1 john 5:7 

1 John 5:7

King James Version

7 For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one

As it appears now, many might view these verses as justification for the supposition of a trinity, which is fundamental to Christian doctrine today. However, an older version of this verse does not exist; this verse is missing from the Codex Sinaiticus. Actually, this verse is missing from any manuscript for the first 13 centuries of Christianity.

   The problem here is that the KJV clearly says “the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” In stark contrast, the Codex makes no mention of the Father, Word, or Holy Ghost in the passage. In fact, this verse, 1 John 5:7 doesn't show up anywhere until as late as the 14th century, in a manuscript called GA629. This has severe theological implications and is strong evidence for this verse being an example of corruption.

*Clement of Alexandria (150 AD - 215 AD )

One of the most important fathers of the Alexandrian School and one of the most famous Greek fathers . He was ordained a priest and then became dean of the Alexandrian School and took over its presidency, succeeding Pentinus  This father is famous for three books, including the book Miscellaneous . In this book , he interpreted the First Epistle of John , and we do not find in this interpretation any Mention of the comma ! Here is the text of his words from the famous English translation  :

He says, “This is He who came by water and blood;” and again, - “ For there are three that bear witness, the spirit, “which is life,” and the water, “which is regeneration and faith,” and the blood, “which is knowledge; “ And these three are one. “For in the Savior are those saving virtues, and life itself exists in His own Son.

Letter about baptism unknown person (258 AD ) (unknown person)Do not be surprised, reader, because I am quoting from a letter to an anonymous person . This is not my problem, but rather the problem of Christians . I do not cite this letter except to condemn the Christian , and for the reason of the writer’s anonymity . A large number of researchers disagreed about the time of writing the letter [36]. One of them attributed the letter to Cyprian himself ! He said it was written in his time , and there are many researchers who agree with this opinion ! There are others who say that the letter was written against Cyprian ! In addition, the GNT4RE version [37] placed Rebaptism among the list of the Latin Fathers ! It dates back to the year 258 AD . In any case what concerns us is that the letter is from the same time as Cyprian , that is, from the third century .  Here is the text of the English translation  :

For John says of our Lord in his epistle, teaching us: “This is He who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood: and it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. For three bear witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and these three are one

same letter  :

Moreover, I think also that we have not unsuitably set in order the teaching of the Apostle John, who says that “three bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood; And these three are one.”

Example of these would be athanasius adding and formulating them ( recorded by eusebius)

FRATERNAL VISITOR

“Codex B. (Vaticanus) would be the best of all existing MSS if it were completely preserved, less damaged, (less) corrected, more easily legible, and not altered by a later hand in more than two thousand places. Eusebius, therefore, is not without grounds for accusing the adherents of Athanasius and of the newly-arisen doctrine of the Trinity of falsifying the Bible more than once.” **— (Fraternal Visitor, in The Christadelphian Monatshefte, 1924, p. 148)

In summary:

1. No pre 15th century manuscripts contain it that's why Bart ehrman said:

*Ehrman stated, “in the present century, nothing has contributed more to the depreciation of the patristic evidence than the discovery of the early papyri.”

Bart Ehrman, “The Use and Significance of Patristic Evidence for NT Textual Criticism,” p.118 

[italics mine].

2. Scholars agree that fathers used to add stuff, including that formula which I already stated and a good example is athanasius recorded by Eusebius 

WHISTON

“The Eusebians... sometimes named the very time when, the place where, and the person whom they (i.e. forms of doxology) were first introduced... thus Philoflorgius, a writer of that very age, assures us in PHOTIUS'S EXTRACTS that A.D. 348 or thereabouts, Flavianus, Patriarche of Antioch, got a multitude of monks together, and did their first use this public doxology, 'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit.” **— (Second Letter concerning the Primitive Doxologies, 1719, p. 17)

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