A Textual Commentary On The Greek NT

Romans 1:29

Romans 1:29 ponhri,a| pleonexi,a| kaki,a| {C}

The Textus Receptus, following L Y 88 326 330 614 Byz Lect syr^h 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 an intrusion into the text, either accidentally (when ponyria was erroneously read as porneia) or deliberately (when copyists, finding the word in some forms of the text (D* E G P al), inserted it by conflation either before or after ponhri,a|). The fact, however, that Paul argues (verses Romans 1:24-25) that such vices as listed here issue from the licentious practices of idolatry, makes it unlikely that he would have included pornei,a within the list itself.

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Romans 1:29

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