ROMANS 12:2 noo,j After noo,j the Textus Receptus, following a Dc L P most minuscules itd, g vg syrp, h goth arm eth Speculum _al_, adds u`mw/n. The shorter text, which is supported by early and good witnesses (î46 A B Dgr* F G 424c 1739 Clement Origin Cyprian), is to be preferred because of the p... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 12:11 kuri,w| {A} The reading kairw|/, supported chiefly by Western witnesses (D* F G 5 itd*, g Origenlat Cyprian Ambrosiaster Jerome _al_), probably arose from a confusion of k=w= and krw (the nomen sacrum kuri,w| was customarily contracted to k=w=, and the kai, compendium was written k).... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 12:14 diw,kontaj @u`ma/j# {C} It is difficult to decide whether u`ma/j was deleted in order to extend the range of the exhortation, or whether copyists, recollecting the parallel sayings in Matthew 5:44 and Luke 6:28, added the pronoun. Since both readings are fairly evenly supported in the... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 12:17 evnw,pion pa,ntwn Under the influence of Proverbs 3:4 and 2 Corinthians 8:21 several witnesses expand by prefixing evnw,pion tou/ qeou/ kai, (Ac) or ouv mo,non evnw,pion tou/ qeou/ avlla. kai, (F G itg vg goth Lucifer Ambrosiaster). On the other hand, perhaps through transcriptional ov... [ Continue Reading ]