2 Corinthians 12

2 Corinthians 12:1

:TEXT: “It is necessary to keep boasting, although it is not expedient; but”

p46 B G 33 1739 \ one cop(north)

ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “Now to keep boasting is not expedient for me, but”

D* (omit “for me”) K Psi 2495 some Byz Lect

KJV ASVnOTHER: “It is necessary to keep boasting; it is not expedient for me, but”

Dc \ P (omit “for me”) \ 104 614 630 1241 1881 some Byz two lat \ syr(p) (omit “for me”) syr(h) OTHER: “Now to keep boasting [is] not being expedient, but”

S* \ most cop(north)

The evidence in braces begins with “if.” The words “although it is not expedient” and “not being expedient” are two translations of the same participle. The Greek words for “it is necessary” and “now” are spelled and sound almost alike. The evidence seems to favor “it is necessary” as being original. The evidence also seems to indicate that the participle was changed to an indicative verb to improve the style and that an untranslated particle (men) that means “on the one hand” was changed to “for me” (moi).

2 Corinthians 12:7

:TEXT: “of the revelations, therefore, so that I might not”

S A B G 33 81 1739 one lat syr(h) cop(north)

ASVn NASV NEBn RANK: DNOTES: “of the revelations, so that I might not”

p46 D K P Psi 104 614 630 1241 1881 2495 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p) cop(south)

KJV ASV RSV NIV NEB : The word “therefore” was apparently omitted by many copyists to improve the style of the sentence.

2 Corinthians 12:9

:TEXT: “for [my] power is made perfect in weakness.”

p46vid S* A* B D* F G two lat vg cop(south) some cop(north)

ASV RSV? NASV NIV? NEB TEV? RANK: -NOTES: “for my power is made perfect in weakness.”

Sc A2 Db,c E K L P Psi Maj syr(p,h) some cop(north)

KJV RSV? NASVn NIV? TEV?: The possessive pronoun “my,” which is implied by the definite article, was apparently added by copyists to make the sense clear.