ROMANS 11:1 to.n lao,n {A} Instead of to.n lao,n several witnesses (î46 G itg goth _al_) read th.n klhronomi,an, which appears to be a Western assimilation to Psalms 94:14 [= LXX 93:14] o[ti ouvk avpw,setai ku,rioj to.n lao.n auvtou/( kai. th.n klhronomi,an auvtou/ ouvk evgkatalei,yei.... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 11:6 ca,rij (2) {A} After ca,rij the Textus Receptus, following ac (B) L Y and later manuscripts, adds eiv de. evx e;rgwn ouvke,ti evsti. ca,rij evpei. to. e;rgon ouvke,ti evsti.n e;rgon (“But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work” AV). There appears to... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 11:17 th/j r`i,zhj th/j pio,thtoj {B} The unexpected asyndeton of the reading th/j r`i,zhj( th/j pio,thtoj th/j evlai,aj, in spite of its rather limited attestation (a* B C Y), appears to explain best the origin of the other readings, since the widespread introduction of kai, and the omissi... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 11:21 @mh, pwj# ouvde, {C} On the one hand, the strong combination of a B C 81 1739 in support of the shorter text would normally be preferred. On the other hand, however, (_a_) mh, pwj is a typically Pauline expression (it occurs in nine other passages in Paul; only once elsewhere in the Ne... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 11:25 @parV# {C} Although it can be argued that the simple dative, without a preposition, may be the original reading (supported, as it is, by î46 F G Y 1739 _al_) and that the difficulty of construing the sense prompted scribes to insert evn or parV, the Committee decided that it would be... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 11:31 @nu/n# (2) {C} Once again external evidence and internal considerations are rather evenly balanced. A preponderance of early and diverse witnesses favors the shorter reading. On the other hand, the difficulty in meaning that the second occurrence of nu/n seems to introduce may have pr... [ Continue Reading ]
ROMANS 11:32 tou.j pa,ntaj (1) {A} Instead of the first occurrence of tou.j pa,ntaj several witnesses (î46vid D* G Old Latin vg Ambrose) substitute ta. pa,nta (or pa,nta), a reading that seems to have arisen from scribal recollection of Galatians 3:22 (sune,kleisen h` grafh. ta. pa,nta).... [ Continue Reading ]