1 Timothy 2:7

1 Timothy 2:7 le,gw {A}

Recollecting Paul’s declaration in Romans 9:1, avlh,qeian le,gw evn Cristw|/, many witnesses (a D^c H K 614 1241 Byz it^ar goth al), followed by the Textus Receptus, have added evn Cristw|/. The emergence of the shorter reading, which is well supported by a^c A D* G P Y 81 629 1739 it^{d, g, r} vg syr^{p, h} cop^{sa, bo} eth, cannot be adequately explained on the supposition that the longer reading was original. Because of scribal inadvertence several other variant readings occur in various minuscule manuscripts.