1. THE NEW COVENANT The New Testament in the Original Greek Stephanus 1550 Textus Receptus With Critical Apparatus Revision: 19th April 2003 The latest draft of this book can be downloaded from: http://www.moses.uklinux.net/pdf/bible/ 2. Introduction This edition of New Testament in the original Greek is based on Textus Receptus and corresponds to the 1550 "royal" edition by Robert Stephanus (Estienne). It was prepared in strict accordance with the following basic principles: 1. No variations, however strongly supported by the Greek manuscripts and printed editions have been introduced into the text but were relegated to the margins and footnotes. 2. While the modern chapter and verse numbering was preserved for the sake of convenient reference, the elements that rely on human interpretation, such as capital letters and punctuation, were completely disregarded. 3. The accents and breathings, though also altogether manmade, were retained. It should be noted here that the use of full stop and paragraph breaks in this work diers somewhat from that which is found in other printed editions of Greek New Testament. Namely, the full stop is used here only as a verse separator and paragraph breaks are made only at the beginning of each chapter. The reader should understand that these tools were used only for convenient location of a given chapter or verse, and they bear no authority, which they might have had if they were supported by the ancient manuscripts with any degree of consistency. The following symbols were used in the critical apparatus in the footnotes. Textus Receptus, Stephanus 1550 edition. This is the base text of the present edition. Scrivener, 1894. This is the text underlying the English Authorised Version of 1611 as found in the edition by Trinitarian Bible Society. It is interesting to note that in many places this text agrees with modern corrupted Egyptian recension (see below). Majority Text according to Zane C. Hodges and Arthur L. Farstad. This recen- sion diers from the Majority Text of Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pier- pont in many places. Egyptian (favoured by Vatican and Organised Religion), UBS4. This is the corrupted version of the Greek New Testament which is naturally followed by most modern (per)versions of the Bible. Despite the fact that we reject iii 3. iv this recension as unreliable, it was deemed appropriate to include it in the collation in order to show the men of God where and how it diers from others and because it would be foolish to assume that any single recension is completely inerrant. The verse on which there is a textual variant note has a little asterisk against the verse number in the margin. Tigran A. Aivazian London, England May 2002. 4. . 1 , 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 - . 7 . 8 . 9 - . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . 17 1 v.1 , , . v.5 , , , , , , , , . v.6 , , , , , , , , , , . v.7 , , . v.8 , , . v.10 , , , , . v.13 , , , , . v.14 , , , , . 1 5. 2 1:172:6 - 18 . - 19 . 20 . 21 . 22 . 23 . 24 . 25 . . 2 - - 2 . . 3 4 . 5 . 6 . v.17 , , , , . v.18 , , , , - . v.19 , , . v.20 - , , , , . v.22 , , . v.24 , , . v.25 , , , , , , , , . 2 v.3 , , . v.5 , , . 6. 2:719 3 - . 7 . 8 . - 9 . 10 . 11 - . 12 . 13 - . 14 . 15 . - 16 . 17 . 18 - . 19 v.8 , , . v.9 , , . v.11 , , . v.15 , , . v.16 , , . v.17 , , . v.18 , , , , . v.19 , , . 7. 4 2:203:11 20 . 21 . 22 . - 23 . . 3 - 2 . 3 . - 4 . - 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . - 9 . - 10 . 11 . v.21 , , . v.22 , , , , . v.23 , , . 3 v.2 [] , , . v.3 , , . v.4 , , . v.6 . v.8 , , , , . v.10 , , . v.11 , , , , , , . 8. 3:124:11 5 - . 12 . 13 . 14 . - 15 . 16 - . 17 . 4 . 2 . - 3 . 4 . 5 . - 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 - . 11 . 12 v.16 , , , , , , [] , , [] , , [] , , [] , , . 4 v.2 - , , , , . v.3 , , . v.4 . v.5 , , . v.9 , , , , . v.10 . 9. 6 4:1225 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . - 17 . - 18 . - 19 . 20 . 21 . 22 . - 23 . . 24 - 25 . - . 5 - v.12 , , , , . v.13 , , , , , . v.15 , , . v.16 , . v.18 , , . v.23 , , , , , , , , , , . v.24 [] , , . 5 10. 5:122 7 . - 2 . 3 . - 4 . . 5 - 6 . . 7, 8 . - 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . - 17 . 18 . - 19 . 20 . 21 . 22 v.1 , , . v.11 , , [] , , . v.13 , , , , . v.20 , , . v.22 , , . 11. 8 5:2339 . 23 24 . 25 . 26 . . 27 , 28 . 29 . 30 . . 31 . 32 - 33 . 34 . 35 . 36 . 37 . 38 . 39 . v.23 , , . v.25 , , , , , , , , . v.27 , , . v.28 , , - . v.30 , , . v.31 , , . v.32 , , , , , , - , , . v.36 , , . v.39 , , , , [] , [] . 12. 5:406:5 9 - . 40 . 41 . 42 . - 43 . 44 . 45 . 46 . 47 . 48 . - 6 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 - v.42 , , , , . v.44 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . v.45 [] . v.47 , , , , , , . v.48 , , , , , , , , . 6 v.1 [] , , , , . v.4 , , , , , , , , . v.5 , , , , , , , , , , . 13. 10 6:621 6 . - - 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . - 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . - 17 . - 18 . 19 . 20 . - 21 , 22 . . v.6 , , , , , , , , . v.7 , , . v.10 , , . v.12 , , . v.13 , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . v.15 , , , , , , . v.16 , , , , . v.18 , , , , , , , . v.21 , , , , . 14. 6:227:4 11 . 23 . 24 - . 25 . 26 . 27 . 28 . 29 . 30 . 31 . 32 . - 33 . 34 . . 7, 2 . - 3 . 4 v.22 , , . v.24 , , . v.25 [ , , ] , , . v.28 , , , , , , . v.32 , , . v.33 [ , , ] , , . v.34 , , . 7 v.2 , , . v.4 , , . 15. 12 7:521 5 . - 6 . - 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . - 11 . 12 . 13 . - 14 . . 15 16 . 17 . 18 . - 19 . 20 , 21 . . v.5 , , , , - . v.6 , , . v.9 , , , , . v.10 , , , , . v.12 , , . v.13 , , - . v.14 , , . v.15 - , , . v.16 - , , . v.20 , , . v.21 . 16. 7:228:5 13 - . 22 - . 23 . 24 - . 25 . - 26 . 27 - . 28 . 29 . . 8 - 2 . 3 . 4 . 5 v.22 , , . v.24 , , , , , , . v.25 , , . v.26 , , . v.28 , , . v.29 . 8 v.1 , , , , . v.2 , , . v.3 , , , , . v.4 , , , , , , - . v.5 , , , , , , . 17. 14 8:623 6 . 7 . - 8 . 9 . - 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . - 14 . 15 . . 16 - 17 . 18 . 19 . - 20 . 21 . 22 . 23 . v.7 , , , , . v.8 - , , . v.10 , , , , , , . v.13 , , , , [] , , . v.15 , , . v.18 , , , , . v.21 - [] , , . v.22 , , . 18. 8:249:3 15 . 24 . - 25 . 26 . 27 . 28 . 29 . 30 . 31 - . 32 . 33 . 34 . . 9 , 2 . 3 . 4 v.25 , , , , , , , . v.27 , , . v.28 , , , , , , . v.29 , , - . v.31 , , , , , , . v.32 , , , , , , , , , , , , . v.34 , , . 9 v.1 , , . v.2 , , , , , , . v.3 , , . 19. 16 9:417 5 . - . 6 7 . . 8 - 9 . - 10 . - 11 . - 12 . 13 . - 14 . 15 . - . 16 - . 17 - 18 . v.4 , , , , , , - . v.5 , , , , , , . v.8 , , . v.9 - , , . v.11 , , , , , - . v.12 , , , , . v.13 , , , , , , , , . v.14 , , , [] , , . v.17 , , , , , , . 20. 9:1836 17 . 19 . 20 . 21 . - 22 . - 23 . 24 . 25 . 26 . - 27 . 28 . 29 . 30 . 31 . 32 . 33 . 34 . 35 . - 36 v.18 , , . v.22 , , . v.24 , , , , . v.27 [] , , , , , , . v.30 , , , , - . v.33 . v.35 - , , , , , , . v.36 , , . 21. 18 9:3710:16 37 . 38 . . 10