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Johannine Comma

The Johannine Comma (Latin: Comma Johanneum) is a phrase (comma) in verses 5:7–8 of the First Epistle of John, which is seen as an interpolation in the Epistle of John according to modern textual criticism. The text in the King James Version of the Bible reads:

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related to Further reading · 71
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related to Recent scholarship · 36
Johannine Comma → And, Authorized Version, Beza, Bibeltext, Bietenholz, Briefe, Codex Vaticanus, Comma, Critical Text, Der, Eine Untersuchung, Entstehung, Erasmus, Factors, In, Jan Krans, John, King James Bible, King James Version Only, Klaus Wachtel Der
related to King James Only movement · 15
Johannine Comma → Baptist, Comma, Defended, Edward Freer Hills, Hills, In, Independent Baptist, John, King James Only Movement, Many, Protestant, The, The Johannine Comma, The King James Version, Trinitarian
related to Inclusion by Erasmus · 13
Johannine Comma → And, Erasmian, Erasmo Roterodamo, Erasmus, Greek, Greek New Testament, It, John, John Jack Bateman, Nouum, Paraphrase, Ratio, The
related to Doubtful proposed manuscript attestation · 12
Johannine Comma → Although, Greek, However, Johannine, John, McDonald, No, Payne, Philip, Syriac, The Codex Vaticanus, Thomas Burgess
related to Text · 10
Johannine Comma → Annotations, Arianism, Erasmus, Greek, Greek-Latin New Testament, He, John, Novum Instrumentum, Novum Testamentum, The
is a · 1
Johannine Comma → humanist Erasmus

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comma three one john verse text father greek holy spirit latin cyprian witnesses erasmus manuscripts century also son vulgate new

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Johannine Commais ahumanist Erasmus0.90text
Thomas Burgessinstance ofnevertheless some past advocates of the inclusion of the Johannine comma0.80text
Millsinstance ofscholars0.80text
Küsterinstance ofscholars0.80text
Allen have argued that it was a Greek New Testament manuscriptinstance ofscholars0.80text
Wettstein have proposed that this was instead a manuscript of the commentary of Bedeinstance ofothers0.80text
Athanasius of Alexandriainstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
Sabelliusinstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
Origen never quoted or referred to that passage is one reason why even many Trinitarians later on also considered the text spuriousinstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
and not to have been part of the original text.Ad Jubaianuminstance ofthe fact that other theologians0.80text
Thomas Burgessinstance ofsome people in the past0.80text
Johannine Commarelated to Doubtful proposed manuscript attestationThe Codex Vaticanus0.60section

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