Some Textual Variants In James

As you must know by now,I have gleaned these items from Philip W. Comfort's book on textual variants. I'll give just three examples for you to munch on.

1:12b : WH NU : he promised
var/TR : the Lord promised
var 2 : God promised

"According to the best testimony,the subject is left unspecified ...Copyists and translators (both ancient and modern) took it upon themselves to supply a subject. Some chose the Lord, and some God." (p.724)

3:8 : WH NU : a restless evil
var/TR : an uncontrollable evil

The WH NU reading has superior documentation. "The variant probably shows the work of scribes attempting to make this statement dovetail with the preceding one,which speaks of how impossible it is for men to tame the tongue." (p.728)

4:5 : WH NU : the Spirit which he caused to dwell in us
var/TR : the Spirit which dwells in us

The WH NU reading has better textual support. "The variant indicates simply that the Spirit dwells in us." (p.730)

 

As far as textual variants are concerned in the book of James,here are some places that Comfort cites in which WH and NU agree with TR.

James 1:17 : WH NU

James 5:20a : NU