1 Thessalonians 3

1 Thessalonians 3:2

:TEXT: “our brother and God’s fellow-worker in the gospel”

D* 33 three lat

ASVn NASV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “our brother and fellow-worker in the gospel”

B 1962

NEBnNOTES: “our brother and God’s servant in the gospel”

S A P Psi 81 1241 1739 1881 most lat vg syr(h) cop

ASV RSV NOTES: “our brother and God’s servant and our fellow-worker in the gospel”

Dc K 104 614 630 2495 Byz Lect syr(p,h+)

KJV

The reading that best explains the origin of the others is “God’s fellow-worker.” Copyists who objected to this equality with God either omitted “God’s” or changed “fellow-worker” to “servant.” The reading “God’s servant and our fellow-worker” is a combination of two readings.

1 Thessalonians 3:13

:TEXT: “advent of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.”

S*,b A D* 81 most lat vg some cop(north)

ASVn RANK: CNOTES: “advent of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.”

Sa B Dc G K Psi 33 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect two lat syr(p,h,pal) most cop(north) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB : The word “Amen” is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. Although it is possible that “Amen” was added because it came at the end of a lectionary reading, it is also possible that copyists omitted it because it came in the middle of the body of the letter.