2 CORINTHIANS 8:7 h`mw/n evn u`mi/n {C} On the basis of the testimony of several early witnesses (î46 B 1739 itr copsa, bo Origenlat Ephraem) a majority of the Committee felt a slight preference for the variant h`mw/n evn u`mi/n, because it is the more difficult reading. At the same time, it must... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CORINTHIANS 8:9 u`ma/j {B} The second person plural pronoun, which comports with the apostle’s argument, is strongly supported by external evidence (î46 a B D F G L P _al_). Since in later Greek the vowels h and u came to be pronounced alike, scribes sometimes confused the two, writing h`ma/j in... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CORINTHIANS 8:19 @auvtou/# {C} The weight of the witnesses that support the presence of auvtou/ is somewhat less than the weight of those that omit the word. On the other hand, its omission produces the easier reading, which is therefore suspect as secondary. The picture is clouded still further... [ Continue Reading ]
2 CORINTHIANS 8:24 evndeiknu,menoi Since it is now generally recognized by New Testament grammarians that, in accordance with Semitic idiom, occasionally the Greek participle functions as the imperative mood, 1 the Committee preferred evndeiknu,menoi, supported, as it is, by representatives of the... [ Continue Reading ]