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Php_3:6. ζῆλον ] Lachm. and Tisch. read ζῆλος , following A B D* F G à *. A copyist’s error; comp. the exeg. remarks on 2Co_9:2.
Php_3:8. Instead of μὲν οὖν Elz. and Tisch. 8 have μενοῦνγω , which, although supported by A P à , is opposed by very preponderating testimony.
The second εἶναι is wanting in B D* F G à *, 17, Arm. Vulg. It. Lucif., et al. Suspected by Griesb, omitted by Lachm. and Tisch. 8. But how readily may it, otherwise superfluous, have been left out before the similar ἵνα !
Php_3:10. The second τήν is wanting in A B à *; omitted by Lachm.; overlooked as unnecessary.
Instead of συμμορφιζόμενος (so Lachm. and Tisch.), which Griesb. approves, Elz. and Scholz have συμμορφούμενος . But the former has in its favour A B D* P à *, min. Or. ms. Bas. Macar., as also συνφορτιζόμενος in F G It. Lucif. Ir. The Recepta substitutes an analogous form more familiar.
Php_3:11. τῶν νεκρ .] A B D E P à , min., and many vss. and Fathers, have τὴν ἐκ νεκρ ., which is recommended by Griesb. and adopted by Scholz, Lachm., and Tisch. But Paul always uses ἀνάστασις with merely the genitive τῶν νεκρῶν , or only νεκρ . The ἐκ was written on the margin here to explain the word ἐξαναστ ., which does not occur elsewhere in the N. T., and subsequently the erroneous insertion of this ἐκ after τῶν (so still F G) produced the reading τὴν ἐκ νεκρ .
Php_3:12. The Χριστοῦ alone (Elz. gives τοῦ Χ . Ἰησοῦ ) has preponderant evidence.
Php_3:14. ἐπί ] Lachm. and Tisch. read εἰς , following A B à , min. Clem. Aeth. Rightly; ἐπί is explanatory.
Php_3:16. After στοιχεῖν , Elz., Scholz have κανόνι , τὸ αὐτὸ φρονεῖν , which is wanting in A B à *, min. Copt. Sahid. Aeth. Hilar. Aug., et al. There are, besides, several variations, and differences in the arrangement of the words. The Recepta has arisen from glosses (following Gal_6:16; Php_2:2), and has far too little homogeneousness in a critical point of view, to enable it to be defended on the ground of homoioteleuton (so Matth. and Rinck).
Php_3:21. After ἡμῶν , Elz. has εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτό , which (although defended by Matth.) is omitted by decisive authorities. An ancient supplement.
ἑαυτῷ ] Following A B D* F G K P à *, min. Eus. Theophyl., αὐτῷ is, with Lachm. and Tisch., to be read; ἑαυτῷ is a more precise definition.
In Php_3:1 Paul seems already preparing to close his epistle; but at this point his attention is directed, perhaps by some special momentary occasion, to the party of anti-Pauline teachers, against which he at once breaks forth with vehemence and irony in Php_3:2, warning his readers against them; and thereafter, from Php_3:4-14, he sets forth in detail his own bearing as contrasted with the character of those false teachers.