1 John 5:6-8 • A Forger Always Leaves a Crack

1 John 5:6-8 — In 484 AD, 400 bishops faced a king with an army at his back. They

reached for this verse anyway — and some paid for it with their tongues.

⛪ Preached at Pilgrim Baptist Church • Cookeville, TN • July 9, 2026.

This KJV sermon puts the Johannine Comma — 1 John 5:7, "the Father, the Word, and the

Holy Ghost: and these three are one" — on trial. If you've ever been told this verse is

a forgery that doesn't belong in your Bible, this KJV defense walks the actual evidence:

Old Latin manuscripts, the Council of Carthage, Priscillian, Isaac Newton's objection,

and a Greek grammar…

The skinny

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