A Case For the Authenticity of 1st John 5:7-8

Questioning, when it comes to the text of Scripture, is the starting point of all kinds of apostasy.--Jesse Boyd

The case against including the latter part of 1 John 5:7-8 is not as strong as previously thought.  A student at Wake Forest, North Carolina named Jesse Boyd wrote this paper for Dr. David Black in 1999.  I thought it was well written despite a few words omitted here and there.   Boyd is particularly sharp when he recognizes that the starting axiom for textual criticism is that there are "errors" in the apographa:

A matter of theological significance that transcends the text of I John 5:7-8 concerns the issue of final authority.  Is the Bible we hold in our hands the Word of God or not?  If it contains errors, it can only be said that the Scriptures contain the Word of God.  This is Neo-orthodoxy.  When critical scholars boastfully claim that the Comma is not a legitimate part of Scripture, they are questioning the authority of the Book and disregarding the traditional text that brought about the Reformation.  Questioning, when it comes to the text of Scripture, is the starting point of all kinds of apostasy.  Is the final authority in the Book, or is it in what man says about the Book?

Click here to read the paper:  A Case For the Authenticity of 1st John 5:7-8