Romans 3:28 ga,r {B}

On the whole, the external evidence supporting ga,r (a A D* Y 81 1739 Old Latin vg syrpal copsa, bo arm al) is slightly superior to that supporting ou=n (B C Dc K P 33 614 Byz syrp, h al). The context, moreover, favors ga,r, for ver. Romans 3:28 gives a reason for the argument in ver. Romans 3:27, not a conclusion from it. The reading ou=n probably arose when copyists took logizo,meqa to mean “we infer, we conclude,” rather than “we hold, we consider.” Since ver. Romans 3:28 opens a new lesson (for the third Saturday after Pentecost), the Greek lectionaries omit the conjunction altogether.

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