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πάντων ] is omitted in some codd. (G, G, Boern. Or. [semel]); it might easily be overlooked as merely strengthening the πρῶτον .—1Ti_2:3. In A 17, 67** à , Cop. Sahid. γάρ is wanting, and is therefore omitted by Lachm. Buttm. and Tisch. 8; it is retained in Matthaei and Tisch. 7.—1Ti_2:6. τὸ μαρτύριον καιροῖς ἰδίοις ] Some codd. have the reading οὗ τὸ μαρτ . κ . ἰδ . ἐδόθη (D* F G, Clar. Boern. Harl.* Ambrosiast.; while some cursives have the reading οὗ , but without ἐδόθη ). This reading has only arisen out of a desire to connect the words more closely with what precedes. The omission of the words τὸ μαρτύριον in A is to be considered merely an error in copying. Lachm. in his large edition (so also Buttm.) left them out; in the small edition he retained them. à has the reading καί for τό .—1Ti_2:7. The words ἐν Χριστῷ were rejected from the text even by Griesb. (so also Scholz, Lachm., and others), because they are wanting in the most important authorities, in A D* F G 3, 6, 23* 31, al., Syr. utr. Arr. Copt. etc.; on the other hand, they are found in à . Matthaei, however, has retained them with the remark: adhuc maneo in ea sententia, ut credam, ab Praxapostolis et Euchologiis exclusum esse in fine lectionis. If they are compared with Rom_9:1, it is easy to explain how they came into the text.
Instead of ἐν πίστει , à has ἐν γνώσει . Buttm., following A, reads ἐν πνεύματι .—1Ti_2:8. Instead of the singular διαλογισμοῦ , F G 17, 47, 67** al., Syr. utr. Boern. Or. (ter sed ter ut Rec.) Eus., etc., have the plural διαλογισμῶν (Tisch. 7); Matthaei remarks on this: hujusmodi lectiones plerumque placent viris graece doctis; verum in N. T. contraria ferenda est sententia. Most authorities, including à , have the singular (Lachm. Buttm. Tisch. 8). The plural is with Reiche to be considered a mere correction, all the more that the singular of the word does not occur elsewhere in the N. T. (except in Luk_9:46-47); comp. especially Php_2:14.—1Ti_2:9. καὶ τάς ] are wanting in A 71; καί alone is wanting in à , and τάς alone is wanting in D* F G 67** 73, al., Or. Lachm. and Buttm. omitted both words, Tisch. only τάς .
ἢ χρυσῷ ] Instead of the Rec. ἤ (in D*** K L, etc.), Lachm. Buttm. Tisch. rightly adopted καί , following A D* F G, etc. Tisch. retained the Rec. χρυσῷ , following D K L, etc.; Lachm. and Buttm., on the other hand, read χρυσίῳ , following A F G, etc. As both forms are used in the N. T., we can hardly decide which is right here.—1Ti_2:10. The reading ὡς instead of ὅ , found in some cursives, Arm. and Cypr., is manifestly a correction to facilitate the interpretation.—1Ti_2:12. Instead of γυναικὶ δὲ διδάσκειν (Tisch. 7), we should follow A D F G à , al., Arm. Vulg. It. Cypr. Jer. Ambrosiast., and read διδάσκειν δὲ γυναικί , which has been received into the text by Lachm. Buttm. Tisch. 8. Hofm., for the sake of his exposition, prefers the Rec.—1Ti_2:14. Instead of the Rec. ἀπατηθεῖσα , Lachm. Buttm. Tisch. read the compound ἐξαπατηθεῖσα , on the testimony of A D* F G 17 28, al., Mt. K., Bas. Chrys. If the compound had not such weighty authorities in its favour, we should be inclined to account for it out of Rom_7:11 and 2Co_11:3.—1Ti_2:15. On the reading γάρ for δέ , found in some codd., Matthaei rightly remarks: ita centies istae particulae … praesertim in principio pro arbitrio mutantur.