1 Timothy 3

1 Timothy 3:1

:TEXT: “·The saying is faithful:”

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

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: BNOTES: “·The saying is human:” or “·The saying is popular:”

D* three lat

: Although the text reading might have been borrowed from such passages as 1 Timothy 4:9, 2 Timothy 2:11, and Titus 3:8, the manuscript evidence indicates that it is original.

1 Timothy 3:16

:TEXT: “He was made apparent in the flesh”

S* A* C* G 33 syr(pal) syr(p,h)? cop?

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “God was made apparent in the flesh”

Se A2 C2 Dc K L P Psi 81 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect

KJV ASVn RSVn NASVn NIVnNOTES: “Which was made apparent in the flesh”

D* lat vg syr(p,h)? cop?

ASVn RSVn

The word “who” was changed to “which” by some copyists to refer to “mystery.” In an older manuscript that does not have accents and breathing marks, all that is required to change the Greek word for “who” (OS) to the abbreviation for “God” (OS) is to add two marks. This happened to several manuscripts, apparently to give a definite subject to the following verbs.