2 Corinthians 5:3

2 Corinthians 5:3 evkdusa,menoi {C}

It is difficult to decide between evndusa,menoi and evkdusa,menoi. On the one hand, from the standpoint of external attestation the former reading is to be preferred. On the other hand, internal considerations, in the opinion of a majority of the Committee, decisively favor the latter reading, for with evndusa,menoi the apostle’s statement is banal and even tautologous, whereas with evkdusa,menoi it is characteristically vivid and paradoxical (“inasmuch as we, though unclothed, shall not be found naked”). The reading evklusa,menoi probably arose through palaeographical confusion when ekd- was taken as ekl-.

[In view of its superior external support the reading evndusa,menoi should be adopted, the reading evkdusa,menoi being an early alteration to avoid apparent tautology. B.M.M.]