Textual variants, minor differences between copies of a text, are common within New Testament manuscripts due to manual copying for over a millennium before printing. Despite this, the core teachings remain consistent, and the presence of variants has had no impact on fundamental Christian doctrines. The wealth of manuscripts allows for robust textual criticism, enabling scholars to reconstruct the original text with relatively high confidence. Scholars have worked tirelessly over centuries to understand the New Testament text's diverse traditions, leading to widely accepted versions, continually striving to get closer to the original text.
EDWARD D. ANDREWS: Chief Translator UASV; NT Textual Scholar and Early Christianity; Author of 180+ Books, CEO & President CPH
EDWARD D. ANDREWS (AS in Criminal Justice, BS in Religion, MA in Biblical Studies, and MDiv in Theology) is CEO and President of Christian Publishing House. He has authored over 180+ books. In addition, Andrews is the Chief Translator of the Updated American Standard Version (UASV).