Romans 3

Romans 3:7

:TEXT: “·But if by my falsehood”

S A 81 two lat cop(north)

ASV RSV NASV NEB (“Again”) TEV RANK: CNOTES: “·For if by my falsehood”

B D G K P Psi 33 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect most lat vg syr cop(south)

KJV ASVnOTHER: “·Someone might argue, ‘If my falsehood’”

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NIV

The UBS Textual Committee felt that Paul’s argument requires a parallel between verses Romans 3:5-7 that is given by the reading “But.”

Romans 3:22

:TEXT: “for all those who believe.”

p40 S* A B C P Psi 81 104 630 1739 1881 syr(pal) cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: BNOTES: “for all and on all those who believe.”

Sc D G K 33 614 1241 2495 Byz Lect most lat later vg syr(p,h)

KJV ASVnOTHER: “on all those who believe.”

one lat earlier vg

An early Latin translation of “for all” (or “to all,” as it can be translated) was “on all.” The reading in the notes is a combination of these two readings.

Romans 3:28

:TEXT: “·For we reckon that a man”

S A D* G Psi 81 630 1739 1881 lat vg syr(pal) cop

ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “·Therefore we reckon that a man”

B C Dc K P 33 104 614 1241 2495 Byz syr(p,h)

KJV ASV NASVnOTHER: “·We reckon that a man”

Lect

The context seems to favor “For” rather than “Therefore,” since verse 28 gives a reason for the argument, not a conclusion from it. Perhaps “Therefore” was introduced when copyists took “we reckon” to mean “we infer” rather than “we consider.” Verse 28 begins a new lesson in the Greek lectionaries which accounts for their omission of a conjunction.