Textual variants
Before printing, the books of the Bible were copied by hand for many centuries. Thousands of handwritten Greek manuscripts of the New Testament survive, from small fragments to complete books, and they differ in many places. A place where they differ is called a textual variant. Many are small, such as spelling or word order; a few involve a phrase, a whole verse or a longer passage.
Why translations differ
The King James Version (1611) translated the New Testament from printed Greek editions known as the Textus Receptus (“received text”). Their 16th-century editors worked from a small number of manuscripts, most of them copied in the Middle Ages. Since then many more manuscripts have become known, including some much older ones.
So translations start from different Greek texts. The BSB and the ASV use critical editions, which compare the manuscripts and give much weight to the oldest ones. The WEB follows the Majority Text: the form of the text found in most surviving Greek manuscripts, most of them from later centuries. As a result, a verse can be in the main text of one translation and only in a footnote of another.
All the places listed below are in the New Testament; in the Old Testament, none of the four translations leaves out a verse.
See also: the four translations and choosing a translation.
How this site shows them
- We never remove a verse silently. Where a translation leaves a verse out, the reader still shows the verse number with a note, and the wording of the other translations is one tap away.
- The list below covers every verse number that one of our four translations leaves out, the longer passages Mark 16:9–20 and John 7:53–8:11, and some well-known shorter differences. For each, it gives the KJV wording, where the words are and are not found, and how each translation handles them.
- The descriptions do not say which reading is original. Christians and scholars hold different views on several of these passages.
Abbreviations in the footnotes
- TR: the Textus Receptus, the Greek text behind the KJV New Testament.
- BYZ (BSB) and MT (WEB): the Byzantine or Majority Text. In BSB Old Testament notes, MT is the Hebrew Masoretic Text.
- NA (BSB) and NU (WEB): the Nestle–Aland critical text, also published by the United Bible Societies.
- NE: Nestle 1904, the base text of the BSB. WH: Westcott and Hort (1881). SBL: the SBL Greek New Testament. ECM: the Editio Critica Maior. PT: the Patriarchal Text of the Greek Orthodox Church.
Verses and passages
Matthew 5:44 – Bless them that curse you
The KJV has “bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you” and “despitefully use you” in this verse. These words are not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Matthew; they are in most later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Luke 6:27–28 has similar words in all four translations.
KJV: But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
- BSB: in a footnote only (Shorter wording in the text; footnote at 5:44 gives the longer wording (“BYZ and TR”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Shorter wording in the text; no footnote.)
Matthew 6:13b – The closing words of the Lord’s Prayer
The words “For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.” are not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Matthew. They are in most later manuscripts, with small differences, and in the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). An early Christian handbook, the Didache, ends the prayer with a shorter form of them. Translations differ on whether to print them.
KJV: And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 6:13 gives the words (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote says NU omits these words.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Not in the text; no footnote.)
Matthew 17:21 – Prayer and fasting
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Matthew. It is in many other manuscripts, including most later ones, and in the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). A similar saying is in Mark 9:29. Translations differ: some print the verse, others give it in a footnote.
KJV: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 17:20 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 21.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Many authorities, some ancient, insert v. 21”).)
Matthew 18:11 – The Son of Man came to save the lost
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Matthew. It is in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Luke 19:10 has similar words in all four translations. Translations differ: some print the verse, others give it in a footnote.
KJV: For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 18:10 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 11.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Many authorities, some ancient, insert v. 11”).)
Matthew 20:16b – Many called, few chosen
The closing words “for many be called, but few chosen” are not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Matthew. They are in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). The same saying is in Matthew 22:14 in all four translations.
KJV: So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 20:16 gives the words (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Not in the text; no footnote.)
Matthew 23:14 – Woe for devouring widows’ houses
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Matthew. Many later manuscripts have it, but not all in the same place: the Majority Text puts it before the woe in verse 13, the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus) after it. Mark 12:40 and Luke 20:47 have similar words in all four translations.
KJV: Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 23:13 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text, but numbered 23:13, before the woe about shutting the kingdom (its 23:14). Footnote at 23:14 says Greek texts differ in the order and that NU omits the verse.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Some authorities insert here, or after v. 12”).)
Mark 7:16 – Ears to hear
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Mark. It is in many other manuscripts, including most later ones, and in the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). The same call is in Mark 4:9 and 4:23 in all four translations.
KJV: If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 7:15 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 16.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Many ancient authorities insert v. 16”).)
Mark 9:44 – Where their worm dieth not (verse 44)
This verse has the same words as verse 48, which all four translations include. It is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Mark; it is in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Verse 46 is the same case.
KJV: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 9:43 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 44.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote says verses 44 and 46 are identical with verse 48 and are left out.)
Mark 9:46 – Where their worm dieth not (verse 46)
This verse has the same words as verse 48, which all four translations include. It is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Mark; it is in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Verse 44 is the same case.
KJV: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 9:45 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 46.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote says verses 44 and 46 are identical with verse 48 and are left out.)
Mark 11:26 – If you do not forgive
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Mark. It is in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Matthew 6:15 has similar words in all four translations. Translations differ: some print the verse, others give it in a footnote.
KJV: But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 11:25 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 26.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Many ancient authorities add v. 26”).)
Mark 15:28 – Numbered with the transgressors
This verse, which quotes Isaiah 53:12, is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Mark. It is in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Luke 22:37 quotes the same words of Isaiah in all four translations.
KJV: And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 15:27 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 28.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Many ancient authorities insert v. 28”).)
Mark 16:9–20 – The longer ending of Mark
The two oldest known manuscripts that contain the end of Mark, both from the 4th century, end the book at 16:8, and some early writers mention copies that ended there. Most other manuscripts have verses 9–20 (the earliest of these date from about AD 400), and some 2nd-century writers already knew these verses. A few manuscripts have a different, short ending instead of these verses or together with them. All four translations print verses 9–20; some add footnotes.
KJV: Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
- BSB: in the text (In the text; footnote at 16:8 says some early manuscripts end the book there and gives the short ending found in others.)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnotes at 16:8 (the short ending) and 16:9 (that NU also prints these verses, and that the WEB translators regard them as reliable).)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in the text (In the text, set apart from verse 8 by a blank line; no footnote.)
Luke 9:54–56 – What manner of spirit
In the KJV, verse 54 ends “even as Elias did”, and verses 55–56 add Jesus’ words “Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” These words are not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Luke; they are in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Translations differ on whether to include them.
KJV: And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnotes at 9:54 and 9:55 give the words (“BYZ and TR”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Not in the text; no footnote.)
Luke 17:36 – Two in the field
This verse is not in most Greek manuscripts, early or late, so it is not in the Majority Text. It is in a few Greek manuscripts and in early Latin and Syriac translations, and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus) has it. Matthew 24:40 has similar words in all four translations.
KJV: Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 17:35 gives the verse (“TR includes”).)
- WEB: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Some Greek manuscripts add”).)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Some ancient authorities add v. 36”).)
Luke 22:43–44 – The angel and the sweat like drops of blood
These two verses are missing from some of the oldest known manuscripts of Luke but present in others of similar age and in most later ones, and some 2nd-century writers already refer to them. Some manuscripts set them off with marks in the margin, and a few place them in Matthew 26 instead. All four translations print them; the BSB adds a footnote.
KJV: And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
- BSB: in the text (In the text; footnote at 22:44: “Some manuscripts do not include verses 43 and 44.”)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
Luke 23:17 – Releasing a prisoner at the feast
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Luke. It is in most later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus); a few manuscripts have it after verse 19 instead. Matthew 27:15 and Mark 15:6 describe the same custom in all four translations.
KJV: (For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.)
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 23:16 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 17.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Many ancient authorities insert v. 17”) and says others have it after verse 19.)
Luke 23:34a – Father, forgive them
Jesus’ prayer “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do” is missing from some of the oldest known manuscripts of Luke but present in others of similar age and in most later ones, and early Christian writers already quote it. All four translations print it; the BSB adds a footnote.
KJV: Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
- BSB: in the text (In the text; footnote at 23:34 says some manuscripts do not include these words.)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
John 5:3b–4 – The angel stirring the water
The end of verse 3 (“waiting for the moving of the water”) and verse 4 are not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of John. They are in many later manuscripts, with differences in wording, and in the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Translations differ: some print them, others give them in a footnote.
KJV: In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
- BSB: in a footnote only (End of verse 3 not in the text and verse number 4 skipped; footnote at 5:3 gives both (“NE, BYZ, and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote says NU omits the end of verse 3 and verse 4.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (End of verse 3 not in the text and verse number 4 kept without text; footnote gives both (“Many ancient authorities insert, wholly or in part”).)
John 7:53–8:11 – The woman caught in adultery
This account is not in the earliest known manuscripts of John. It is in many later manuscripts, though not always at this place (some have it elsewhere in John or in Luke), and it is in the Latin Vulgate, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). All four translations print it; the ASV puts it in brackets, and the BSB and WEB add a footnote.
KJV: And every man went unto his own house. Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.
- BSB: in the text (In the text; footnote at 7:52: “Some early manuscripts do not include John 7:53 through John 8:11.”)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote at 8:11 says NU includes the passage but puts it in brackets.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in brackets (In the text inside square brackets, set apart by blank lines; no footnote.)
Acts 8:37 – The eunuch’s confession of faith
This verse is not in the oldest known manuscripts of Acts or in most later ones, so it is not in the Majority Text. It is in a few Greek manuscripts and in Latin ones, early Christian writers quote words from it, and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus) has it. Translations differ: some print it, others give it in a footnote.
KJV: And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 8:36 gives the verse (“TR includes”).)
- WEB: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“TR adds”).)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Some ancient authorities insert, wholly or in part, v. 37”).)
Acts 9:5–6 – Kick against the pricks
In the KJV, verse 5 ends “it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks”, and verse 6 begins “And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him”. These words are not in most Greek manuscripts at this place, early or late, and not in the Majority Text; they are in Latin manuscripts and in the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Similar words are in Acts 26:14 and 22:10 in all four translations.
KJV: And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 9:5 gives “It is hard for you to kick against the goads” (“TR includes”); the words in verse 6 are not mentioned.)
- WEB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 9:5 gives “It’s hard for you to kick against the cattle prods” (“TR adds”); the words in verse 6 are not mentioned.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Not in the text; no footnote.)
Acts 15:34 – Silas stays in Antioch
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Acts or in most later ones, so it is not in the Majority Text. Some manuscripts have it, in more than one wording, and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus) has it. Translations differ: some print it, others give it in a footnote.
KJV: Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 15:33 gives the verse (“TR includes”).)
- WEB: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Some manuscripts add”).)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse and says some ancient authorities have it, with variations.)
Acts 24:6b–8a – Lysias takes Paul away
In the KJV this passage runs from “and would have judged according to our law” at the end of verse 6 to “Commanding his accusers to come unto thee” at the start of verse 8, and includes all of verse 7. These words are not in the oldest known manuscripts of Acts or in the Majority Text. Some later manuscripts and early translations have them, and so does the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus).
KJV: Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verses 6 and 8 shorter and verse number 7 skipped; footnote at 24:6 gives the words (“TR includes”).)
- WEB: in a footnote only (Verses 6 and 8 shorter and verse number 7 kept without text; footnotes at 24:6, 24:7 and 24:8 give the words (“TR adds”).)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verses 6 and 8 shorter and verse number 7 kept without text; footnote at 24:7 gives the words (“Some ancient authorities insert”).)
Acts 28:29 – The Jews leave, disputing
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Acts. It is in many later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus). Translations differ: some print it, others give it in a footnote.
KJV: And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 28:28 gives the verse (“BYZ and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote: “NU omits verse 29.”)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Some ancient authorities insert v. 29”).)
Romans 8:1b – Who walk not after the flesh
The words “who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit” at the end of this verse are not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Romans. Some early manuscripts have the first half; most later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus) have the whole phrase. The same words end verse 4 in all four translations.
KJV: There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 8:1 gives the words (“BYZ and TR”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; footnote says NU omits these words.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Not in the text; no footnote.)
Romans 16:24 – A closing blessing
This verse is not in several of the oldest known manuscripts of Romans. It is in most later manuscripts, the Majority Text and the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus), and some manuscripts have it after verse 27 instead. A similar blessing ends verse 20 in all four translations.
KJV: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Verse number skipped; footnote at 16:23 gives the verse (“SBL, BYZ, and TR include”).)
- WEB: in the text (In the text; no footnote.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: in a footnote only (Verse number kept without text; footnote gives the verse (“Some ancient authorities insert here v. 24”).)
Romans 16:25–27 – Where the closing doxology stands
This closing prayer of praise stands in different places in the manuscripts of Romans. Several of the oldest known manuscripts have it at the end of chapter 16, as does the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus); most later manuscripts and the Majority Text have it at the end of chapter 14; a few have it in both places, after chapter 15, or not at all. All four translations print it, but the WEB, which follows the Majority Text, numbers it 14:24–26.
KJV: Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen.
- BSB: in the text (In the text as 16:25–27; footnotes at 14:23 and 16:27 say some manuscripts place it after 14:23 or after 15:33.)
- WEB: in the text (In the text as 14:24–26; footnotes there and at 16:25 (number kept without text) say the TR places it at the end of Romans as 16:25–27.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text as 16:25–27.)
- ASV: in the text (In the text as 16:25–27; no footnote.)
Colossians 1:14 – Through his blood
The words “through his blood” are in only a few, late manuscripts at this place and are not in the Majority Text; the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus) has them. The same words are in Ephesians 1:7 in all four translations.
KJV: In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:
- BSB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 1:14 gives the words (“TR”).)
- WEB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 1:14 says the TR adds them.)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Not in the text; no footnote.)
1 John 5:7–8 – The three witnesses in heaven (the Johannine Comma)
The KJV words “in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth” are known as the Johannine Comma. They are found in Latin manuscripts and in some early Latin writers, but in only a few Greek manuscripts, all late. They entered printed Greek editions in the 16th century and are in the Greek text behind the KJV (Textus Receptus), but not in the Majority Text.
KJV: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one.
- BSB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 5:7 gives the words (“TR and PT”).)
- WEB: in a footnote only (Not in the text; footnote at 5:7 gives the words (“Only a few recent manuscripts add”).)
- KJV: in the text (In the text.)
- ASV: not included (Not in the text; no footnote. The ASV divides the verses differently here: its verse 7 is “And it is the Spirit that beareth witness…”, which ends verse 6 in the KJV.)