1 Peter 1:12

1 Peter 1:12 @evn# pneu,mati {C}

On the one hand, the prevailing usage in 1 Peter (as also elsewhere in the New Testament) favors the reading evn, attested by a C K P and most other witnesses. On the other hand, in view of the absence of the word from such early and important witnesses as î⁷² A B Y 33 al a majority of the Committee thought it necessary to enclose the word within square brackets.

[The reading without evn is to be preferred on the basis of (a) superior external evidence, (b) the tendency of scribes to add evn in conformity to the usual expression elsewhere, and (c) the absence of any good reason that would account for the omission of the preposition. B.M.M. and A.W.]