2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 avnomi,aj {B} Did the apostle write “man of sin,” as most witnesses read, or “man of lawlessness,” as a B 81 88mg 1739 copsa, bo arm Marcion Tertullian and others attest? Despite the broader external testimony supporting a`marti,aj (witnesses from each of three text-types: A; D... [ Continue Reading ]
2 THESSALONIANS 2:4 kaqi,sai {A} The interpretative gloss w`j qeo,n is inserted before kaqi,sai by a great number of the later witnesses (Dc Gc K L most minuscules, followed by the Textus Receptus), while a few other witnesses (1984 1985 Theophylact) add it after kaqi,sai. The shorter text is stro... [ Continue Reading ]
2 THESSALONIANS 2:8 @VIhsou/j# {C} The Textus Receptus, with B Dc K 88 614 1739 1881 _Byz Lect_ cop boms _al,_ omits VIhsou/j. On the other hand, the word is present in a wide variety of Greek and versional witnesses (a A D* G P Y 33 1241 it vg syrp, h copsa, bo arm eth _al_). It is difficult to de... [ Continue Reading ]
2 THESSALONIANS 2:13 avparch,n {B} Although the reading avpV avrch/j is strongly supported (a D K L Y most minuscules itd, g, ar, mon syrp copsa arm eth _al_), the Committee preferred avparch,n (B F Ggr P 33 81 1739 vg syrh copbo _al_) because (_a_) avpV avrch/j occurs nowhere else in the Pauline c... [ Continue Reading ]
2 THESSALONIANS 2:16 @o`# qeo.j o` path,r Struck by the unusual expression o` qeo.j o` path.r h`mw/n, copyists have altered o` path,r (a* (om. o` ac) B Dgr* F G 33 431 442 1311 2143 itg vgms syrp copbo arm eth) to the more familiar Pauline expression kai. path,r (A Dc K L P Y 6 81 104 326 917 itd v... [ Continue Reading ]