Ephesians 5

Ephesians 5:2

:TEXT: “Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us”

p46 Sc D G K Psi 33 104 614 630 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p,h)

KJV RSV NASVn NIV TEV RANK: C on first “us”; B on second “us"NOTES: “Christ also loved plyou and gave himself up for plyou”

B two lat cop

ASVn : “Christ also loved plyou and gave himself up for us”

S* A P 0159 81 1241? two lat

ASV NASV

In later Greek the words for “us” and “plyou” were pronounced alike. Although the evidence for the first “us” is fairly evenly balanced between “us” and “plyou,” the evidence for the second “us” is much stronger than the evidence for “plyou.” It seems likely that Paul originally used the same pronoun in both places.

Ephesians 5:9

:TEXT: “the fruit of light [is found] in all goodness”

p49 S A B D* G P 33 81 1739* 1881 Lect lat vg syr(p,pal) cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “the fruit of the Spirit [is found] in all goodness”

p46 Dc K Psi 104 614 630 1241 1739margin 2495 Byz syr(h)

: Although it is possible that the word “light” was taken by copyists from the previous line, it is much more probable that “the Spirit” was borrowed by copyists from the phrase “fruit of the Spirit” in Galatians 5:22.

Ephesians 5:19

:TEXT: “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and”

S A (add “with thankfulness”) D G K P Psi 33 81 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect most lat vg syr cop

KJV ASV RSV NASV NIV NEBn TEV RANK: CNOTES: “psalms and hymns and songs, singing and”

p46 B two lat

: Although it is possible that the word “spiritual” was added from the parallel passage in Colossians 3:16, it is much more likely that it was accidently omitted due to a mistake of the eye, since the word for “songs” (which precedes “spiritual” in Greek) ends in the same three letters as the word for “spiritual.”

Ephesians 5:30

:TEXT: “·because we are members of his body.”

p46 S* A B 048 33 81 1739* 1881 cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “·because we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his bones.”

Sc D G P Psi 104 614 630 1241 1739margin 2495 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h)

: “·because we are members of his body, of his flesh and of his body.”

K

Although it is possible that the phrase “of his flesh and of his bones” was accidently omitted when copyists’ eyes jumped from “his” to “his” (which follow “body” and “bones” in Greek), it is more likely that the words were taken from Genesis 2:23 (where, however, the order is “of his bones and of his flesh”) since verse Ephesians 5:31 is a quote from Genesis 2:24.