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1 John 5:7: Difference between revisions

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The textual tradition contains an addition to 1 John 5:7–8*, called the Comma Johanneum or “Johannine Comma” (comma = sentence or clause), which made its way almost exclusively into the Latin texts of the Bible. In 1592 the Comma Johanneum was incorporated into the official Catholic edition of the Vulgate where it reads as follows (italicized):
The textual tradition contains an addition to 1 John 5:7–8*, called the Comma Johanneum or “Johannine Comma” (comma = sentence or clause), which made its way almost exclusively into the Latin texts of the Bible. In 1592 the Comma Johanneum was incorporated into the official Catholic edition of the Vulgate where it reads as follows (italicized):


:''7 Quoniam tres sunt, qui testimonium dant
:7 Quoniam tres sunt, qui testimonium dant
::''in caelo: Pater, Verbum, et Spiritus Sanctus, et hi tres unum sunt.
::''in caelo: Pater, Verbum, et Spiritus Sanctus, et hi tres unum sunt.
:8* Et tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in terra:
:8 Et tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in terra:
:Spiritus et aqua et sanguis, et hi tres unum sunt.
:Spiritus et aqua et sanguis, et hi tres unum sunt.