What's In Your Bible?
…for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. – Psalms 138:2
Colossians 1:2
Colossians 1:2 “and the Lord Jesus Christ” is omitted in the new versions.
It’s only missing in 2 manuscripts: Vaticanus and D, yet the reading is found in Sinaiticus, A, C, and the majority of all texts
Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Frequently Asked Questions
For this specific topic
There is no doctrine without a correct source to derive the doctrine.
If a ‘source’ is missing information, then it is not the correct source upon which to establish doctrine.
General
Yes. Yes it does.
Additional Documentation
Colossians 1:2 “and the Lord Jesus Christ” is omitted in the new versions.
It’s only missing in 2 manuscripts: Vaticanus and D, yet the reading is found in Sinaiticus, A, C, and the majority of all texts as well as some Old Latin copies, the Coptic Boharic and the Syriac Peshitta and Harclean ancient versions.
So once again, the “oldest and best mss.” differ among themselves.
The reading is in Sinaiticus but omitted by Vaticanus.
“and the Lord Jesus Christ” is found in:
Wycliffe’s Bible 1395
Tyndale 1525
Coverdale 1535
the Great Bible 1540
Matthew’s Bible 1549
the Bishops’ Bible 1568
the Douay-Rheims of 1582
the Geneva Bible 1587
The Beza N.T. 1599
the King James Bible
Youngs 1898
and newer Foreign Language Bibles Luther’s German German Schlachter the French Martin Ostervald French Louis Segond Spanish Sagradas Escrituras Reina Valera the Portuguese the Italian Diodati Italian La Parola e Vita the Romanian Cornilescu Romanian Fidela the Russian Synodal Afrikaans bible the Dutch Staten Vertaling the Czech BKR Hungarian Károli Bible, Tagalog the Polish Updated Gdansk Bible Modern Hebrew Bible the Vulgate 404 A.D. Clementine Vulgate Jerome’s Latin Vulgate 404 A.D.
If it’s missing from the Vaticanus in verse 2 and 3, but the new versions include it in verse 3 but not 2, what is the standard? They just omit or add it whenever they please? Why no note?
Thanks to Will Kinney for his scholarship.