Romans 8:28

Romans 8:28 sunergei/ {B}

Although the reading sunergei/ o` qeo,j (î<sup>46</sup> A B 81 cop<sup>sa</sup> (eth) Origen<sup>gr2/5</sup>) is both ancient and noteworthy, a majority of the Committee deemed it too narrowly supported to be admitted into the text, particularly in view of the diversified support for the shorter reading (a C D G K P Y 33 614 1739 Byz Lect it<sup>d, g, 61</sup> vg syr<sup>p, h</sup> cop<sup>bo</sup> arm Clement Origen<sup>gr3/5, lat</sup> Eusebius Lucifer Cyril-Jerusalem Chrysostom Augustine al). Since sunergei/ may be taken to imply a personal subject, o` qeo,j seems to have been a natural explanatory addition made by an Alexandrian editor.