word kaq as they appear in the KIT.

II Cor. 11:12 – “Now what I am doing I will still do, that I may cut off the pretext from those who are wanting a pretext for being found equal to us in the office of which they boast.”

The Greek word kaqwñv is translated on the English side of the KIT as equal. At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for kaqwñv. John 5:23 now reads: “in order that all may honor the Son equally as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.”

Can the WT say that they honor the Son and the Father equally. The WT

says the Father is Almighty God. Is the son? Does the WT honor the Son by

calling him Almighty? The Father is from everlasting to everlasting. Is the

Son? If you are familiar with WT doctrine, the answer to both questions is

NO. The father is Almighty, the son only mighty. The father is eternal, the

son was created by the father and therefore had a beginning and is not

eternal.

Look for root word kaq at Acts 27:25. On the English side (I am still using the WT’s own KIT) it is translated exactly. Look for the root word again at 2 Cor. 3:18, again it is translated exactly.

At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for kaqwñv. John 5:23 now reads: “in order that all may honor the Son exactly as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.”

Can the WT say that they honor the Son exactly as they honor the Father? If

they do not, they are no honoring the Father who sent him.