To answer this question you will need to look at John 5:22-23 and a few related verses in the KIT (The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures). You can download a copy of the KIT here.
At John 5:22-23 Jesus says, “For the father judges no one at all, but he has committed all the judging to the Son, in order that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.” NWT
What does John 5:23 teach? The WT would have you believe that the word ‘just as’ implies giving some honor to Jesus but not equal honor—equal honor as that given to the Father.
Take your KIT and 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: καθως Its root word looks like this καθ.
These two words can be found in the following verses:
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 (καθως) to us in the office of which they boast.”
The Greek word καθως is translated on the English side of the KIT as equal. At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for the word. John 5:23 now reads: “in order that all may honor the Son equal as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.”
Do JW's do this?
Look for root word καθ at Acts 27:25. It is translated exactly on the English side. At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for the word. 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.”
Does the WT honor the Son exactly the way they honor the Father? If they do not, they are no honoring the Father who sent him and they are violating John 5:23.
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.
Nowhere in the Bible does the word καθως or its root word καθ mean anything other than total equality.
At John 5:22-23 Jesus says, “For the father judges no one at all, but he has committed all the judging to the Son, in order that all may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.” NWT
What does John 5:23 teach? The WT would have you believe that the word ‘just as’ implies giving some honor to Jesus but not equal honor—equal honor as that given to the Father.
Take your KIT and 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: καθως Its root word looks like this καθ.
These two words can be found in the following verses:
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 (καθως) to us in the office of which they boast.”
The Greek word καθως is translated on the English side of the KIT as equal. At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for the word. John 5:23 now reads: “in order that all may honor the Son equal as they honor the Father. He that does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.”
Do JW's do this?
Look for root word καθ at Acts 27:25. It is translated exactly on the English side. At John 5:23, let us put in this alternative meaning for the word. 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.”
Does the WT honor the Son exactly the way they honor the Father? If they do not, they are no honoring the Father who sent him and they are violating John 5:23.
Nowhere in the Bible does the word καθως or its root word καθ mean anything other than total equality.
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