2 Thessalonians 2:13

2 Thessalonians 2:13 avparch,n {B}

Although the reading avpV avrch/j is strongly supported (a D K L Y most minuscules it^{d, g, ar, mon} syr^p cop^sa arm eth al), the Committee preferred avparch,n (B F G^gr P 33 81 1739 vg syr^h cop^bo al) because (a) avpV avrch/j occurs nowhere else in the Pauline corpus (pro. tw/n aivw,nwn is used in 1 Corinthians 2:7 and avpo. tw/n aivw,nwn in Colossians 1:26 to express the idea “from eternity”); (b) except for Philippians 4:15, avrch, in Paul always means “power”; (c) avparch, occurs six other places in Paul (though in five of them it is with a qualifying genitive); and (d) elsewhere copyists took offense at avparch,n and altered it to avpV avrch/j ( Revelation 14:4 a 336 1918, and Romans 16:5 D*) even though the latter expression is inappropriate in these passages. One manuscript (88) emphasizes the middle voice of ei[lato by reading e`autw|/ avpV avrch/j.