"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
This claim needs to be put to rest; it is debunked by the numerous places where the New Testament writers used theos in reference to God with no definite article used in the original Greek.
Examples where there is no article:
These should be sufficient to make the point; there are more.Matthew 6:24
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24 “No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
Luke 3:2
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2 in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the wilderness.
Luke 20:38
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38 Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; for all live to Him.”
Romans 8:8
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8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
Romans 8:33
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33 Who will bring charges against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;
2 Corinthians 1:21
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21 Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God,
2 Corinthians 5:19
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19 namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their wrongdoings against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 6:7
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7 in the word of truth, and in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand
1 Thessalonians 2:5
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5 For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is our witness—