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Rom 13:3 — τῷ κακῷ / τῶν κακῶν
Rom 13:3 · reading in
οἱ γὰρ ἄρχοντες οὐκ εἰσὶν φόβος τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἔργων ἀλλὰ τῶν κακῶν θέλεις δὲ μὴ φοβεῖσθαι τὴν ἐξουσίαν τὸ ἀγαθὸν ποίει καὶ ἕξεις ἔπαινον ἐξ αὐτῆς
BSB: “For rulers are not a terror to good conduct, but to bad. Do you want to be unafraid of the one in authority? Then do what is right, and you will have his approval.”
TR · Scrivener 1894: F. H. A. Scrivener, The New Testament in the Original Greek according to the Text followed in the Authorised Version (1894); public domain. Accents: "STEP Bible" (https://www.STEPBible.org). Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Accents rebuilt by AISBT from STEP Bible TAGNT (data). · BSB (public domain)
Printed reading
τῷ κακῷ
tō kakō
to bad conduct (dative singular)
ℵ · A · B · D* · F · G · P · d · e · f · g · vg · cop · go · aeth · John of Damascus · Irenaeus (Lat.) · Tertullian · Origen (Lat.) · Ambrosiaster
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Alternative 1
τῶν κακῶν
tōn kakōn
of bad things (genitive plural)
Dc · E · L · syr · arm · Chrysostom · Theodoret
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