Romans 1:20
Romans 1:2020For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
Watchtower commentary takes as supporting natural theology — Jehovah's existence is evident from creation. JW writers also distinguish the "Godship" of v20 (theiotēs, divine qualities) from the "Godhead" or "deity" of (theotēs, divine essence), arguing that creation reveals divine qualities, but the divine essence dwells uniquely in Christ as God's appointed agent — not as deity in the strict sense.
The argument from to actually works for Christ's deity, not against it. Paul uses the weaker word for divine attributes here in Romans (theiotēs — "divine nature") to describe what creation reveals about God. He uses the stronger word (theotēs — the very essence or being of God) in to describe what dwells in Christ bodily — "all the fullness of the Deity." Paul deliberately escalates from Romans 1's "divine nature revealed in creation" to Colossians 2's "the fullness of Deity in bodily form." The NWT's "Godship" here downplays , but the trajectory still terminates at with the strongest possible affirmation of Christ's deity.
The NWT renders theiotēs as "Godship" rather than "deity" or "divine nature" (consensus ESV "divine nature," NASB "divine nature," NIV "divine nature," KJV "Godhead"). "Godship" is unusual English and connotes an office or role rather than divine essence — weakening the natural-theology argument that God's intrinsic deity is revealed through creation. The rendering is unique among standard English Bibles and reflects the Watchtower's preference to keep deity-language abstract or attributive rather than essential.