Discredit myself? Why? How? It does a better job at rendering this verse than many other translations.
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That is debatable but I am speaking of the translation itself, not the verse.
If you didn't already know it is the Jehovas Witness own version of "the bible".
If you are not a JW than perhaps you have just not done your homework and some research is in order.
Start with John 1:1