THE GNB ATTACKS THE DEITY OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST

Acts 20:28 is one of the greatest verses in the Bible. It clearly states the "blood" that flowed through the Lord Jesus was God’s "blood" and that Jesus Christ was God. The GNB changes the emphasis or object of blood from "his" [God] to "his Son". "Son" is not found in any Greek text.

   Acts 20:28, KJB
   Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.

   Acts 20:28, GNB
   So keep watch over yourselves and over all the flock which the Holy Spirit has placed in your care. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he made his own through the blood of his Son.

1 Timothy 3:16 is probably the clearest verse in all the Bible asserting that Jesus Christ was "God manifest in the flesh". The GNB changes it to the trivial "He appeared in human form". So what. . . We all appear in human form!

   1 Timothy 3:16, KJB
   And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

   1 Timothy 3:16, GNB
   No one can deny how great is the secret of our religion: He appeared in human form, was shown to be right by the Spirit, and was seen by angels. He was preached among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, and was taken up to heaven.

The GNB changes the clear statement of Philippians 2:6 testifying that Jesus Christ was "equal with God" to the vague and goofy ". . . he did not think that by force he should try to remain equal with God."

   Philippians 2:6, KJB
   Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

   Philippians 2:6, GNB
   He always had the nature of God, but he did not think that by force he should try to remain equal with God.

In 1 Timothy 6:14-16, the GNB completely changes the object of "the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;" from the Lord Jesus Christ to "God" by inserting "by God" — without ANY Greek evidence whatsoever. They deliberately and deceitfully de-throne the Lord Jesus Christ as "King of Kings, and Lord of Lords". Notice also, "commandment" is changed to the nonspecific "orders".

   1Timohy 6:14-15, KJB
   That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ:
   Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

   1Timohy 6:14-15, GNB
   to obey your orders and keep them faithfully until the Day when our Lord Jesus Christ will appear.
   His appearing will be brought about at the right time by God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.

The late-great Evangelist Brother Roloff once preached a message on John 1:1. titled "The Greatest Verse in the Bible". What a wonderful and enlightening verse, plainly emphasizing the deity of the Word – the Lord Jesus.

   John 1:1, KJB
   In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

And like a wild-Texas-tornado ripping through a trailer park, the damage left by the GNB is devastating.

   John 1:1, GNB
   Before the world was created, the Word already existed; he was with God, and he was the same as God.

The GNB changes the eternal, infinite, without-time, "in the BEGINNING" to the time-constrained "before the world was created" thus attacking the eternality of the Word. And the clear reference to the deity of the Word, "and the Word was God" is now destroyed by the distorted "he was the same as God". By adding "the same as" clearly negates the deity of the Word – creating a unfounded difference between the Word and God. It’s worth mentioning, as in nearly every case, there is no Greek evidence for the distortions.

In Colossians 2:9, the GNB completely twists the declaration that in Jesus "dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily" into the new-age, divine-humanity — "the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity". The "divine nature" of humanity is the root teaching of the Lucifer-worshipping, New Age Movement. It is also the serpent’s message of Genesis 3:5, "ye shall be as gods".

   Colossians 2:9, KJB
   For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily

   Colossians 2:9, GNB
   For the full content of divine nature lives in Christ, in his humanity,

In Ephesians 3:9, the GNB rudely strips the Lord Jesus as the architect of ALL creation. The GNB completely distorts Ephesians 3:9 into gabble to rob Jesus Christ’s role of creator. Why? And there exists no Greek manuscripts to reinforce such a mess. It is simply a deliberate attempt to de-throne the Lord Jesus.

   Ephesians 3:9, KJB
   And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

   Ephesians 3:9, GNB
   and of making all people see how God's secret plan is to be put into effect. God, who is the Creator of all things, kept his secret hidden through all the past ages,

In Revelation 1:11, the titles of "Alpha and Omega, the first and the last" are removed from the wonderful Lord Jesus Christ.

   Revelation 1:11, KJB
   Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

   Revelation 1:11, GNB
   It said, "Write down what you see, and send the book to the churches in these seven cities: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."