Furthermore, as Bruce Metzger has pointed out "The passage is absent from the manuscripts of all ancient versions (Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Arabic, Slavonic), except the Latin." (7)
U-Bruce Metzger wathi: "Amazwi atholakala [ku-1 Johane 5:7] awakho emibhalweni emidala (njengeyesi-Syriac, Coptic, Armenian, Ethiopic, Arabic, Slavonic) ngaphandle kweyesiLathini."