What is the original reading: (1) “you may devote yourselves to prayer” or the longer (2) “you may devote yourselves to fasting and to prayer”?
NTTC: 1 Corinthians 7:5 “you may devote yourselves to prayer”
NTTC: Mark 9:29 “This kind does not come out except by prayer”?
What is the original reading: (1) “This kind does not come out except by prayer” or the longer (2) “This kind does not come out except by prayer and fasting”?
NTTC JAMES 5:4 “have been withheld” or “have been withheld by fraud”?
The reading απεστερημενος (“having been withheld by fraud”) or αφυστερημενος (“having been withheld”) is a bit of a hand ringer because of the split evidence.
NTTC MATTHEW 16:2b–3a: Signs of the Times
The manuscript evidence for the absence of these words is impressive. Copyists may have added these verses from a source similar to Luke 12:54–56, or from the passage in Luke, with a few changes. On the other hand, ...—Roger L. Omanson and Bruce Manning Metzger,
NTTC JAMES 1:12a, Does it Read Human Being Instead of Man?
Variant Reading(s): differing versions of a word or phrase found in two or more manuscripts within a variation unit (see below). Variant readings are also called alternate readings.
NTTC 1 CORINTHIANS 14:33–35: Did the Apostle Paul Forbid Women to Speak?
Are these verses original, and if so what did the apostle Paul mean for women to keep silent in the congregations? Are the women not to speak at all?
NTTC MATTHEW 6:13 What Happened to the Doxology at the End of the Prayer?
Why do people feel compelled to end with this assertive doxology? Probably for the same reason that motivated some early scribes to add it.
NTTC LUKE 22:43-44: Significant Textual Variant and Theological Bias
We certainly have a case of theological bias in our midst from all translations, except two.
NTTC EPHESIANS 1:1 Some Scholars Claim That the Letter to the Ephesians Was Not to Those at Ephesus. Are They Correct?
Some scholars claim that the letter to the Ephesians was not to those at Ephesus but was the letter to the Laodiceans, mentioned in Colossians 4:16. They say that the words “at Ephesus” are an addition to the text. Are they correct?
NTTC PHILIPPIANS 2:30a “the work of Christ” or “the work” or “the work of the Lord”? 2:30b And “having risked his life” or “having no regard for his life”?
Variant Reading(s): differing versions of a word or phrase found in two or more manuscripts within a variation unit (see below). Variant readings are also called alternate readings.