Manuscript lens · variant unit

Gal 5:21 — φθόνοι / φθόνοι, φόνοι

Gal 5:21 · reading in

φθόνοι, μέθαι, κῶμοι, καὶ τὰ ὅμοια τούτοις, ἃ προλέγω ὑμῖν καθὼς προεῖπον ὅτι οἱ τὰ τοιαῦτα πράσσοντες βασιλείαν θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν.

BSB: “and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

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Printed reading

φθόνοι

phthonoi

envy

ℵ · B · 17 · 33 · 35 · 57 · 73

SBLGNTWHNA28 🔒︎Other

Alternative 1

φθόνοι, φόνοι

phthonoi, phonoi

envy, murders

A · C · D · E · F · G · K · L · P · it · vg

TregByzTR

Witnesses by century

Witness-dates timeline: pending sourcing. The dates are not yet backed by a sourced witness registry, so the timeline is hidden; the witnesses for each reading are listed above.

Decision

✓ Approved

Printed: φθόνοι
Confidence: medium (team scale)
Significance: minor
Byz / TR: φθόνοι, φόνοι — open RP2018

Editorial decision: print φθόνοι without φόνοι, with SBLGNT, WH, NA28, and Tischendorf; Treg prints φόνοι. Confidence medium. Says On either reading the list ends with “and the like,” so it is not complete.

Evidence

8 sources

Editions: SBLGNT; RP2018 (Byz); Scrivener 1894 (TR). Treg and NA28 alignment follows the SBLGNT apparatus; NA28 is cited by reference only. WH and Tischendorf are cited as printed (Tischendorf’s text is “Other”). Sigla: corrector notation follows Tischendorf, as explained in src.tischendorf-8.

The unit is φόνοι after φθόνοι in 5:21. SBLGNT, WH, and NA28 print φθόνοι alone; Treg, RP, and TR print φθόνοι, φόνοι.

Manuscripts (Tischendorf 8, vol. 2 (1872), p. 655, leaf n662 (novumtestamentum02tisc)): the octava prints φθόνοι without φόνοι with ℵ B 17 33 35 57 73, and the list runs on; ς adds φόνοι with A C D E F G K L P, most others, it, and vg.

WH (Westcott and Hort (1881; 1892 printing), p. 427, leaf n432 (newtestamentinor00west_0)) prints “διχοστασίαι, αἱρέσεις, φθόνοι, μέθαι, κῶμοι”, without φόνοι; its margin at 5:21 has καί.

Uncertain Lightfoot (p. 212) writes that the word “is omitted by some editors with a few of the most ancient texts, as an interpolation from Rom. i. 29,” and concludes, “The reading must therefore remain doubtful.” No lean is taken here.

Minor variants (box lines): 5:21 καθὼς προεῖπον (SBLGNT, WH, Treg, NA28) / καθὼς καὶ προεῖπον (RP, TR).

Internal: φθόνοι and φόνοι differ by one letter, and Romans 1:29 has the two words together.

SBLGNT CC BY 4.0 RP2018 Unlicense TR (Scrivener 1894) public domain Tischendorf⁸ public domain WH public domain 🔒︎ NA28 Copyrighted Lightfoot, Galatians public domain Bible Scholarship & Tool CC BY 4.0