Galatians 3:21

Galatians 3:21 @tou/ qeou/# {C}

The words tou/ qeou/ are absent from several early and important witnesses (î⁴⁶ B it^d Ambrosiaster Marius Victorinus). On the one hand, since the shorter reading is terse and entirely in accord with Pauline style, the words tou/ qeou/ may be a natural addition made by copyists who recalled such passages as Romans 4:20 or 2 Corinthians 1:20. On the other hand, however, since the absence of the words in a few witnesses may be due to an accident in transmission, the Committee thought it best to represent the balance of probabilities by retaining the words enclosed within square brackets. The reading of 104 represents the substitution of tou,=u= for tou;=u=.