Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018) RP2018

Scholarly edition
New Testament source: Byzantine text
New Testament only
Original language
2018
Public domain

At a glance

Language: Greek
Tradition: Scholarly edition — A scholarly edition of the Byzantine (majority) Greek text by two Protestant scholars.
Church approval: No — Scholarly edition.
Old Testament source: NT only.
New Testament source: Byzantine text — Collated from the majority of Byzantine manuscripts (omits 1 John 5:7b-8a).
Canon: New Testament only
Style: Original language
Year: 2018 edition (earlier 1991, 2005).
Translators: Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont
Reading level: Koine Greek (eBible file is unaccented lowercase).
Verse numbering: English (KJV-style)
Licence: Public domain — RP disclaimer: 'All rights to this text are released to everyone'. Use the byztxt GitHub (Unlicense) or eBible; NOT the CrossWire 'Byz' module (CC BY-NC-SA).
Text source: eBible.org (grcmt)

Notes

Romans 16:25–27 stands after 14:23 (as 14:24–26), as in most Byzantine manuscripts.

About

Maurice Robinson and William Pierpont's edition of the Byzantine Greek New Testament, the form of the text found in most manuscripts. It is very close to the text read in Orthodox churches and is public domain.

Strengths

PD
Manuscript-majority basis

Things to know

eBible grcmt is unaccented; prefer byztxt accented files

Profile checked 2026-10-17.

Books in this edition (27 books)

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, Colossians, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon, Hebrews, James, 1 Peter, 2 Peter, 1 John, 2 John, 3 John, Jude, Revelation

Letters show which canons include a book: O Orthodox, C Catholic, P Protestant (in brackets: printed as Apocrypha or in an appendix).

Publisher's statement

Η Καινή Διαθήκη
The Greek New Testament according to the Byzantine Text form. Robinson-Pierpont 2018 edition
Public Domain
Language: Ελληνικά (Greek, Ancient)
Dialect: Koine
Translation by: Maurice A. Robinson and William G. Pierpont
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2024-01-09

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