Conclusion

The reality is that John 1:1–3 clearly reveals the deity of Jesus Christ, the Word, being the Creator God. As such it confirms many other passages in Scripture that teach that Christ is God. Early church fathers such as Ignatius, who was a disciple of John the Apostle, also recognized Jesus as God. The significance of this is a matter of salvation. Without the true Jesus, can one really be saved?
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Footnotes

1. All Scripture NKJV unless otherwise noted Back
2. “The Truth about Angels,” The Watchtower, November 1, 1995, Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, http://www.watchtower.org/library/w/1995/11/1/article_02.htm. Retrieved 9-18-2007. Back
3. Reasoning from the Scriptures (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1985), p. 150. Back
4. Ibid., p. 150. Back
5. Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament (1881): With Morphology (Bellingham : Logos Research Systems, 2002), S. John 1:1–3. Back
6. Maurice Robinson, Elzevir Textus Receptus (1624): With Morphology (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2002), S. John 1:1–3. Back
7. Jerome, Latin Vulgata, adapted from Online Bible, 2007. Back
8. The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania and International Bible Students Association, 1985), p. 401. Back
9. Benjamin Wilson, The Emphatic Diaglott (Brooklyn, NY: International Bible Students Association, Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, 1942). Back
10. Reasoning from the Scriptures (Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, 1985), p. 416. Back
11. Dr John Gill, Commentary notes on John 1:18, adapted from Online Bible, 2007. Back
12. Al-Kadhi, Answering Christianity, http://www.answering-christianity.com/john1_1.htm, Retrieved 9-20-2007. Back
13. Answering Islam, http://www.answering-islam.org/Responses/Al-Kadhi/r01.2.2.06.html, Retrieved 9-20-2007. Back
14. Rolf Furuli, The Role of Theology and Bias in Bible Translation with a Special Look at the New World Translation of Jehovah’s Witnesses (Huntington Beach, California: Elihu Books, 1999), p. 200. Back
15. Ibid., p. 204–205. Back
16. Ibid., pp. 211–213 (again equating Theos with Elohim to argue against its Greek usage). Back
17. Ibid., p. 206. Back
18. Reference 16, p. 210. Back
19. Ignatius, Epistle of Ignatius to the Ephesians, in The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 Ante-Nicene Fathers, Eds. A. Roberts and J. Donaldson (Hendrickson Publishers), 1:49 (Short version). Back
20. Ibid., p. 52 (Short version). Back
21. Ibid., p. 56 (Long version). Back
22. Ibid., p. 57 (Short version). Back
23. Ibid., p. 57 (Short version). Back
24. Ibid., p. 57 (Long version). Back
25. Ibid., p. 52 (Long version). Back
26. Charles Taze Russell, Studies in the Scriptures, vol. 5, The Atonement Between God and Man (1899), reprinted in Bible Students Congregation of New Brunswick (Edison, New Jersey, 2000), p. 70. Back
27. Adam Clarke, Commentary notes on Colossians 1:16, adapted from Online Bible, 2007. Back

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