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1 Timothy 6:7

1 Timothy 6:7 o[ti {A}

There is great variation among the witnesses concerning the connection between the two parts of the sentence. Quite secondary are dh/lon o[ti (ac Dc K L P Y 104 326 614 Byz Lect syrp, h Marcion al) and avlhqe.j o[ti (D* itar, b, d, o goth Cyprian Speculum al), each of which is an obvious alleviation introduced in order to clarify the sense. Similarly, the readings kai, (copsa, bo arm eth) and avllV (Augustine) imply probably nothing more than a free rendering or paraphrase of o[ti. Thus, the oldest ascertainable reading among the extant witnesses appears to be o[ti, which is supported, directly or indirectly, by a variety of good witnesses (a* A F G 048 061 33 81 1739 1881 itg, r and the versional evidence supporting kai, and avllV), and which best explains the origin of the other readings. The omission of any connective at all by several patristic writers (Ephraem Orsisius Jerome Augustine Cyril) doubtless reflects merely a rhetorical expedient when quoting a difficult text.

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