ROMANS 1:1 Cristou/ VIhsou/ {B} In the opening verses of most of the Pauline letters, the manuscripts vary the sequence between VIhsou/ Cristou/ and Cristou/ VIhsou/. In general, the earlier letters read indubiably VIhsou/ Cristou/ (or Cristw|/), while those written later (with the exception of Tit... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 1:7 evn ~Rw,mh| {A} A majority of the Committee interpreted the absence of the words evn ~Rw,mh| in several witnesses (G 1739mg 1908mg itg Origen) either as the result of an accident in transcription, or, more probably, as a deliberate excision, made in order to show that the letter is of g... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 1:13 ouv qe,lw {A} The reading of D* G itd, g Ambrosiaster Pelagius, ouvk oi;omai (“I do not suppose”), was regarded as a scribal modification limited to Western witnesses; ouvk oi;smai is still more limited (Dd Dabs1). The reading ouv qe,lw, which is supported by the great mass of the manus... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 1:15 toi/j evn ~Rw,mh| {A} Two witnesses (the bilingual G and the Latin translation of Origen) omit toi/j evn ~Rw,mh|, either accidentally, or, more probably, deliberately (to make the letter of general application). See the comment on evn ~Rw,mh| at 1.7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 1:16 prw/ton The omission of prw/ton (B G itg copsa Tertullian Ephraem) is perhaps due to Marcion, to whom the privilege of the Jews was unacceptable. All other witnesses include the word.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 1:29 ponhri,a| pleonexi,a| kaki,a| {C} The Textus Receptus, following L Y 88 326 330 614 _Byz Lect_ syrh arm _al_, inserts pornei,a| (“fornication”) before ponhri,a|. Although it could be argued that pornei,a| had fallen out accidentally in transcription, it is more likely that the word is a... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 1:31 avsto,rgouj {A} Recalling a similar catalog of vices in 2 Timothy 3:2-5, where a;storgoj is followed by avspo,ndoj, copyists inserted the latter word in Romans, some before avsto,rgouj (33 1913), and others after (a C Y _al_).... [ Continue Reading ]