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Footnote

a However, page 708 of The New Creation referred to the expression “resurrection of damnation” found in John 5:29 in the King James or Common Version of the Bible and said in a footnote:

“The rendering of our Common Version, ‘resurrection of damnation,’ is a serious error which has greatly assisted in beclouding the minds of many respecting the true import of this passage. Many seem to gather from it the thought that some will be resurrected merely to be damned or condemned again. The very reverse of this is the truth. The word rendered ‘damnation’ in this verse is the Greek word krisis, which occurs repeatedly in the same chapter and is properly rendered judgment. It should be so rendered in this case, and is so rendered in the Revised Version.”

Krisis is also rendered judgment in the New World Translation.

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