4. τῳ prefixed to θεῳ τῳ δοκιμαζοντι by ×cADcGKL (Syrian witnesses), against ×*BCD*P 67** (Pre-Syrian): the first τῳ due to the presence of the second. Cf. 1Th 2:15 for anarthrous θεῳ in this connexion; also 1Th 4:1, and Rom 8:8.