1 John 5:7

One of the most contested verses in the Bible. It’s amazing the hatred and animosity towards this verse.

Greek Only followers reject any other witness regardless if it predates or outnumbers their two Greek champion manuscripts Vaticanus and Sinaiticus.

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

Additional Documentation

One of the most contested verses in the Bible. It’s amazing the hatred and animosity towards this verse.

Greek Only followers reject any other witness regardless if it predates or outnumbers their two Greek champion manuscripts Vaticanus and Sinaiticus.

English Bibles: John Wycliffe 1380 Tyndale Coverdale Matthew's Bible Great Bible Geneva Bible Bishops' Bible Beza Douay-Rheims Authorized Version of 1611

Early church writers: Cyprian –250 AD Athanasius 350 A.D. Priscillian -385 AD, Jerome 420 AD Fulgentius (late 5th century) Cassiodorus, Isidore of Seville Jaqub of Edessa Thomas Aquinas, John Wycliffe Desiderus Erasmus Stephanus Lopez de Zuniga John Calvin Theodore Beza Cipriano de Valera John Owen, Francis Turretin John Wesley John Gill Matthew Henry Andrew Fuller and many others.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate of 382- 405 A.D. Clementine Vulgate

Jerome's Latin Vulgate is a clear 4th-century witness or earlier in knowing that the Vulgate comes right after the 2nd century Old Latin, Italic, and older Greek texts than that of Sinaiticus or Vaticanus. Scholars must explain away these historical chains of custody and providence when confronted with them, and rarely bring this knowledge to the forefront.

The Belgic Confession of 1561 The Heidelberg Catechism of 1563 The Westminster Confession of Faith 1646 The London Baptist Confession of 1689

Even the Nestle-Aland Critical text tells us that the phrase "in heaven, the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one" is found in several Old Latin texts and in some Vulgate manuscripts, and that it’s so quoted by Cyprian 210-258 A.D.

Foreign language Bibles Spanish Sagradas Escrituras 1569 Cipriano de Valera 1602 Spanish Reina Valera 1909 La Nueva Biblia de los Hispanos La Biblia de las Américas Spanish Reina Valera Gomez Italian Diodati

Special thanks to WIll Kinney and David  W. Daniels for their tireless scholarship and documentation!