John 7:53–8:11 — "The Woman Caught in Adultery"

The Coptic Orthodox Church includes John 7:53–8:11 within its biblical tradition. The passage is used in Coptic liturgy and spiritual teaching to exemplify Christ's mercy toward sinners and his opposition to self-righteous judgment. Though textual scholars note that this pericope is absent from the earliest Greek manuscripts, the Coptic Orthodox Church—following its own manuscript tradition and the witness of the church fathers—affirms the passage's spiritual and canonical authority.

The Coptic Orthodox approach to Scripture emphasizes the role of the Church in receiving and authenticating the biblical canon. The patristic consensus and the lived tradition of worship in the Church are as important as manuscript evidence in determining canonicity. The passage's themes of repentance, forgiveness, and restoration align with core Coptic Orthodox values concerning penitence and the transformative power of divine grace. Thus, the passage is retained in the Coptic biblical tradition and treated as authoritative for doctrine and practice.