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Rom 4:19 — κατενόησεν / οὐ κατενόησεν

Rom 4:19 · reading in

καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα νενεκρωμένον, ἑκατονταετής που ὑπάρχων, καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν τῆς μήτρας Σάρρας,

BSB: “Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.”

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Printed reading

καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα

kai mē asthenēsas tē pistei katenoēsen to heautou sōma

without weakening in faith he considered his own body

ℵ · A · B · C · vg (am, fu) · syrsch · cop · Origen (Lat.) · Chrysostom · John of Damascus

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Alternative 1

καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει οὐ κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα

kai mē asthenēsas tē pistei ou katenoēsen to heautou sōma

not weakening in faith, he did not consider his own body

D · E · F · G · K · L · P · it^d · it^e · it^f · it^g · vg · syr^p · Origen (Lat.) · Epiphanius · Theophylact · Oecumenius · Ambrosiaster

ByzTR

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Decision

✓ Approved

Printed: καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα
Confidence: high (team scale)
Significance: translation
Byz / TR: καὶ μὴ ἀσθενήσας τῇ πίστει οὐ κατενόησεν τὸ ἑαυτοῦ σῶμα — open RP2018

Print SBLGNT's κατενόησεν without οὐ with high confidence; Tischendorf 8 omits οὐ too. ℵ A B C agree, and the negative is an easy explanatory addition. The alternative (οὐ, RP and TR) makes the same point about Abraham's faith from the other side: 'he did not consider'. Both readings and their sense are compared in note.language.Rom.4.18-Rom.4.21.par-elpida-diekrithe.

Evidence

6 sources

Editions (checked 2026-10-30): SBLGNT, RP2018, TR (local files); WH/Treg/NA28 from the SBLGNT apparatus; NA28 by reference only. Sigla: as in STYLE_GUIDE §2.3. Minuscules are Gregory–Aland numbers, with Tischendorf's Pauline number once in parentheses ("Tisch."); * = first hand, superscript ᶜ (stored as c, e.g. Dc) = a later corrector (Tischendorf's notation); full key in src.tischendorf-8. Minuscules whose Gregory–Aland number is not verified are summarized, not listed. Tischendorf names mainly dissenting witnesses, so some majuscules on the other side are inferred from his silence.

SBLGNT, WH, Treg, NA28, and Tischendorf 8 (p. 384) read κατενόησεν without οὐ; RP2018 and TR read οὐ κατενόησεν.

Manuscripts (Tischendorf 8, vol. 2 (1872), p. 384, leaf n391): without οὐ: ℵ A B C, three minuscules, two Vulgate manuscripts (am, fu), syrsch, cop, Origen (Lat.), Chrysostom, John of Damascus, Julian (in Augustine); one minuscule and Theodoret read ὡς κατενόησε, and arm and aeth are similar. With οὐ: D E F G K L P and most others, the Latin d e f g and vg, syr^p, Origen (Lat.), Chrysostom (one edition), Epiphanius, Theophylact, Oecumenius, Ambrosiaster.

Internal: without οὐ, Abraham faced the facts of his age and Sarah's barrenness and still believed; 4:20–21 then explain how. With οὐ, his faith is shown by not dwelling on them. οὐ is easily added by a reader who took 'not weak in faith' to mean 'did not look at the obstacles'.

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