Ephesians 4

Ephesians 4:9

:TEXT: “he had also descended into the lower parts”

p46 S* A C* D G I(vid) 082 33 81 1241 1739 1881 some lat cop(north) one cop(south)

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB RANK: BNOTES: “he had also descended first into the lower parts”

Sc B Cc K P Psi 104 614 630 2495 Byz Lect some lat vg syr(p,h) most cop(south)

KJV ASVn NASVn : The addition of “first” seems to be a natural expansion introduced by copyists to make the meaning clear.

Ephesians 4:32

:TEXT: “just as God in Christ also forgave plyou.”

p46 S A G P 81 614 most lat later vg most cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “just as God in Christ also forgave us.”

p49 B D K Psi 33 104 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect one lat earlier vg syr(p,h) some cop(north)

ASVn NASVnCOMMENTS: In later Greek the words “plyou” and “us” were pronounced alike. Copyists who did not clearly hear the word were more likely to write down the more general “us” than “plyou” in such a phrase.