Through the centuries, changes were made to the Greek text that skewed it in favor of the Trinitarian position. Today, Trinitarian scholars recognize these changes, and therefore they are not included in the modern Greek texts produced by the United Bible Society and the Institute for New Testament Research in Germany, which produces the Nestle-Aland text.
It is important for Christians to know something about the history of the modern New Testament. None of the original documents written by the apostles exist, and scholars do not believe that any first copies of the originals exist. What do exist are more than 5000 handwritten manuscripts of the Greek New Testament from the 2nd century onward. Some of these are as small as a piece of a verse, while others are almost the complete New Testament. The modern New Testament is translated from a text that was pieced together from more than 5000 Greek manuscripts that have come down to us, as well as manuscripts in other languages such as Latin.
When the Lord gave the revelation of the New Testament to the various writers—Paul, Peter, Matthew, etc., they either wrote, or dictated to a scribe who wrote, what we would consider “the original text.” This original was copied and sent to churches around the world. It was also translated into the various languages spoken by Christians, primarily Latin, Greek and Aramaic.
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Author: BiblicalUnitarian.com
Keywords: trinitarian, three persons one god, three persons, doctrine trinity, triune, trinitarianism, Jesus is God, textual corruption
Bible reference(s): 1 Corinthians 15:45, 1 Corinthians 5:7, 1 John 3:23, 1 John 5:7, 1 Peter 4:1, 1 Timothy 3:16, Acts 10:37, Acts 12:22, Acts 13:33, Acts 2:30, Acts 20:28, Colossians 1:27, Colossians 2:2, Ephesians 3:9, Galatians 1:11, Galatians 2:20, Hebrews 1:3, Hebrews 13:20, Hebrews 2:18, John 10:33, John 14:9, John 19:5, Jude 1:5, Luke 2:26, Luke 3:21, Luke 4:22, Luke 7:9, Luke 8:28, Luke 9:20, Mark 1:10, Mark 3:11, Matthew 24:36, Titus 3:6
Source: “Textual Corruptions Favoring the Trinitarian Position,” biblicalunitarian.com
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