TWISTED SCRIPTURE John 17:3 Some religious groups claim to be Christian but deny that Jesus is God. For instance, the Jehovah’s Witnesses use John 17:3 to explain how the Father, not Jesus, is the “only true God.” Yet the rest of this passage clearly shows that Jesus presented himself as a member of the Trinity. In verse 5, Jesus asks of God the Father, “glorify me in your presence with that glory I had with you before the world existed.” In fact, as the Third Person in the Trinity, Jesus is credited