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7. WH. suspect some primitive error, but hold that the genuineness of διό (אABG) is above doubt, its omission (DKLP, Iren. Aug.) being “a characteristic Western attempt to deal with a difficulty by excision.” To cut out καὶ τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῶν ἀποκαλύψεων as a gloss (Baljon) is a similar attempt. No witnesses omit these words. The second ἵνα μἠ ὑπεραίρωμαι (א3BKLP, Syrr. Copt. Arm. Goth.) might be a gloss, for אADF 17, Latt. Aeth., Iren. Tert. Aug. omit. More probably this is another excision to make the text smoother.
ἄγγελος Σατανᾶ (אABDFG, Orig.) rather than ἄγγ. Σατάν (A2D2D3-KLP). The form Σατανᾶς prevails in the N.T. (2Co 2:11, 2Co 11:14; 1Co 5:5; 1Co 7:5, &c.), and in the LXX. Σατάν is very rare (1Ki 11:14, [23]).