COLOSSIANS 3:4 u`mw/n {B} Although it is possible that h`mw/n, which is supported by B Dc H K 326 614 1241 syrp, h copsa _al,_ was altered by copyists to u`mw/n in order to agree with the second person pronouns before and after, the Committee was impressed by the considerably stronger manuscript e... [ Continue Reading ]
COLOSSIANS 3:6 @evpi. tou.j ui`ou.j th/j avpeiqei,aj# {C} It is exceedingly difficult to decide whether the words evpi. … avpeiqei,aj were added in most witnesses by copyists who recollected Ephesians 5:6 (where no manuscript omits the words), or whether they are absent from î46 B copsa ethro and s... [ Continue Reading ]
COLOSSIANS 3:13 ku,rioj {C} On the strength of the weight of î46 joined by the best witnesses of both the Alexandrian and the Western texts (A B D* G itd, g vg Speculum _al_) the Committee preferred ku,rioj, and explained Cristo,j (ac C Dc K P Y 614 1739 _Byz Lect_ itb, d, f, g, o syrp, h copsa, bo... [ Continue Reading ]
COLOSSIANS 3:16 Cristou/ {A} Instead of the unusual expression “the word of Christ,” which occurs nowhere else in the New Testament, several witnesses substitute the more customary “the word of God” (A C* 33 451 1241 _al_) or “the word of the Lord” (a* I 2127 copbo Clement). Cristou/ is strongly s... [ Continue Reading ]
COLOSSIANS 3:17 qew|/ patri, {B} The very unusual collocation tw|/ qew|/ patri,, which is widely supported by î46vid a A B C 81 442 1739 1985 itar, b, mon syrp copsa, bo goth eth Ambrose Speculum, was emended by copyists who inserted kai,, thus imitating Ephesians 5:20 and similar passages. (See a... [ Continue Reading ]
COLOSSIANS 3:21 evreqi,zete {B} In place of evreqi,zete, supported by î46vid a B Y 1739* _al_, a wide spectrum of other witnesses has adopted parorgi,zete from the parallel passage in Ephesians 6:4 (where the verb is without variant reading).... [ Continue Reading ]