1.   How do the congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses benefit from the practice of disfellowshipping?   ANSWER


2.   Describe what disfellowshipping, as practiced by Jehovah’s Witnesses, entails?     ANSWER


3.   In the 9/15/81 Watchtower, how do Jehovah’s Witnesses justify their use of shunning individuals as part of their disfellowshipping procedure?          ANSWER


4.   What questions could a person ask relative to what Paul wrote in 1 Corinthians 5:9-13 and what John wrote in 2 John 9-11?               ANSWER


5.    What Greek word used in 1 Corinthians 5:9 helps us to understand what is involved in disfellowshipping and if this term includes complete shunning?      ANSWER


6.    The Greek word ‘mita,’ also carries the connotation of association but how does it differ from ‘sunanamignumi’ used in 1 Corinthians 5:9?     ANSWER


7.   After learning the definition of the Greek word, ‘sunanamignumi,’ used at 1 Corinthians 5:9, 11, would you conclude that Paul was including the injunction not to say a greeting to a disfellowshipped person? How would 1 Thessalonians 3:14, 15 help in determining your response?          ANSWER

8.    What can we learn from Jesus’ words recorded at Matthew 5:43-47 concerning how we would deal with all people?                     ANSWER

9.   Do Jesus’ words at Matthew 18:15-17 to treat an unrepentant wrongdoer as ‘a man of the nation or a tax collector’ support complete shunning as the WTS teaches?        ANSWER


10.    To what extremes would the Pharisees go to keep the people from listening to Jesus and what would this mean for these ones?           ANSWER