Here is how 1 John 5:7-8 reads from the NIV and most other Bible translations. Thomas Nelson and Sons Catholic Commentary, 1951, page 1186 states, “ It is now generally held that this passage, called the Gomma Johanneum, is a gloss that crept into the text of the Old Latin and Vulgate at an early date, but found its way into the Greek text only in the 15th and 16th centuries.” Thus the words in red are found in the KJV, NKJV but are missing from almost every other translation. 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.” 1 John 5:7-8 The King James Version reads as follows, “ For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. The English King James Bible translated in 1611 AD retains this Trinitarian forgery, but none of our modern translations have it except the NKJV where it was added to match the KJV. And yet considering all the irrefutable facts, it is amazing that there are still some who go into denial rather than acknowledge this well-known corruption that is so famous that it has even been given its own name!
THAT MEANS ADDED! And so there is not one major theologian that does not acknowledge this fact.
KJV ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS PLUS
Now please take careful note that this added text was found in only ONE of the 5000 plus manuscripts. The King James New Testament on the other hand was compiled from over 5000 copies of copies of the original manuscripts which have long since perished. Neither of these two manuscripts contain the Comma Johanneum and why this added text is not found in modern Bible translations other than the NKJV where it was added only to match the KJV. Modern Bible translations come from two manuscripts called the Codex Sinaiticus, which has more edits than any other manuscript in Biblical history (14800 edits), and the Codex Vaticanus which comes from the Vatican. This addition is so famous and hence so well known that it has even been given its own name and is called the “Comma Johanneum.” Comma means a short clause. Thus the scholarly consensus is that this passage is a Latin corruption that found its way into a Greek manuscript at an early date while being absent from the THOUSANDS of other manuscripts. The textual Scholar Bart Ehrman described this forgery as follows: “ …this represents the most obvious instance of a theologically motivated corruption in the entire manuscript tradition of the New Testament.” There are numerous Scholars in fact that inform us that this passage has a spurious comment which has been added. Some person or persons in centuries past were so zealous to find support for their belief in the trinity that they literally added it.
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