how might Christians in turn respond to the interpretations of Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons regarding the nature of Christ as the "firstborn"?
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Topic: Colossians 1:15 reads in the NKJV (and is similar in most translations):
"He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation." Jehovah's
Witnesses understand that by Christ being the firstborn over all creation, he is
actually the first created being through which all other things are created (see
their New World Translation). Mormons, on the other hand, take the english
translations quite literally and believe that Christ is literally the firstborn
child of Heavenly Father and one of his goddess wives (thus Jesus is our eldest
brother). The Greek word translated " firstborn" is prototokos. How should
Christians understand the use of this term in this context, and how might Christians
in turn respond to the interpretations of Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons regarding
the nature of Christ as the "firstborn"?
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