ψεῦδος. Text. Rec[474] has δόλος with 1.

[474] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.

ἄμωμοι γάρ εἰσιν. Lachmann omits γὰρ with ACP; and Text. Rec[475] adds ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου with mediæval vulgate.

[475] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.

5. ἄμωμοι γάρ εἰσιν. Here, if γὰρ be retained, the argument, as in Revelation 14:4, is that the higher degree of perfection includes and guarantees the lower: if γὰρ be omitted, ἅμωμοί εἰσιν would be the inference from their perfect truth, not a proof of it. Cf. St James 3:2.

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