GALATIANS 4:6 h`mw/n {A} The Textus Receptus, following several of the later uncials (Dc E K L Y) and most minuscules, reads u`mw/n, thus conforming the person of the pronoun to the earlier evste. The first person h`mw/n is strongly supported by early and diversified witnesses (including î46 a A B... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 4:7 dia. qeou/ {A} Of the several variant readings, the unusual and unexpected expression, klhrono,moj dia. qeou/, which is well supported by early and diversified witnesses (î46 a* A B C*vid 33 itg, r vg copbo Clement _al_), seems to account best for the origin of the other readings. In... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 4:14 to.n peirasmo.n u`mw/n {A} In order to alleviate the difficulty of the expression to.n peirasmo.n u`mw/n, which is strongly supported by good witnesses of both the Alexandrian (a* A B C2vid 33) and the Western (D* G itd, g, r vg Ambrosiaster _al_) types of text, u`mw/n was replaced b... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 4:25 de. ~Aga.r Sina/ {C} As between de, and ga,r, the Committee preferred the former on the strength of superior attestation (î46 A B Dgr syrhmg, pal copsa, bo). After ga,r had replaced de, in some witnesses, the juxtaposition of ga.r ~Aga,r led to the accidental omission sometimes of g... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 4:26 h`mw/n {A} The Textus Receptus, following ac A C2 K P 81 614 arm _al,_ inserts pa,ntwn before h`mw/n (cf. Romans 4:16), an insertion which “gives the text a broader, pastoral application, but obscures Paul’s distinction between the ‘chosen ones’ and the ‘sons of Hagar’” (Zuntz, p. 2... [ Continue Reading ]
GALATIANS 4:28 u`mei/j … evste,) {B} Influenced by the first person pronoun in ver. Galatians 4:26 (cf. also ver. Galatians 4:31), the Textus Receptus, following a A C Dc K P Y 614 _al,_ reads h`mei/j … evsme,n. The second person u`mei/j … evste, is strongly supported by early and diverse witnesses... [ Continue Reading ]