415: How Scribes Corrupted 1 Timothy 3:16

The Biblical Unitarian Podcast · Jan 8, 2026 · 35m

1 Timothy 3:16 is a well-known example of a scribal change that transformed a reference to Jesus into a reference to God. We explore this text and discuss how later scribes changed the passage, resulting in a much higher Christology than the author originally intended.

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