2 Corinthians 4:6

2 Corinthians 4:6 @VIhsou/# Cristou/

There are three variants: (a) VIhsou/ Cristou/, read by î⁴⁶ a C H K L P 049 056 075 0142 0209 most minuscules syr^{p, h} cop^bo goth arm al; (b) Cristou/, read by A B 33 1739* cop^sa arm^mss Marcion Tertullian Origen Ephraem Athanasius Chrysostom al; and (c) Cristou/ VIhsou/, read by D F G 6 206 630 1739 1758 1881 1898 it^{d, g} vg al. On the basis of what was regarded as superior external support, a majority of the Committee preferred the reading VIhsou/ Cristou/. At the same time, in view of the evidence supporting the shorter reading, it was decided to enclose VIhsou/ within square brackets.

[The reading that best explains the origin of the others is Cristou/ (cf. the same expression in 2 Corinthians 2:10), which has significant, though limited, support. Pious scribes could not resist adding VIhsou/ before or after Cristou/; if VIhsou/ had been present in the text originally, no good reason can account for its absence from such manuscripts as A B 33 1739* as well as important versional and patristic witnesses. B.M.M. and A.W.]