1 Corinthians 8

1 Corinthians 8:3

:TEXT: “·But if anyone loves God, he is known by him.”

p15 S* (omit “by him”) Sc A B D G K P Psi 33 (omit “by him”) 81 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h) cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: BNOTES: “·But if anyone loves, he is known.”

p46: NEB (“he is acknowledged by God.”): The omission of “God” here by manuscript p46 is due to a generalizing of the text by the copyist of that manuscript. It also omits “something” in verse 1 Corinthians 8:2, and “by him” at the end of verse 1 Corinthians 8:3.

1 Corinthians 8:7

:TEXT: “because of [their] custom regarding an idol”

S* A B P Psi 33 81 630 1739 1881 syr(h)margin cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “because of [their] conscience regarding an idol”

Sc D G 104 614 1241 2495 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h)

KJV NEBnCOMMENTS: The words “custom” and “conscience” in Greek are spelled similarly. Apparently the word “conscience” was borrowed by copyists from the last part of the verse.

1 Corinthians 8:12

:TEXT: “wound their conscience when it is weak, plyou sin”

S A B D G K P Psi 33 81 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h) cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: ANOTES: “wound their conscience, plyou sin”

p46: : The word for “when it was weak” was probably deliberately omitted to keep someone from thinking that it is all right to wound a strong conscience. This is a generalizing tendency, which manuscript p46 also shows in 1 Corinthians 8:3.