or = The KJV's Hebrew or Greek text is correct, but the substitution is a more accurate translation of the original text for modern readers. This may be due to English words having changed their meaning since 1611. it may also mean that the KJV translation is being corrected, due to today's scholars' better understanding of the ancient Hebrew or Greek languages.

to = The KJV's Hebrew or Greek text is was incorrect, and the recommended substitution is an accurate translation of the original text for modren readers.

c/m = The English word used by the KJV has changed meanings since 1611.

omit = The English word used by the KJV does not have a corresponding word in the original Hebrew or Greek text of that book of the Bible. (Most often this is due to an incorrect Hebrew or Greek text from which KJV translators' used, where words, phrases, or even entire verses were added by later copyists.

Greek a/r: = The Textus Receptus Greek text used by the KJV translators was incorrect, and the words following TO: represent the original Greek text, as found in the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament, Fourth Revised Edition. Sometimes such incorrect wording in the Greek text resulted in the KJV's translation not representing the meaning of the original Greek texts. Most modern translations use the corrected Greek text, as represented in the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament, Fourth Revised Edition. Any Greek text shown in square brackets (for example [kai]) represents the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament Editorial Committee' division over whether or not that text was part of the original Greek text. If there is no English translation preceding and corresponding with the "Greek a/r" or "Greek omit" or "Greek add", then the correction in Greek did not result in a significant enough change to alter the English translation.

NOTE: The Textus Receptus [TR] was the Greek New Testament used by the KJV translators. To read about the significant impact that the mistakes in the TR had on the KJV translation and on theological views, browse or click on http://www.bibletexts.com/kjv-tr.htm.

Greek omit = The Textus Receptus Greek text used by the KJV translators was incorrect. The following Greek word, phrase, or verse was in the Textus Receptus [TR] but represents an erroneous addition to the original text. Usually, though not always, such incorrect additions to the Greek text resulted in incorrect additions to the English translation by the KJV translators. Most modern translations use the corrected Greek text, as found in the United Bible Societies' Greek New Testament, Fourth Revised Edition. (See "NOTE" above, under the explanation of "Greek a/r:")

BIBLES

• ABS = American Bible Society
• KJV = King James Version
• NIV = New International Version (copyright 1973 by New York Bible Society International)
• NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (copyright 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA)
• TEV = Today's English Version, Second Edition (copyright 1992 by the American Bible Society)
• TR = Textus Receptus (See "NOTE" above, under the explanation of "Greek a/r:")
• TrV=ABS Translator's Version (copyright unknown)
• UBS = United Bible Societies (the parent organization of the ABS)

WRITINGS BY MARY BAKER EDDY

• S&H = Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures
• Man = Church Manual
• Mis = Miscellaneous Writings
• Ret = Retrospection and Introspection
• Un = Unity of Good
• Pul = Pulpit and Press
• Rud = Rudimental Divine Science
• No = No and Yes
• Pan = Christian Science versus Pantheism
• '00 = Message to The Mother Church for 1900
• '01 = Message to The Mother Church for 1901
• '02 = Message to The Mother Church for 1902
• Hea = Christian Healing
• Peo = The Peoples Idea of God
• My = The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany
• Chr = Christ and Christmas

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

• CSS = Christian Science Sentinel
• TCSJ = The Christian Science Journal

GREEK ALPHABET (and the Roman letters used in the commentary to represent them):

• alpha (a) - AL-FAH
• beta (b) - BAY-TAH
• gamma (g) -GAM-MAH
• delta (d) - DEL-TAH
• epsilon (e) - EP-SIH-LON
• zeta (z) - DZAY-TAH
• eta (ey OR e) - AY-TAH - (the actual Greek upper-case letter is a single letter that looks much like an H)
• theta (th) - THAY-TAH
• iota (i) - EE-OH-TAH
• kappa (k) - KAHP-PAH
• lambda (l) - LAHM-DAH
• mu (m) - MOO
• nu (n) - NOO
• xi (x) - KSEE
• omicron (o) - AH-MIH-KRON
• pi (p) - PIE
• rho (r) - ROH
• sigma (s) - SIG'-MAH
• tau (t) - TAU
• upsilon (u) - OOP'-SIH-LON
• phi (ph) - FEE - (the actual Greek upper-case letter is a single letter that looks much like an O with a line down the center)
• chi (ch) - KHEE - (the actual Greek letter is a single letter that looks much like an X)
• psi (ps) - PSEE - (the actual Greek upper-case letter is a single letter that looks much like a U with a line down the center)
• omega (ow OR o) - OH-ME -GUH - (the actual Greek upper-case letter is a single letter that looks much like a W)
• (an initial "h" in a Greek word indicates that the Greek word began with a vowel that was marked in a way to show that it should be pronounced with a preceding "h" breathing sound)

GREEK PRONUNCIATION

• a - as in father
• ai - as in aisle
• au- as in kraut
• e - as in get
• e or ey - as in they - (the actual Greek upper-case letter looks much like an H)
• ei - as in freight
• eu - as in layaway
• gg - as in sing
• gk - as in sink
• gch - as in sink
• gx - as in links
• i - as in hit
• o - as in bought
• o or ow - as in bold - (the actual Greek upper-case letter looks much like a W)
• oi - as in spoil
• ou - as in soup
• u - as in goose
• ui - as in suite

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