1 Corinthians 7

1 Corinthians 7:7

:TEXT: “·And I wish that all men were as indeed [I] myself”

p46 S* A C D* G 81 lat earlier vg cop(north)

ASV (“Yet”) NASV (“Yet”) TEV (“Actually”) RANK: BNOTES: “·For I wish that all men were as indeed [I] myself”

Sc B Db,c K P Psi 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect later vg syr(p,h) cop(south)

KJV ASVn NASVnCOMMENTS: The RSV, NIV, and NEB omit the conjunction in translation. The word translated “And” or “Yet” is an adversative conjunction. Apparently copyists who did not notice the slight opposition between this sentence and the previous one replaced this conjunction with “For.”

1 Corinthians 7:15

:TEXT: “But God has called plyou in peace.”

S* A C K 81 cop(north)

ASVn RSVn NASVn TEV RANK: CNOTES: “But God has called us in peace.”

p46 Sc B D G Psi 33 104 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NASV : In later Greek both “plyou” and “us” were pronounced alike. Thus the variation may be due to a mistake of the ear. Copyists would be more likely to write down the more general word “us,” so it is possible that “plyou” is original. The NEB omits both words.

1 Corinthians 7:34

:TEXT: “please [his] wife, ·and [his interests] are divided. And the unmarried woman and the virgin are concerned”

p15 \ B P \ 104 \ 2495 most lat vg cop

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: DNOTES: “please [his] wife. ·There is also a difference between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried [woman] is concerned”

Dc F G K L Psi 614 630 1241 Byz Lect four lat syr(p,h)

KJV ASVn NASVn NEBnOTHER: “please [his] wife, ·and the woman is divided. And the unmarried virgin is concerned”

D*

There are nine variations of this passage within the two major groups, mostly involving the inclusion or omission of two uses of “and” or “also,” the location or omission of the word “unmarried,” and the position of punctuation. The same Greek word can be translated “are divided” or “there is a difference between.” The evidence listed in braces is a combination reading that has “the unmarried woman and the unmarried virgin” (the adjective “unmarried” follows “virgin” in the Greek). The original reading of manuscript D actually supports the reading in the notes. The word order is the same; it is misplaced punctuation that makes for the strange reading. Although it is possible that copyists who misread the reading in the notes as “and is divided. And the wife and the unmarried virgin are concerned” moved the word “unmarried” from following “virgin” to following “wife” or “woman” (thus producing the text reading), the fact that the text reading is found in early manuscripts of both the Alexandrian and Western kinds of ancient text makes this unlikely. It is more likely that copyists who had trouble seeing why he wrote both “unmarried woman” and “virgin” changed the text reading by moving “unmarried” to follow “virgin” and making a third sentence.