Romans 9:4

Romans 9:4 ai` diaqh/kai {B}

Although the reading h` diaqh,kh is strongly supported (î<sup>46</sup> B D<sup>gr</sup> it<sup>61vid?</sup> cop<sup>sa, bomss</sup> eth al), the plural ai` diaqh/kai (a C K Y 33 81 614 1739 Byz Lect it^{d, g} vg syr^{p, h, hgr} cop^bo goth arm al) was preferred on the grounds that (a) copyists would have been likely to assimilate the plural to the pattern of instances of the singular number in the series, and (b) plural covenants may have appeared to involve theological difficulties, and therefore the expression was converted to the singular number. Certainly there is no good reason why the singular, if original, should have been altered to the plural.