SCRIPTURE INDEX FOR
QUESTIONS & RESPONSES - 2012
The following is a index of all the scriptures cited to in the
Questions and Responses posted on this site in the order
the scriptures appear.
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12/28/12 - Do we approve of the Society’s disfellowshipping policy?
Matthew 18:18-20
1 Corinthians 5:11-13
3 John 9-10
12/23/12 - Follow up to accusation of being murmurers.
1 Peter 2:17
Matthew 23:8-10
Matthew 7:7-8
Hebrews 12:12-13
12/18/12 - Visitor accuses us of being murmurers like the sons of
Matthew 23:2
Galatians 1:9
12/17/12 - Visitor explains why he believes the 144,000 of
Revelation is not literal number.
Revelation 7:4
Revelation 14:1-5
Revelation 14:1-5
Revelation 7:4
Genesis 22:17-18
Joshua 11:4
12/4/12 - Why is our identity obscure?
Galatians 3:26
Romans 8:16-17
Philippians 3:14-15
11/29/12 - Disfellowshipped person concerned that returning to the Kingdom Hall would grieve the Father’s spirit because they are not teaching the whole truth.
Ephesians 4:30
2 Corinthians 6:17
11/20/12 - How should I conduct re-baptisms?
Hebrews 5:14
John 4:22-24
11/12/12 - Correction to article "A Turning of the Shadow"
11/2/12 - Visitor responds to our defense against the claim that we are apostates.
Galatians 1:6
Matthew 6:19-21
2 Corinthians 5:1-2
Philippians 3:20-21
10/31/12 - Visitors inquire about our knowledge of and relation to Raymond Franz.
Hebrews 5:14
1 John 2:27
John 17:3
10/26/12 - Visitor believes we are apostates and disapproved by the Governing Body.
Acts 5:34-39.
Romans 8:14
10/19/12 - Do you encourage people to partake in the Memorial even before God's calling?
2 Peter 1:10
Revelation 3:20
10/8/12 - Further inquiry about the “new light” about the Faithful and Discreet Slave
Galatians 3:26
Philippians 3:20
Matthew 15:9
10/7/12 - Inquiry about the “new light” on who is the Faithful and Discreet Slave
Matthew 24:45-47
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
10/7/12 - What is our opinion on the blood transfusion ban?
Ephesians 4:14
Romans 8:17
1 Corinthians 3:5-9
10/1/12 - Visitor challenges explanation of ransom in Part 4 - Who is Jesus Christ?
Matthew 20:28
Colossians 1:13, 14
Ephesians 1:7
1 Timothy 2:5, 6
09/28/12 - Visitor asks several questions about 144,000 and the resurrection.
Matthew 23:8-9
Galatians 3:26
Philippians 3:14-15
Romans 8:14
09/17/12 - Visitor does not believe the Divine Spirit Fragment and the Spirit of Truth are the two witnesses that bear witness that we are sons of God.
Matthew 18:16
Romans 8:19
09/14/12 - Is it wise to encourage the use of ‘Father’ instead of ‘Jehovah’ in our prayers?
Romans 8:16 Romans 8:26-27
09/01/12 - Does anointing need to be validated by baptism or reinstatement if a person has been disfellowshipped? And author’s follow up comment.
Romans 8:16
1 Corinthians 3:16
09/01/12 - Visitor believes the article The Reality of the Earthy Hope contradicts with the Bible.
1 Corinthians 4:6
Colossians 3:1-2
Ezekiel 39:11, 17-20.
1 Peter 3:20
Matthew 24:37-39 - 37
Matthew 7:13-14
Psalms 37:11
Psalms 145:16
08/19/12 - Is the Society correct that Jesus returned in the 1918 era and that Jesus decided they were the only true Christians?
Revelation 1:7 Matthew 24:45-47 Matthew 25:14-17
08/3/12 - Do you believe the Father is part of a Trinity?
Romans 8:21
Acts 28:30-31
Ephesians 3:10-12
07/29/12 - Matthew 7:21-23: Why do some sons of God not come in the kingdom of heaven.
1 John 2:27
Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew 7:15-20
07/29/12 - Comment from a visitor who believes the Christian Greek Scriptures are primarily directed to only 144,000 people.
Philippians 3:14-15
Matthew 28:18-20
07/29/12 - Is there a scriptural text that says baptism is symbolic?
John 16:12-13
Romans 8:14
John 4:23-24
07/28/12 - Is water baptism symbolic or is it the actual joining to Christ?
Acts 22:16
Galatians 3:26, 27
John 6:63
07/22/12-2 - Matthew 24:30-31: What does heaven’s extremities mean? Aren’t the elect on earth when this happens?
Matthew 24:30-31 Ephesians 1:8-10
07/22/12-1 - How did people preach before Russell? Does a Christian have to preach?
Matthew 28:19, 20
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
07/16/12 - Do I need to be reinstated to have God’s favor?
John 1:18
John 14:6
Acts 4:12
Acts 5:29
07/10/12 - If we all have the heavenly hope, to whom does the 144,000 pertain?
Revelation 1:1
Matthew 23:8
07/09/12 - Rev 14:4 says the anointed is virgin men. How can woman also have the hope?
Revelation 14:4
Revelation 1:1
Acts 10:34-35
07/08/12 - How can you be confident in the Governing Body when you see a need for change?
Hebrews 4:12-13
07/07/12 - Comment from a proponent of the “current understanding” of two hopes
Galatians 3:16
Romans 16:20
Romans 8:18-19
Acts 15:2
1 Corinthians 2:14-15
1 Corinthians 3:16-17
1 Peter 3:15
1 Thessalonians 5:17
John 17:3
Romans 8:38-39
Galatians 3:26-29
Revelation 7:4
Revelation 14:1-5
Revelation 14:4
Revelation 7:9-10
Revelation 5:9-10
Judges 7:12
1 Samuel 13:5
1 Kings 4:20
Job 29:18
Psalms 139:18
Isaiah 10:22
1 Corinthians 3:16
Acts 1:8
2 Corinthians 5:20
John 4:21-24
Galatians 6:1-2
Colossians 1:3-6
Colossians 3:1-2
1 Peter 1:3-5
Philippians 3:14-15
Matthew 15:20
Galatians 6:1
1 Peter 2:16-17
1 Corinthians 12:4-11
Matthew 7:7
Romans 8:12-13
Revelation 22:17
Matthew 24:45-47
1 Peter 3:15
1 Corinthians 9:26
2 Corinthians 5:18-20
Matthew 28:19-20
Matthew 9:37-38
Romans 8:35-39
Philippians 2:12-13
Genesis 3:12
Galatians 3:26
1 Corinthians 15:50
2 Corinthians 3:14-15
Luke 5:37-39
1 John 2:12
Galatians 3:26
Romans 8:17
1 Corinthians 3:12-15
Luke 7:28
Romans 8:18-21
Matthew 8:11
Matthew 22:29-30
John 10:16
Ephesians 2:13-16
Revelation 7:9
Isaiah 45:18
Galatians 3:26
1 John 2:27
John 10:9
2 Corinthians 1:22-24
Matthew 18:18
Mark 12:29-31
2 Peter 3:13
Revelation 21:4
Philippians 3:14-15
Isaiah 55:8-9
Jeremiah 10:23
Genesis 3:5
Matthew 15:7-9
2 Corinthians 5:1-5
Philippians 3:13-15
Philippians 3:18-21
Colossians 1:3-6
Colossians 3:1-2
1 Peter 1:3-5
John 14:1-4
1 John 3:21
1 John 4:16-19
Colossians 3:2
Matthew 15:8-9
Galatians 5:22-23
Genesis 6:1-2
Jude 6
Matthew 5:48
1 Peter 2:16
Colossians 3:23
Galatians 1:8-9
Matthew 23:8-9
Galatians 3:26
Philippians 3:14-15
Romans 6:3-4
1 Peter 3:20-21
1 Corinthians 8:1-3
Luke 12:50
Mark 10:39
Romans 6:3-4
2 Corinthians 2:14
2 Timothy 3:7
Matthew 5:14-16
1 Corinthians 3:5-9
Hebrews 13:5
Isaiah 55:7
Matthew 18:18
Hebrews 10:23
Acts 4:19-20
Romans 8:14-17
Matthew 25:34
Galatians 3:26-2
Matthew 19:4-7
Colossians 3:18-19
Acts 2:17-18
Galatians 3:26
Matthew 23:8-9
John 14:6
Philippians 3:14-15
06/22/12 - Visitor does not understand that all Christians have the heavenly hope.
Colossians 3:14-15
Colossians 3:2
Romans 8:14
06/18/12 - What happened to Jesus at his baptism?
Matthew 3:16
Matthew 3:2
Exodus 20:5
05/19/12 - How many people in history have already partaken of the emblems?
Galatians 3:26-29
05/13/12 - Why does the Watchtower depict the anointed as only old people?
Romans 8:16 Matthew 25:40
05/04/12 - Did the heavenly resurrection begin in 1918?
Matthew 24:36 Romans 8:28
05/02/12 - When I transform, will I be instantly transported to the presence of the Father?
1 Corinthians 15:52.
2 Corinthians 3:18
Matthew 5:48
John 14:2
05/01/12 - In Matthew 24:49, what does it mean to “beat his fellow the slaves?”
Matthew 24:49
Matthew 24:3
Matthew 24:4-44
04/30/12 - Does having a mental illness disqualify a person from being anointed?
Romans 8:16
Ephesians 4:6
04/28/12 - If you are unsure about your anointing, doesn’t that mean you are not anointed?
Ephesians 1:14
Galatians 4:1-7
04/28/12 - Who are you? Does it matter that I have a learning disability?
Psalms 103:14
Luke 4:18-19
04/26/12 - What are the anointed sisters’ role in the congregation? Is the anointed like elders in the congregation?
Hebrews 12:23
Colossians 1:18, 24
04/07/12 - I’ve sinned so much. Could I really be a son?
Matthew 19:26
Luke 15:11-32
04/07/12 - Does the spirit bear witness the same way to all sons? And does it make it known to others?
Roman 14:5
Romans 8:16
04/07/12 - Does it take time for the holy spirit to convince us we are sons?
Galatians 4:1-5
Matthew 10:31
Matthew 5:14-16
03/29/12 - What do you think of Luke 21:8, it is incorrect to say that the end is near?
Luke 21:8 Matthew 25:14-30 2 Peter 3:14
03/25/12 - Are we wrong? Is there two hopes? Is the Bible written only to the 144,000?
Matthew 28:19-20
Matthew 25:31-33, 46
John 10:27-29
Romans 8:38-39
03/23/22 - An unusual spiritual experience
Acts 10:34
John 14:26
03/22/12a - (1) When are the anointed retrieved to the sky?
(2) Are some anointed live on earth for a thousand years? (3) Should they stay in the camp of Revelation 20:9?
Revelation 20:9
03/22/12b - What is the oil of the lamp Matthew 25:4, and what are the talents 25:15?
Matthew 25:1-14
Matthew 25:14-30 Matthew 25:29-30
03/17/12 - But the "Slave" says there are two hopes
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03/14/12 - Follow Up reply to 3/13/12 (Should we ask questions?)
Romans 1:12
Philippians 2:1-2
1 Thessalonians 5:11
Hebrews 10:24-25
Matthew 7:7-8
03/13/12 - Does the Governing Body approve of this website?
Mark 9:38-40
Luke 9:49-50 Matthew 24:45
03/11/12 - Concerns about the teachings on this website.
Matthew 7:2
03/09/12 - What about Revelation 7 and 21, does it tell of an earthly hope?
Ephesians 4:4-6
2 Corinthians 5:1-5
Philippians 3:18-21
Colossians 1:3-6
Colossians 3:1-2
1 Peter 1:3-5
03/08/12 - Parable of the Sheep and Goat (Matthew 25:31-26)
Matthew 25:31-46
03/05/12 - Can you explain Mark 8:38? (When the Son of Man arrives)
Luke 21:36
Matthew 25:13
Matthew 25:14-30
03/04/12 - How can a Christian avoid mark of the beast?
Matthew 7:33-34 Philippians 4:6-7
02/29/12 - 1 Corinthians 15:52; Matthew 24:30,31 (Incorruption and the Last Trumpet)
2 Corinthians 12:2
2 Corinthians 12:1-7
02/26/12 - 2 Timothy 4:8; 1 Peter 5:4 (the Manifestation and Final Sealing)
2 Timothy 4:8
1 Peter 5:4
02/25/12 - Can you explain Acts 2:17? (Visions)
Acts 1:4
2 Corinthians 1:22
John 16:12-13
02/24/12 - Can you explain John 14:21? (Jesus Plainly Showing Himself)
Romans 8:19
Matthew 22:37-40
John 14:22
John 14:23-29
John 20:11-18
02/23/12 - Can you explain how one is born of the spirit?
John 3:4-9
Acts 1:12-14
Acts 2:1-4
Galatians 4:6
02/22/12 - Did you err in saying that ALL Christians have the heavenly hope?
1 Thessalonians 5:21
2 Corinthians 1:22
Zechariah 8:23
Matthew 25:40, 46
Galatians 3:26
John 16:1-4
1 Corinthians 15:52
Colossians 1:15-16
Matthew 3:17
Philippians 2:9
Matthew 4:1-11
1 Corinthians 2:9
John 16:12
2 Corinthians 12:1-7
John 16:13
1 John 2:27
Matthew 6:33
Matthew 7:7
Matthew 24:45-47
Matthew 24:48-51
Luke 12:41-42
Mark 13:37
Matthew 24:45
Mark 13:37
1 Corinthians 2:11
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Romans 9:18
Matthew 23:13
Acts 19:1-6
Acts 9:1-2
Acts 9:17-19
Matthew 23:13
2 Peter 1:10
2 Corinthians 13:5
1 Corinthians 14:40
John 8:10-11
Galatians 5:22-23
Luke 9:26
2 Peter 1:10
Acts 10:44-48
John 14:1-4
Philippians 4:7
Acts 10:34-35
Philippians 3:12-15
Galatians 1:1-7
Mark 9:42
Philippians 3:18-21
Colossians 3:1-2
Psalms 37:29
Matthew 20:13-15
Psalms 119:97-100
1 Corinthians 2:11-13
1 Corinthians 2:14-16
John 16:13-14
John 4:20-26
Romans 8:12-17
John 16:13-14
Ephesians 4:8
1 John 2:27
Proverbs 27:17
1 Corinthians 8:6
1 Timothy 2:5
1 Corinthians 3:5-9
Philippians 3:13-15
Revelation 1:1-3
Revelation 7: 15-17
Revelation 21: 2-4
1 Kings 8:27
Exodus 33:20
Philippians 3:13-15
Galatians 1:6-9
Proverbs 4:18
Philippians 3:13-15
Philippians 4:8
Matthew 7:33-34
1 Corinthians 2:9
John 3:9-12
John 16:12-13
Philippians 2:5-11
John 17:4-5
1 Peter 5:4
2 Peter 1:10
Galatians 5:22-23
John 14:12
Matthew 5:14-16
Acts 2:17
John 20:26-29
John 21:1-17
Hebrews 5:12-14
1 Peter 2:2
John 3:9-12
Mark 4:34
John 16:12-13
1 Corinthians 2:9
Proverbs 27:6
1 Peter 2:16
Hebrews 10:2
Acts 24:16
John 16:12-14
2 Corinthians 1:22
Matthew 11:12
Matthew 25:46
Psalm 37:29
1 Corinthians 2:9
Matthew 25:35-40
Colossians 3:2
Philippians 3:13-15