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2. συνβιβασθέντες. So א*ABCD*P Old Lat. Vulg. -θέντων is read by the Text. Rec. with אcDcKL.
τοῦ θεοῦ, Χριστοῦ. In B Hil. de Trin. ix. 62 only.
This difficult reading was altered in several ways:
(a) τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν Χριστός D* Aug.
(b) τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ Cyr. Alex.
(c) τοῦ θεοῦ DbP and a few cursives.
(d) τοῦ θεοῦ πατρὸς [τοῦ] χριστοῦ א*AC vulg.
(e) τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς τοῦ χριστοῦ אc Syr. Harcl. text.
(f) τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ χριστοῦ Text. Rec. with DcKL.
(g) τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ or τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ 17 [Aeth.] Clem.
Alex. Ambrst. See further W.H. Append. p. 126, where Hort thinks that the original reading was [τοῦ μυστηρίου] τοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ. But it seems improbable that so comparatively simple a reading would have caused so much trouble.