It is fair to say that no variant has received a fraction of the attention of the Comma Johanneum (or “Johannine phrase”) as found in 1 John 5:7–8. Since its insertion, it has been a recurring source of impassioned debate, attracting comment from church councils, commentators, and thinkers as varied as John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, and Isaac Newton. The reason is the text’s value as a perceived proof of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity. With the Comma Johanneum highlighted, the King James Versi…