This makes more certain for us the Apostle Peter’s words: “But the word of the Lord endures forever.” (1 Peter 1:25) We can have the same confidence that the One who inspired the Holy Scriptures, giving us His inerrant Word, has also used his servants to preserve them, irrespective of the intentional and unintentional textual variants that entered the copies of the text, throughout the last two thousand years, and especially those many dozens of textual scholars that restored the text to its original form, “who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.” (1 Tim. 2:4)
How Reliable Are the Early Texts of the New Testament?
Explore the trustworthiness of ancient New Testament documents. Discover the journey of these texts through history.
What Is the Primary Task of the Textual Scholar?
The long-held task of the textual scholar has been to recover the original reading. It has been the process of attempting to ascertain the original wording of the original New Testament texts. Oh, how things have changed.
How Did the Spread of Early Christianity Impact the Text of the New Testament?
Explore how the growth of early Christianity influenced the New Testament texts. Discover the changes and adaptations.
What Is the Goal of the New Testament Textual Scholar?
This article may be somewhat controversial because many modern textual scholars are not certain that we can get back to the original text.
NTTC GALATIANS 1:6: “grace of Christ” or “grace”?
by the grace of Christ: There is a textual problem involving the phrase by the grace of Christ. In the Greek manuscripts we find four different readings:
NTTC 1 TIMOTHY 3:16: “God was manifest in the flesh” or “He was manifested in the flesh”?
This simply solved textual issue caused many problems in the nineteenth century and really with the King James Version Onlyists, it still does today. The Bible scholars entered the fray because they thought the textual scholars were undermining their doctrinal position that God became man.
Can Our Bible Translations Be Trusted?
Explore the reliability of modern translations: are they faithful to the original Scriptures? Discover the truth behind the texts.
Mistakes Were Made In Copying God’s Word. Was the Purity of the Bible Text Threatened?
Explore the journey of biblical manuscripts and the challenges faced in preserving the original message. Was the truth compromised?
Who Was Desiderius Erasmus and What Is the Textus Receptus?
Erasmus’ Greek New Testament and the Textus Receptus shaped the Reformation but were based on late manuscripts, unlike today’s earliest witnesses.

