Philippians 2:5

Philippians 2:5 tou/to {B}

A majority of the Committee was persuaded that, if ga,r were present originally, no good reason can be found for its deletion, ² whereas the anacoluthon involved in tou/to standing alone seems to cry out for a connective, whether ga,r or ou=n or kai, (each of which is found in a variety of witnesses).

² It has sometimes been suggested that the fact that ver. Philippians 2:5 begins a lection would probably facilitate the dropping of ga,r. How far such influence would make itself felt on non-lectionary manuscripts is debatable; in any case, however, a A B C, all of which lack ga,r, probably antedate the presumed date of the origin of the developed lectionary system.