χρηστὰ אABDEFG. Rec. χρῆσθ’. Scrivener follows Lachmann, who edits χρήσθ’ ‘per meram licentiam’ (Tischendorf).

33. φθείροσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί. Perhaps the nearest approach to this in English is bad company corrupts good habits. This passage is taken from the Thais of Menander, and like Acts 17:28 and Titus 1:12, shews that St Paul was familiar with classical literature.

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