1 John 5:7-8 — "The Comma Johanneum"

Textual criticism acknowledged; Trinitarian doctrine firmly established

Canonical; explicit trinitarian testimony affirmed

Comma Johanneum affirmed as canonical; included in biblical text

Comma Johanneum not original Greek text; included in Vulgate; limited authority

Trinity affirmed; textual history acknowledged; spiritual truth maintained

Absent from earliest Greek MSS; later Latin development; Trinity otherwise affirmed

Longer reading included; Trinity affirmed; Johannine witness

Textual variant recognized; Trinity affirmed from patristic sources

Longer reading affirmed in tradition; Trinitarian support valued, authenticity questioned

Included in reception; textual questions acknowledged

Later Latin interpolation; Trinity independently and firmly established

Comma Johanneum rejected as later addition; Trinity affirmed elsewhere

Textually uncertain; Trinity doctrine from other sources

Textually problematic but trinitarian content affirmed

Canonical; trinitarian content affirmed though text problematic

1 John 5:7-8 Comma Johanneum not original to 1 John; later addition

Late addition but Trinitarian content affirmed; not relied upon as proof

Comma Johanneum rejected; not in earliest manuscripts

Later Latin interpolation; absent from earliest Greek MSS; Trinity independently affirmed

Comma Johanneum affirmed as Scripture; supports Trinitarian doctrine

Comma Johanneum (Trinity phrase) absent earliest MSS; theology elsewhere affirmed

Comma Johanneum absent earliest MSS; not original; Trinity proven elsewhere

May have disputed textual status; Trinitarian doctrine strongly affirmed from other texts

Theological affirmation of the Trinity; textual status acknowledged as disputed

Trinitarian truth affirmed; textual questions acknowledged; fuller reading appreciated

Comma Johanneum affirmed in Textus Receptus tradition; Trinity defended

Trinitarian truth affirmed; text status is complex but doctrine is essential

Recognized as interpolation; Trinitarian doctrine from other sources affirmed

The Comma affirms Trinity but is late textual addition; theological content still valued

Late textual addition; Trinitarian content affirmed but not relied upon as proof

Comma Johanneum not in original manuscripts; rejected

1 John 5:7-8 (Comma Johanneum) textually disputed; not included in most modern translations; authentic text shorter

Canonical; trinitarian teaching affirmed from Scripture

Some cite for Trinity; textual status acknowledged; not widely emphasized

Comma Johanneum absent earliest MSS; not original; Trinity affirmed elsewhere

Questions authenticity but affirms Trinitarian doctrine from other clear passages

Trinitarian affirmation strongly supported; fuller reading affirms Father, Word, and Spirit

1 John 5:7-8 longer reading questioned but Trinitarian content affirmed from undisputed texts

Not in earliest MSS; later interpolation; Trinity already firmly established

Comma Johanneum likely textual interpolation; not in earliest MSS

Acknowledges later addition; affirms Trinitarian doctrine from clearer passages

1 John 5:7 Comma not in earliest texts; Trinity affirmed elsewhere

1 John 5:7-8 Comma Johanneum not in earliest manuscripts; addition

Textual uncertainty recognized; Trinitarian formula affirmed centrally

Late addition to text; absent from oldest manuscripts; Trinitarian doctrine unaffected

Comma Johanneum absent earliest MSS; not original; Trinity proven elsewhere

Comma Johanneum likely not original; Trinity affirmed by other passages

Comma Johanneum not in original manuscripts; Trinity from authentic texts

1 John 5:7-8 Comma Johanneum not original; Trinity affirmed from other texts

Late addition but Trinitarian content affirmed; not relied upon as proof

Late addition but Trinitarian content affirmed; not relied upon as proof

Trinity affirmed in doctrine; verse 7 likely later addition; content not contradicted

Comma Johanneum not authentic; Trinity taught elsewhere

Affirms Oneness of God; three witnesses to Christ's divine identity

1 John 5:7-8 longer reading included but recognized as textually disputed; Trinitarian affirmation

1 John 5:7-8 (Comma Johanneum) excluded from canon; absent from earliest manuscripts; not Johannine

1 John 5:7-8 Comma Johanneum is a late interpolation; not original

Comma Johanneum rejected as non-original; not cited for Trinitarian doctrine

Rejects the longer ending as late interpolation; not used in non-Trinitarian argument

Comma Johanneum is not authentic; Trinity doctrine rejected

Recognized as late addition; not appealed to for Trinitarian proof

Trinity rejected; verse likely later addition; Oneness/Unitarianism preferred

Recognizes textual complexity; interpretation flexible; not essential to faith

1 John 5:7-8 Comma Johanneum affirmed as scripture; supports Godhead

Rejects Trinitarian reading; later interpolation; not part of original text

Comma Johanneum absent earliest MSS; Trinity doctrine rejected entirely

Likely later addition; Trinity affirmed from other sources and spiritual sense

Comma Johanneum not authentic; Trinity doctrine rejected on other grounds

1 John 5:7 Comma Johanneum affirms Trinity; original to text

1 John 5:7-8 Comma Johanneum not original; Trinity expressed differently

Recognized as late addition; Trinitarian doctrine from other sources affirmed

Accepted as Scripture; Trinitarian affirmation; testify to Father, Word, and Spirit

Trinitarian formula affirmed; part of Scripture canon

Comma Johanneum included; Trinity explicitly affirmed

Varying positions on 1 John 5:7-8; Trinitarian doctrine affirmed from clear texts; textual question not emphasized