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The '''Johannine Comma''' (Latin: ''Comma Johanneum'') is a passage affirming the [[Trinity]] that appears in the [[King James Version]], but not in most modern translations.<ref>"[http://www.tektonics.org/af/comma.html Is 1 John 5:7 Authentic?]", Tekton</ref> ''Comma'' means "short passage" in Latin. The passage is translated from ''[[Textus Receptus]]'', a Greek text published in the 16th century.<ref>The Greek reads:

The '''Johannine Comma''' (Latin: ''Comma Johanneum'') is a passage affirming the [[Trinity]] that appears in 1 John 5:7 after a comma in the [[King James Version]], but not in most modern translations.<ref>"[http://www.tektonics.org/af/comma.html Is 1 John 5:7 Authentic?]", Tekton</ref> ''Comma'' means "short passage" in Latin. The passage is translated from ''[[Textus Receptus]]'', a Greek text published in the 16th century.<ref>The Greek reads:

<blockquote>ὅτι τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες '''ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὁ Πατήρ, ὁ Λόγος, καὶ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα· καὶ οὗτοι οἱ τρεῖς ἔν εἰσι. 8 καὶ τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ἐν τῇ γῇ''' τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸ αἷμα, καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσιν. ({{bibleverse|1|John|5:7-8|TR1894}})</blockquote></ref> Here is the passage in question as given by KJV and by the [[English Standard Version]], a modern translation that uses a text based on the earliest known manuscripts:

<blockquote>ὅτι τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες '''ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ὁ Πατήρ, ὁ Λόγος, καὶ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα· καὶ οὗτοι οἱ τρεῖς ἔν εἰσι. 8 καὶ τρεῖς εἰσιν οἱ μαρτυροῦντες ἐν τῇ γῇ''' τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ καὶ τὸ αἷμα, καὶ οἱ τρεῖς εἰς τὸ ἕν εἰσιν. ({{bibleverse|1|John|5:7-8|TR1894}})</blockquote></ref> Here is the passage in question as given by KJV and by the [[English Standard Version]], a modern translation that uses a text based on the earliest known manuscripts: