It is found in the Greek manuscripts noted by H. C. Hoskier as 57 and 141. Nor is Lewis correct in assuming that there is no other textual evidence for the reading. It is also the reading of the Old Bohairic Coptic Version. And if any man shal diminish of the wordes of the boke of this prophecie, God shal take away his parte out of the Boke of life, and out of the holie citie, and from those things which are writen in his boke. Perhaps we should consider these words and their meaning.
Scholarship is a noble and honorable carrier.
However, it ceases to be both when it seeks to userp the authority of the Lord God in the keeping of His words by carelessly correcting what He has preserved. The final Scholar and Critic is God Himself. Certainly one should take note of His textual choices. Or else, by correcting His word, one could find himself the omission from the Text. Sojourners' Index of Sites Listing of Most Pages on All Sites I generally answer all mail unless it is an attack on my beliefs.