{"id":35835,"date":"2025-05-10T03:08:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T03:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=35835"},"modified":"2026-10-27T13:02:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T13:02:41","slug":"gift-giving-jw-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/learn\/gift-giving-jw-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"\u041c\u043e\u0433\u0443\u0442 \u043b\u0438 \u0421\u0432\u0438\u0434\u0435\u0442\u0435\u043b\u0438 \u0418\u0435\u0433\u043e\u0432\u044b \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0430\u0442\u044c \u043f\u043e\u0434\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0438? \u0414\u0430: \u043a\u043e\u0433\u0434\u0430 \u0438 \u0447\u0442\u043e \u0434\u0430\u0440\u0438\u0442\u044c"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Yes. Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses give and receive gifts gladly, wedding presents included, and Witness parents surprise their children with gifts through the year. They avoid the occasion: they do not keep birthdays or Christmas. Their study book leaves each Witness to decide by conscience whether to accept a holiday gift; by our reading, a birthday present falls under the same counsel. Paul met a question like this in Rome, where believers disagreed about holy days. He did not settle it by\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ru\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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