Neptune: Thanks a lot for the link. I am aware of these alternative views that point to potential issues with the Textus Receptus (TR). However, these pale into insignificance compared with the myriad of omissions by the Nestle-Aland (NA) text used in most modern Bibles. Most of these omissions also have great doctrinal import and so cannot be dismissed as "scribal errors". Here are a few more examples: (1) Col 1:14 "In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins"; "through his blood" is omitted from NA. (2) Luke 9:56 "For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them"; the whole of this verse is omitted in NA. (3) Mat 19:9 "and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery." The whole of this verse is omitted from NA. There are plenty more of these types of examples. There is no substitute for doing your own research so I suggest you do an in-depth comparison yourself rather than take my word on this (if you search on the net you can find comparisons, so the hard work is done for you, and you can then check out the comparisons yourself). Steve.