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A word to wives
1 Ὁμοίως, αἱ* αι f35 𝕻72C [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ και 1 [3%] ¦ δε και 1 [2%] ¦ — 𝕻81ℵA,B [1%] ¦ two other variants γυναῖκες, ὑποτασσόμεναι τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν, ἵνα καὶ εἴ τινες† και ει τινες f35 𝕻72ℵA [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ~ 213 C [10%] ¦ 23 𝕻81vB [3%] ¦ 1 οιτινες [6%] ¦ οιτινες [1%] ἀπειθοῦσιν τῷ λόγῳ, διὰ τῆς τῶν γυναικῶν ἀναστροφῆς, ἄνευ λόγου, κερδηθήσονται‡ κερδηθησονται f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ κερδησονται [1%] ¦ κερδηθησωνται [1%] TR 2 (ἐποπτεύσαντες τὴν ἐν φόβῳ ἁγνὴν ἀναστροφὴν ὑμῶν), 3 ὧν ἔστω οὐχ ὁ ἔξωθεν ἐμπλοκῆς§ εμπλοκης f35 𝕻72ℵA,B [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ εν πλοκης C [8%] ¦ εκ πλοκης [10%] ¦ two further variants τριχῶν καὶ περιθέσεως χρυσίων, ἢ ἐνδύσεως ἱματίων κόσμος, 4 ἀλλ᾿ ὁ κρυπτὸς τῆς καρδίας ἄνθρωπος, ἐν τῷ ἀφθάρτῳ τοῦ πραέος καὶ ἡσυχίου* πραεος και ησυχιου f35 A,C [74%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 13 ℵ [0.4%] ¦ πραεως 23 𝕻72 [25%] NU ¦ ~ 32 πραεως B [0.2%] ¦ two more variants πνεύματος, ὅ ἐστιν ἐνώπιον τοῦ† του rell ¦ — [20%] Θεοῦ πολυτελές. 5 Οὕτως γάρ ποτε καὶ αἱ ἅγιαι γυναῖκες αἱ ἐλπίζουσαι ἐπὶ τὸν‡ επι τον f35 ℵ [81%] OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 2 [7%] ¦ 1 [3%] RP,HF ¦ εις 𝕻72A,B,C [9%] NU Θεὸν ἐκόσμουν ἑαυτάς, ὑποτασσόμεναι τοῖς ἰδίοις ἀνδράσιν, 6 ὡς Σάρρα ὑπήκουσεν τῷ Ἁβραάμ,§ ἁβρααμ f35 [50%] ¦ ἀβρααμ ℵA,B,C [50%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (When Jehovah changed Abram’s name to Abraham [Genesis 17:5] the intervocalic aspiration in Hebrew is adequately represented in English by ‘h’; but so far as I know, there is no way in Greek to indicate intervocalic aspiration within a word—the only alternative to losing the aspiration altogether would be to place it at the beginning of the word.) κύριον αὐτὸν καλοῦσα, ἧς ἐγενήθητε* εγενηθητε f35 𝕻81vℵA,B,C [63%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ εγεννηθητε 𝕻72 [35%] CP ¦ εγεννηθη [2%] (The extra nu is presumably a mistake.) τέκνα ἀγαθοποιοῦσαι καὶ μὴ φοβούμεναι μηδεμίαν πτόησιν.
A word to husbands
7 Οἱ ἄνδρες, ὁμοίως, συνοικοῦντες κατὰ γνῶσιν ὡς ἀσθενεστέρῳ σκεύει τῷ γυναικείῳ, ἀπονέμοντες τιμὴν ὡς καὶ συγκληρονόμοι† συγκληρονομοι f35 (A,C) [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ συγκληρονομοις 𝕻81 (𝕻72B) [9%] NU ¦ συνκληρονομους ℵ ¦ two other readings χάριτος ζωῆς,‡ χαριτος ζωης f35 𝕻81vB,C [58%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 1 ζωσης [35%] ¦ ποικιλης 12 ℵA [7%] ¦ 12 αιωνιου 𝕻72 εἰς τὸ μὴ ἐγκόπτεσθαι§ εγκοπτεσθαι f35 𝕻81(ℵ)A,B [70%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ εκκοπτεσθαι 𝕻72C [30%] TR τὰς προσευχὰς ὑμῶν.
The golden rule
8 Τὸ δὲ τέλος, πάντες ὁμόφρονες, συμπαθεῖς, φιλάδελφοι, εὔσπλαγχνοι, φιλόφρονες,* φιλοφρονες f35 (73.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ταπεινοφρονες 𝕻72,81vℵA,B,C (22.3%) NU ¦ several conflations that garner (4.4%) 9 μὴ ἀποδιδόντες κακὸν ἀντὶ κακοῦ ἢ λοιδορίαν ἀντὶ λοιδορίας, τοὐναντίον δὲ εὐλογοῦντες, εἰδότες† ειδοτες f35 (90.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72,81ℵA,B,C (9.7%) NU ὅτι εἰς τοῦτο ἐκλήθητε ἵνα εὐλογίαν κληρονομήσητε. 10 «Ὁ γὰρ θέλων ζωὴν ἀγαπᾶν καὶ ἡμέρας ἰδεῖν‡ ημερας ιδειν f35 C [26%] ¦ ~ 21 𝕻72,81vℵA,B [74%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (f35 [Kr] is independent of Kx.) ἀγαθὰς παυσάτω τὴν γλῶσσαν αὐτοῦ§ αυτου f35 ℵ [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72,81A,B,C [5%] NU ἀπὸ κακοῦ καὶ χείλη αὐτοῦ* αυτου f35 [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72,81vℵA,B,C [11%] NU τοῦ μὴ λαλῆσαι δόλον· 11 ἐκκλινάτω ἀπὸ† απο f35 ℵ [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ δε 1 𝕻72A,B,C [7%] NU κακοῦ καὶ ποιησάτω ἀγαθόν· ζητησάτω εἰρήνην, καὶ διωξάτω αὐτήν. 12 Ὅτι‡ οτι f35 𝕻72,81ℵA,B,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ 1 οι [2%] TR ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους, καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν· πρόσωπον δὲ Κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά.»§ κακα f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 του εξολοθρευσαι αυτους εκ γης [7%] CP
Better to suffer than to sin
13 Καὶ τίς ὁ κακώσων ὑμᾶς ἐὰν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μιμηταὶ* μιμηται f35 [75%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ζηλωται (𝕻72ℵ)A(B)C [25%] NU γένησθε; 14 Ἀλλ᾿ εἰ καὶ πάσχοιτε† ει και πασχοιτε f35 𝕻72(ℵ)B,C [82%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ~ 213 [8%] ¦ 12 πασχετε [5.5%] CP ¦ 1 δε 23 A [4.5%] διὰ δικαιοσύνην, μακάριοι. «Τὸν δὲ φόβον αὐτῶν μὴ φοβηθῆτε, μηδὲ ταραχθῆτε.» 15 Κύριον δὲ τὸν Θεὸν‡ θεον f35 [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστον 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [6%] NU ἁγιάσατε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν, ἕτοιμοι δὲ§ δε f35 [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [17%] NU ἀεὶ πρὸς ἀπολογίαν παντὶ τῷ αἰτοῦντι ὑμᾶς λόγον περὶ τῆς ἐν ὑμῖν ἐλπίδος,* ελπιδος f35 [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 αλλα 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [19%] NU μετὰ πραΰτητος† πραυτητος rell ¦ πραοτητος [15%] καὶ φόβου· 16 συνείδησιν ἔχοντες ἀγαθήν, ἵνα ἐν ᾧ καταλαλοῦσιν‡ καταλαλουσιν f35 ℵA,C (44.4%) RP,OC,CP ¦ καταλαλωσιν (50%) HF,TR ¦ καταλαλεισθε 𝕻72B (5%) NU ¦ two other readings ὑμῶν ὡς κακοποιῶν,§ υμων ως κακοποιων f35 ℵA,C (92.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υμας 23 (2.4%) ¦ — 𝕻72B (5.2%) NU καταισχυνθῶσιν οἱ ἐπηρεάζοντες ὑμῶν τῇ ἀγαθῇ ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστροφῇ.* τη αγαθη εν χριστω αναστροφη f35 [20%] ¦ την αγαθην 34 αναστροφην (ℵ)A,B [50%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ~ την 34 αγαθην αναστροφην 𝕻72 [24%] ¦ την 34 αγνην αναστροφην C [1%] ¦ την καλην 34 αναστροφην [4%] ¦ — [1%] (The dative is correct for the object of επηρεαζω, but if copyists were not familiar with the verb they would naturally ‘correct’ to the accusative. ECM lists 15 variations for the 6-word phrase.) 17 Κρεῖττον γὰρ ἀγαθοποιοῦντας, εἰ θέλοι† θελοι f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [92%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ θελει [3%] TR ¦ — [5%] τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Θεοῦ, πάσχειν ἢ κακοποιοῦντας.
Follow Christ’s example to victory
18 Ὅτι καὶ Χριστὸς ἅπαξ περὶ ἁμαρτιῶν ἔπαθεν,‡ επαθεν f35 B [78%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ υπερ ημων 1 [6%] ¦ απεθανεν C [3%] ¦ υπερ ημων απεθανεν (ℵ) [10%] ¦ υπερ υμων απεθανεν 𝕻72A [3%] δίκαιος ὑπὲρ ἀδίκων, ἵνα ἡμᾶς§ ημας f35 A,C [64%] OC,TR,CP ¦ υμας 𝕻72B [36%] RP,HF,NU ¦ — ℵ προσαγάγῃ τῷ Θεῷ· θανατωθεὶς μὲν σαρκὶ ζωοποιηθεὶς δὲ* δε f35 ℵA,B,C [96%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ 1 τω [4%] TR ¦ 1 εν 𝕻72 πνεύματι· 19 ἐν ᾧ καὶ τοῖς ἐν φυλακῇ πνεύμασιν πορευθεὶς ἐκήρυξεν, 20 ἀπειθήσασίν ποτε, ὅτε ἀπεξεδέχετο† απεξεδεχετο f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [88%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ απαξ εδεχετο [11%] ¦ απαξ εξεδεχετο TR ¦ three other readings ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ μακροθυμία ἐν ἡμέραις Νῶε, κατασκευαζομένης κιβωτοῦ, εἰς ἣν ὀλίγαι,‡ ολιγαι f35 C [87%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ολιγοι 𝕻72ℵA,B [12%] NU ¦ ο λογος [1%] τοῦτ᾿ ἔστιν ὀκτώ, ψυχαὶ διεσώθησαν δι᾿ ὕδατος· 21 ὃ§ ο f35 A,B,C [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ω [12%] CP ¦ ου [1.5%] ¦ — 𝕻72ℵ [2.5%] ἀντίτυπον, νῦν καὶ ἡμᾶς* αντιτυπον νυν και ημας f35 [74%] RP,HF,OC(CP) ¦ 123 υμας [2%] ¦ ~ 3412 C [8%] TR ¦ ~ 3 υμας 12 𝕻72A,B [12%] NU ¦ ~ 3 υμας 21 ℵ (There are seven further variants that together garner 4%; ημας has about 85%.) σῴζει, βάπτισμα (οὐ σαρκὸς ἀπόθεσις ῥύπου, ἀλλὰ συνειδήσεως ἀγαθῆς ἐπερώτημα εἰς Θεόν) δι᾿ ἀναστάσεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, 22 ὅς ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ† του f35 𝕻72A,C [99.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ — ℵB [0.6%] Θεοῦ, πορευθεὶς εἰς οὐρανόν, ὑποταγέντων αὐτῷ ἀγγέλων καὶ ἐξουσιῶν καὶ δυνάμεων.

*3:1 αι f35 𝕻72C [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ και 1 [3%] ¦ δε και 1 [2%] ¦ — 𝕻81ℵA,B [1%] ¦ two other variants

†3:1 και ει τινες f35 𝕻72ℵA [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ~ 213 C [10%] ¦ 23 𝕻81vB [3%] ¦ 1 οιτινες [6%] ¦ οιτινες [1%]

‡3:1 κερδηθησονται f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ κερδησονται [1%] ¦ κερδηθησωνται [1%] TR

§3:3 εμπλοκης f35 𝕻72ℵA,B [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ εν πλοκης C [8%] ¦ εκ πλοκης [10%] ¦ two further variants

*3:4 πραεος και ησυχιου f35 A,C [74%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 13 ℵ [0.4%] ¦ πραεως 23 𝕻72 [25%] NU ¦ ~ 32 πραεως B [0.2%] ¦ two more variants

†3:4 του rell ¦ — [20%]

‡3:5 επι τον f35 ℵ [81%] OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 2 [7%] ¦ 1 [3%] RP,HF ¦ εις 𝕻72A,B,C [9%] NU

§3:6 ἁβρααμ f35 [50%] ¦ ἀβρααμ ℵA,B,C [50%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (When Jehovah changed Abram’s name to Abraham [Genesis 17:5] the intervocalic aspiration in Hebrew is adequately represented in English by ‘h’; but so far as I know, there is no way in Greek to indicate intervocalic aspiration within a word—the only alternative to losing the aspiration altogether would be to place it at the beginning of the word.)

*3:6 εγενηθητε f35 𝕻81vℵA,B,C [63%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ εγεννηθητε 𝕻72 [35%] CP ¦ εγεννηθη [2%] (The extra nu is presumably a mistake.)

†3:7 συγκληρονομοι f35 (A,C) [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ συγκληρονομοις 𝕻81 (𝕻72B) [9%] NU ¦ συνκληρονομους ℵ ¦ two other readings

‡3:7 χαριτος ζωης f35 𝕻81vB,C [58%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ 1 ζωσης [35%] ¦ ποικιλης 12 ℵA [7%] ¦ 12 αιωνιου 𝕻72

§3:7 εγκοπτεσθαι f35 𝕻81(ℵ)A,B [70%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ εκκοπτεσθαι 𝕻72C [30%] TR

*3:8 φιλοφρονες f35 (73.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ταπεινοφρονες 𝕻72,81vℵA,B,C (22.3%) NU ¦ several conflations that garner (4.4%)

†3:9 ειδοτες f35 (90.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72,81ℵA,B,C (9.7%) NU

‡3:10 ημερας ιδειν f35 C [26%] ¦ ~ 21 𝕻72,81vℵA,B [74%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (f35 [Kr] is independent of Kx.)

§3:10 αυτου f35 ℵ [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72,81A,B,C [5%] NU

*3:10 αυτου f35 [89%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72,81vℵA,B,C [11%] NU

†3:11 απο f35 ℵ [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ δε 1 𝕻72A,B,C [7%] NU

‡3:12 οτι f35 𝕻72,81ℵA,B,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ 1 οι [2%] TR

§3:12 κακα f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ 1 του εξολοθρευσαι αυτους εκ γης [7%] CP

*3:13 μιμηται f35 [75%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ζηλωται (𝕻72ℵ)A(B)C [25%] NU

†3:14 ει και πασχοιτε f35 𝕻72(ℵ)B,C [82%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ~ 213 [8%] ¦ 12 πασχετε [5.5%] CP ¦ 1 δε 23 A [4.5%]

‡3:15 θεον f35 [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ χριστον 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [6%] NU

§3:15 δε f35 [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [17%] NU

*3:15 ελπιδος f35 [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 αλλα 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [19%] NU

†3:15 πραυτητος rell ¦ πραοτητος [15%]

‡3:16 καταλαλουσιν f35 ℵA,C (44.4%) RP,OC,CP ¦ καταλαλωσιν (50%) HF,TR ¦ καταλαλεισθε 𝕻72B (5%) NU ¦ two other readings

§3:16 υμων ως κακοποιων f35 ℵA,C (92.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ υμας 23 (2.4%) ¦ — 𝕻72B (5.2%) NU

*3:16 τη αγαθη εν χριστω αναστροφη f35 [20%] ¦ την αγαθην 34 αναστροφην (ℵ)A,B [50%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ ~ την 34 αγαθην αναστροφην 𝕻72 [24%] ¦ την 34 αγνην αναστροφην C [1%] ¦ την καλην 34 αναστροφην [4%] ¦ — [1%] (The dative is correct for the object of επηρεαζω, but if copyists were not familiar with the verb they would naturally ‘correct’ to the accusative. ECM lists 15 variations for the 6-word phrase.)

†3:17 θελοι f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [92%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ θελει [3%] TR ¦ — [5%]

‡3:18 επαθεν f35 B [78%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ υπερ ημων 1 [6%] ¦ απεθανεν C [3%] ¦ υπερ ημων απεθανεν (ℵ) [10%] ¦ υπερ υμων απεθανεν 𝕻72A [3%]

§3:18 ημας f35 A,C [64%] OC,TR,CP ¦ υμας 𝕻72B [36%] RP,HF,NU ¦ — ℵ

*3:18 δε f35 ℵA,B,C [96%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ 1 τω [4%] TR ¦ 1 εν 𝕻72

†3:20 απεξεδεχετο f35 𝕻72ℵA,B,C [88%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ απαξ εδεχετο [11%] ¦ απαξ εξεδεχετο TR ¦ three other readings

‡3:20 ολιγαι f35 C [87%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ολιγοι 𝕻72ℵA,B [12%] NU ¦ ο λογος [1%]

§3:21 ο f35 A,B,C [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ω [12%] CP ¦ ου [1.5%] ¦ — 𝕻72ℵ [2.5%]

*3:21 αντιτυπον νυν και ημας f35 [74%] RP,HF,OC(CP) ¦ 123 υμας [2%] ¦ ~ 3412 C [8%] TR ¦ ~ 3 υμας 12 𝕻72A,B [12%] NU ¦ ~ 3 υμας 21 ℵ (There are seven further variants that together garner 4%; ημας has about 85%.)

†3:22 του f35 𝕻72A,C [99.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ — ℵB [0.6%]

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