SBL Greek New Testament SBLGNT

Scholarly edition
New Testament source: Critical text
New Testament only
Original language
2010
CC BY 4.0

At a glance

Language: Greek
Tradition: Scholarly edition — A modern critical edition by the Society of Biblical Literature, an academic society.
Church approval: No — Academic.
Old Testament source: NT only.
New Testament source: Critical text — Eclectic text starting from Westcott-Hort, compared with Tregelles, Robinson-Pierpont and the NIV's text.
Canon: New Testament only
Style: Original language
Year: 2010 (Michael W. Holmes, ed.).
Translators: Michael W. Holmes; Society of Biblical Literature & Logos Bible Software
Reading level: Koine Greek.
Verse numbering: English (KJV-style)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 — The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Text source: eBible.org (grcsbl)

About

The Society of Biblical Literature's critical Greek New Testament (2010), openly licensed under CC BY 4.0. It represents mainstream modern textual scholarship.

Strengths

Open licence
Modern critical text

Things to know

Differs from the Patriarchal Text in many places (mostly small)

Not yet verified

Date the licence changed to CC BY 4.0 (repo v1.1 2022-12-19 'update ... license'): not confirmed

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: SBL Edition
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Language: Ελληνικά (Greek, Ancient)
Dialect: Ancient
Updated to source dated 2023-07-10 from https://github.com/LogosBible/SBLGNT
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2026-10-17

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