1 Corinthians 10

1 Corinthians 10:2

:TEXT: “all were baptized into Moses”

p46* (“were being baptized”) S A C D G Psi 33 81 104 630 2495 lat vg syr(pal) vg

KJV* ASV RSV NASV NIV TEV RANK: CNOTES: “all had [themselves] baptized into Moses”

p46c B K P 614 1241 1739 1881 Byz Lect syr(p,h)

NASVn NEB (both read “received baptism”): The text reading is in the passive voice, which corresponds to the Christian practice. The reading in the notes is in the middle voice, which corresponds to the Jewish practice of baptizing oneself (although in Acts 22:16 the middle voice is used of Christian baptism). The middle voice here obviously refers to the fact that the Israelites themselves walked down into the sea bed. The question is whether Paul or copyists made this fine distinction. Although it is quite possible that many copyists changed the middle to the passive voice to reflect Christian baptism, a majority of the UBS Textual Committee preferred the passive voice because elsewhere Paul uses it of Christian baptism and it is found in early manuscripts of both Alexandrian and Western types of ancient text.

1 Corinthians 10:9

:TEXT: “·Nor should we be putting Christ to the test”

p46 D G K Psi 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h) cop

KJV ASVn RSVn NEBn TEVn RANK: CNOTES: “·Nor should we be putting the Lord to the test”

S B C P 33 104

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB : “·Nor should we be putting God to the test”

A 81

Although it is possible that “Christ” was borrowed from verse 1 Corinthians 10:4, it is more likely that copyists who saw a difficulty in explaining how the Israelites in the wilderness could have put Christ to the test changed it to the more general words “Lord” or “God.”

1 Corinthians 10:28

:TEXT: “and [for] conscience’ [sake]–·now by conscience”

S A B C* D F G H* P 33 81 630 1241 1739 1881 lat vg syr(p) cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: ANOTES: “and [for] conscience’ [sake]–for ’the earth [is] the Lord’s, and [so is] its fulness’–·now by conscience”

Hc K L Psi 104 614 2495 Byz Lect syr(h)

KJV NIVnOTHER: add phrase after verse 1 Corinthians 10:31: C3: The additional phrase seems to have been added by copyists from verse 1 Corinthians 10:26. The shorter reading is supported by early manuscripts from both the Alexandrian and Western types of ancient manuscripts.