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38. καὶ ὁ γαμίζων. The idea in the Apostle’s mind is that both do well. But whether we read καί or δέ in the apodosis, the sentence involves an anacolouthon. The difference between the rec. ἐκγαμίζων and the text is that the former emphasizes the parting with the daughter, ‘marrying her off,’ as we say, while the latter signifies the simple giving in marriage. The reading ποιήσει implies that the practice the Apostle is recommending is not a common one at present but that he hopes it will become so. It was the failure to discern this which led to the correction into the more obvious ποιεῖ.