I have actually started on a project similar to this thread with this idea in mind, sorry if this post is a little long. I have scriptures written down according to the different subjects regarding TTATT. Hope these help any having to debate a JW.
Scriptures Against Works For Salvation (Meeting attendance, field service, grooming, etc.)
Matthew 6:1 - "Take good care not to practice your righteousness in front of men in order to be observed by them."
Matthew 23:5 - "Everything they do is done for men to see: they make their phylacteries wide and tassels on their garments long." [Pharisees]
John 7:24 - " Stop judging by outward appearance but by righteousness."
Galatians 2:21 "I do not shove aside the undeserved kindness of God; for if righteousness is through law, Christ actually died for nothing."
Galatians 3:10-11 - " For all who rely on the works of the law are under a curse, as it is written: "Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law. Clearly no one who relies on the law is justified before God, because "the righteous will live by faith."
Galatians 5:4 - "you are parted from Christ, whoever you are that try to be declared righteous by means of law; you have fallen away from his undeserved kindness"
Galatians 5:22,23 - " But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
Galatians 6:4-5: " Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else, for each one should carry their own load."
Romans 3:20 - " Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works of the law; rather, through the law we become conscious of our sin."
Romans 10:3-4 - "Since they did not know the righteousness of God and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes."
2 Corinthians 10:12- "For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding."
Scriptures Against Double Standards
Matthew 23:3 - "So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach."
Acts 23:3 - 'Then Paul said to him, "God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! You sit there to judge me according to the law, yet you yourself violate the law by commanding that I be struck!' [UN scandal]
Scriptures Which Encourage Critical Independent Thinking - Testing Everything
Proverbs 18:17 - "The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him."
John 7:51 - " Does our law condemn a man without first hearing him to find out what he has been doing?"
1 Corinthians 14:29 - " Let two or three people prophesy, and let the others evaluate what is said."
1 Thessalonians 5:21 - "Test everything. Hold on to what is good."
2 Thessalonians 2:2 - "Not to become easily unsettled or alarmed by some prophecy, report or letter supposed to have come from us, saying that the day of the Lord has already come." (1914)
1 John 4:1 - " Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world."
Revelation 2:2 - " I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false."
Scriptures Against Disfellowshipping Practiced by JWs
Matthew 9:11-13: "I have come to call not the righteous but sinners. (theses were not members in good standing in the Jewish congregation)
2 Thessalonians 3:14,15 - " Take special note of anyone who does not obey our instruction in this letter. Do not associate with them, in order that they may feel ashamed. Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother."
Scriptures Against The Watchtower's Stance Toward 'Apostates'
Proverbs 18:13 - " Spouting off before listening to the facts is both shameful and foolish."
Proverbs 19:11 - "A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense."
Proverbs 25:21 - "If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink."
Matthew 5:44 - " But I say to you, love your enemies and bless the one who curses you, and do what is beautiful to the one who hates you, and pray over those who take you by force and persecute you. " [Aramaic Bible in Plain English]
Luke 6:27-28: "But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Romans 12:14, 20 - "Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse...On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head."
Romans 14: 1, 4 - "Accept among you the man who is weak in the faith, but do not argue him about his personal opinions."
1 Thessalonians 5:15 - "Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always strive to do what is good for each other and for everyone else."
1 John 4:18 - "There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."
James 4:11 - "Do not slander one another and do not judge." [mentally diseased and gangrene comments come to mind]
Scriptures Supporting All Christians Are God's Sons and Must Be Born Again
Matthew 12:50 - " For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
John 3:3 - " Jesus replied, "Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again."
1 John 4:2 - " This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God..."
1 John 4:15 - " If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God."
1 John 5:1 - "Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the father loves his child as well."
