Exercises

Be sure to check the translations and, if necessary, the commentaries for the textual problems in each of the following verses.

What does John 1:18 tell us about God the Son?

Who is Mark quoting in 1:2, and why is there a difference?

To whom was the letter of the Ephesians written? Check 1:1 and a commentary.

Why do you think the KJV added “unworthily” in 1 Corinthians 11:29? Check the paragraph.

The ESV of 1 Corinthians13:3 reads, “If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned,* but have not love, I gain nothing.” The asterisk after “burned” refers to the footnote that reads, “Some manuscripts deliver up my body [to death] that I may boast.”

What is behind the change from “burn” to “boast”?

See how the different Bibles handle Mark 16:9-20 and John 7:53-8:11. How would you explain these differences to your Sunday School class, which has not yet read Greek for the Rest of Us?