Other Scriptures that are seldom used to promote a Trinitarian Rendering....
And their counterparts.

A "YES" means there is a trinitarian bias (or at least one that can be misconstrued that way)...a "NO" means there isn't.

Bible	Jn 8:58	Eph 5:5	Phil 2:6	Col 1:15	Heb 1:6	Jude 4	Rev 3:14	Trinity Bias
King James	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	57%
A.S.V.	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Darby	YES	YES	N/A	NO	YES	NO	NO	50%
Young	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES	71%
Translator's N.T.	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	86%
21st Century NT	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	0%
Good News	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	71%
N.I.V.	YES	NO	NO*	NO	YES	NO	YES	43%
New English	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES	43%
Fenton	YES	NO	N/A	YES	NO	NO	YES	50%
New American	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	43%
N.A.S.B.	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
New Living	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	57%
Diaglott	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	14%
New World	NO	NO	NO	NO	some editions	NO	NO	0% - 14%
Weymouth	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
N.R.S.V.	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	57%
Unvarnished	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	29%
R.S.V.	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	29%
N.K.J.V.	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	57%
Moffatt	NO	YES	N/A	NO	YES	NO	YES	50%
Rev. Version	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Byington	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	29%
Lamsa	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	29%
Living Bible	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	57%
Jerusalem	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	57%
New Jerusalem	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	29%
Goodspeed	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	14%
Beck	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	57%
Revised Eng.	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	YES	43%
Phillips	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Berkeley	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Simple English	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	71%
20th Century	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	43%
Schonfield	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	0%
Jewish NT	YES	NO	NO	YES	YES	NO	YES	57%
Lattimore	N/A	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Montgomery	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Amplified	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	57%
Newcome	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	NO	YES	14%
Webster	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Message	YES	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	71%
C.E.V.	N/A	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	67%
Williams	NO	YES	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	71%
N.E.T.	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	57%
Hebrew N.V.	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	86%
New Life	NO	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	57%
Green	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	71%
Worrell	YES	YES	NO	YES	YES	NO	NO	57%
God's Word	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	57%
New Evangel.	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	71%
Knox	YES	N/A	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	50%
Wuest	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	71%
Deaf	YES	NO	YES	YES	YES	NO	YES	71%
Confraternity	YES	YES	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	43%
Basic English	YES	YES	NO	NO	YES	NO	YES	57%
Douay	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	29%
K.&Lilly	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	NO	NO	14%
Recovery	YES	NO	NO	NO	YES	NO	NO	29%
Tyndale	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
Aitken 1782	YES	NO	YES	NO	YES	NO	NO	43%
% Bibles no Bias	29%	63%	40%	72%	26%	95%	46%

11 Highly Trinitarian Biased Bibles

36 Medium Trinitarian Biased Bibles

14 Low or non-Trinitarian Biased Bibles

The following chart shows where the 61 Bibles translated the

particular verse in a non-Trinitarian way or a Trinitarian way

(For example 29% of the 61 Bibles translated Jn 8:58 in a non-Trinitarian way)

Verses	Non-Trinitarian	Trinitarian
Jn 8:58	29%	71%
Eph 5:5	63%	37%
Phil 2:6	40%	60%
Col 1:15	72%	28%
Heb 1:6	26%	74%
Jude 4	95%	5%
Rev 3:14	46%	54%

Examples:

John 8:58,"Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am."
KJV (YES)
"I existed before Abraham was even born." New Living Translation (NO)
Jesus was here referring to his pre-existence, as in Micah 5:2. He was making no claim to Exodus 3:14 as many say. The LXX renders Ex. 3:14 as eigo eimi ho ohn or "I am the Being" which is quite different, as is the hebrew which is Ehyeh Asher Ehyeh which can better be rendered "I will be what I will be"(Moffatt, NWT). Almost all Bible translate the word Ehyeh as "I will be" at Exodus 3:12. To change it 2 scriptures later is unfortunate.
For more on John 8:58 click here.

Ephesians 5:5," For this ye are [well] informed of, knowing that no fornicator, or unclean person, or person of unbridled lust, who is an idolater, has inheritance in the kingdom of the Christ and God. Darby (YES)
"in the Kingdom of Christ and of God." New American Bible (NO)
This is not a strong one to use as the sentence structure supports two as individuals, just like saying "the Kingdom of the King and Queen."

Philippians 2:6,"Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God" KJV (YES)
"though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped." RSV (NO)
Ralph Martin, says in The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians: "It is questionable, however, whether the sense of the verb can glide from its real meaning of 'to seize', 'to snatch violently' to that of 'to hold fast.'" The Expositor's Greek Testament also says: "We cannot find any passage where harpazo or any of its derivatives has the sense of 'holding in possession,' 'retaining'. It seems invariably to mean 'seize,' 'snatch violently'. Thus it is not permissible to glide from the true sense 'grasp at' into one which is totally different, 'hold fast.'"
The Greek says literally, "deemed not being-on-a-par-with-God a-thing-to-be-plucked (hARPAGMON)." An added problem is that the word hARPAGMON is not found anywhere
else in extant Greek; clearly it derives from hARPAZW, "pluck," "grasp in the hand," "seize." But if equality-with-God is something Jesus doesn't deign to grasp, is it reasonable to suppose that it is something he actually already has?
"A vigorous debate still continues around the hymnic passage. However, the suggestion that the hymn has been constructed with a strong allusion to Adam, or even modeled after the template of Adam christology is still persuasive." p. 282, The Theology of Paul the Apostle, by James D.G. Dunn
If we read the preceeding verse it tells us to "have the same attitude that was in Christ." Does that mean that we should try to be equal with God? Of course not.

Colossians 1:15,"who is image of the invisible God, firstborn of all creation" Darby (NO)
"he is the primacy over all created things" New English Bible (YES)
It seems to me that everytime the phrase, "the firstborn of" is used, it is used as part of a group. If it is "the firstborn of" Israel(Ex. 6:14), it is one of the sons of Israel, if it is "the firstborn of" Pharoah(Ex. 11:5) it is a member of the house of Pharoah, if it is "the firstborn of" beasts(Ex. 13:15) then it is an animal also. Why then should this rule be changed as it applies to "the firstborn of" creation. Obviously Jesus is a created being, as he was historically always thought to be Wisdom in Proverbs 8:22, "The LORD formed me as the first of his works, the beginning of his deeds of old." Smith&Goodspeed
For more on PRWTOTOKOS/Firstborn click here.

Hebrews 1:6,"And let all the angels of God worship him." KJV (YES)
"Let all the angels of God pay him homage." New English Bible (NO)
The greek word used here, proskuneo, is not the highest form of worship, that is reserved for latreuo(Phil 3:3, Acts 7:42, 24:14). Vine's Expository Reference explains proskuneo as "to make obeisance, do reverence to." It is used of a man(Matt 18:26) and to God and a King at the same time(1 Chronicles 29:20 LXX), to the Dragon in revelations(Rev.13:4), to the Beast(Rev.13:4, 8, 12; 14:9,11), the image of the Beast(Rev 13:15, 14:11), to Demons(Rev. 9:20), and idols(Acts 7:43).

Jude 4," our only Master, God, and Lord--Jesus Christ" Young's (YES)
" our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ." ASV (NO)
The word "God" is omitted in the texts most Bibles use today(Nestle/Aland, UBS, Westcott and Hort), and even where they are included, it can be translated such as it is in the KJV: "denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ."

Revelation 3:14,"These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God" KJV (NO)
"These things saith the Amen, the witness--the faithful and true--the chief of the creation of God" Young's (YES)
Arche can have other meaning besides "beginning", but when it is followed by the same kind of expression (genitive) as it does in Rev 3:14, it has the meaning of a beginning or the first part of something. Below are some examples from the KJV:
Matt 24:8 All these [are] the beginning of sorrows.
Mark 13:19 from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time
John 2:11 This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galile
Phil 4:15 in the beginning of the gospel
Heb 3:14 if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end
Heb 7:3 having neither beginning of days
2 Peter 3:4 having neither beginning of days

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Trinity Bias

11 Highly Trinitarian Biased Bibles