2 John 1

2 John 1:8

:TEXT: “that plyou may not lose what we have worked for”

B syr(h)margin cop(south)

ASV RSVn NASV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “that plyou may not lose what plyou have worked for”

S A Psi 0232vid 33 81 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 lat vg syr(ph,h) cop(north)

ASVn RSV NASVn NIV TEVnOTHER: “that we may not lose what we have worked for”

K P 104 945 Byz Lect

KJV

The translations “we” and “plyou” in this verse are from the verb endings which were not pronounced alike. Even though there is not much manuscript evidence for the text reading, it is the reading that was most likely to be changed by copyists: some changed “we” to “plyou” to make it read “plyou . . .plyou”; others changed “plyou” to “we” to make it read “we . . . we.”

2 John 1:12

:TEXT: “so that our joy may be made full”

S K L P Psi 104 614 630 945 2495 Byz Lect syr(ph,h)

KJV RSV NASVn NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: “so that plyour joy may be made full”

A B 33 81 1739 1881 lat vg cop(north)

ASV : “so that my joy may be made full”

cop(south)

In later Greek the words for “our” and “plyour” were pronounced alike. It is likely that copyists misheard “our” as “plyour,” influenced by the two previous occurrences of “plyou” in the verse.