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ἐν ἐμπαιγμονῇ ] has been rightly adopted into the text by Griesb. Scholz, etc.; it is attested by A B C P à 27, etc., Syr. utr. Arr. etc. Its omission (in K L, etc., Rec.) is easily explained by its having seemed superfluous on account of the subsequent ἐμπαῖαται .
Tisch. has placed αὐτῶν before ἐπιθυμίας , following A à , several min. Oec.; however, B C K L P, al., m. Theoph. etc., are in favour of placing it after ἐπιθ . (Griesb. Scholz, Lachm.).—2Pe_3:7. Instead of the Rec. τῷ αὐτῷ λόγῳ , after A, Vulg. Copt. etc. (Lachm. Buttm. Tisch. 8), C L à , al., perm. Syr. utr. etc., read: τῷ αὐτοῦ λόγῳ (Griesb. Scholz, Tisch. 7). According to Buttm., the reading in B is uncertain. On internal grounds it is difficult to decide which is the original reading; Hofmann, however, declares the reading αὐτῷ to be absurd.—2Pe_3:9. κύριος ] instead of the Rec. ὁ κύριος ; the most important authorities omit the article.
εἰς ἡμᾶς ] Rec. K L, etc.; instead of ἡμᾶς , A B C à , etc., have ὑμᾶς ; and instead of εἰς , A à , etc., read διά . Tisch. 7 has adopted εἰς ὑμᾶς , and Lachm. and Tisch. 8 διʼ ὑμᾶς ; the reading: εἰς ὑμᾶς , is best attested. Reiche considers that of the Rec. to be the original reading: ob testium majorem numerum (?) et quia hic modestius et convenientius erat, se ipsum includere; the most of the modern commentators prefer εἰς ὑμᾶς ; Hofm., however, holds the Rec. to be the original reading. Semler looks upon all the three readings as mere interpretamenta.—2Pe_3:10. In B C, Cyr., the article is wanting before ἡμέρα ; Lachm. and Tisch. have omitted it.
After κλέπτης the Rec. has ἐν νυκτί (after C K L, etc.), already justly omitted by Griesb. as a later supplement from 1Th_5:2 (so, too, Tisch.).
Before οὐρανοί the Rec., after A B C (Lachm. Tisch. 7), has the article οἱ ; in K L à it is wanting (Tisch. 8).
In place of λυθήσονται , Rec., after A K L (Tisch. 7), Lachm. and Tisch. 8 have adopted the sing. λυθήσεται , following B C à ; perhaps it is a correction according to the common usage.
Instead of the Rec. κατακαήσεται in A L, etc., B K P, etc., read εὑρεθήσεται ; Lachm. and Tisch. have retained the Rec.; the latter observes (8): dubium non est, quin εὑρεθήσεται edere jubeamur, at hoc vix ac ne vix quidem potest sanum esse; οὐχ sive οὐκέτι si praepositum esset, non haerendum esset. The greater number of commentators have left unnoticed the reading εὑρεθήσεται ; not so Hofmann; Buttm. reads: ἃ ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται ; but ἃ instead of τά occurs in no codex. Cod. C reads ἀφανισθήσονται . See further in the exposition.—2Pe_3:11. τούτων οὖν ] Rec. after A K L à , etc., Vulg. Thph. Oec. (Lachm.Tisch. 8); in its place B has τοῦτων οὕτως , and C τούτων δὲ οὕτως ; Tisch. 7 had accepted the version of B.—2Pe_3:12. Instead of τήκεται , Lachm., following C, Vulg. etc., reads: τακήσεται ; probably a correction, because of the preceding future.—2Pe_3:13. γῆν καινήν ] Rec. according to B C K L P, etc. (Lachm. Tisch. 7); in its place Tisch. 8 reads καινὴν γῆν , according to A à ; this appears to be a correction, after the preceding καινοὺς … οὐρανούς .
κατὰ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ] Rec. according to B C K L P (Tisch. 7); instead of κατά , A, etc., read καί ; and in place of ἐπάγγελμα , A à , etc., have: ἐπαγγέλματα ; Lachm. has adopted καὶ τὰ ἐπαγγέλματα ; and Tisch. 8: κατὰ τὰ ἐπαγγέλματα .—2Pe_3:15. According to A B C K P à , etc., instead of the Rec. αὐτῷ δοθεῖσαν (L, etc.), the reading should be, as in Lachm. and Tisch.: δοθεῖσαν αὐτῷ .—2Pe_3:16. After πάσαις , Tisch. 8, following K L P à , reads the article ταῖς ; Tisch. 7 and Lachm. omit ταῖς , after A B C, al.
In place of the Rec. ἐν αἷς (Tisch. 8), after A B à , Lachm. and Tisch. 7 read: ἐν οἷς ; on this see the commentary.
Lachm. has retained the ἀμήν , which closes the epistle, according to A C K L P à , al.; Tisch., following B, has omitted it, remarking: solet omnino a testibus plerisque addi ad finem epistolarum; ter tantum (Rom., Gal., Jud.) non satis auctoritatis est, ut omittatur ἀμήν . Pauci addunt ἀμήν 3 Joh.