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Rom 5:6 — Ἔτι γάρ / Εἴ γε / εἰς τί γάρ

Rom 5:6 · reading in

ἔτι γὰρ Χριστὸς ὄντων ἡμῶν ἀσθενῶν κατὰ καιρὸν ὑπὲρ ἀσεβῶν ἀπέθανεν

BSB: “For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.”

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Printed reading

Ἔτι γὰρ Χριστός

eti gar Christos

For while … still, Christ

ℵ · A · C · D* · Dc · K · P · arm · Marcion (per Epiphanius) · Epiphanius · Chrysostom · Theodoret · John of Damascus · Origen (Lat.)

SBLGNTNA28 🔒︎TregByzTR

Alternative 1

Εἴ γε Χριστός

ei ge Christos

If indeed Christ

Alternative 2

εἰς τί γὰρ Χριστός

eis ti gar Christos

For why did Christ …?

Db · F · G · it^d · it^e · it^f · it^g · vg · Irenaeus (Lat.) · Faustinus

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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: Ἔτι γὰρ Χριστός
Confidence: high (team scale)
Significance: translation
Byz / TR: Ἔτι γὰρ Χριστός — open RP2018

Print Ἔτι γάρ with high confidence. Every early majuscule but B, F, and G has it, and the other openings ease the doubled ἔτι. WH's Εἴ γε (B) is the main alternative; it would make 5:6 a condition ("if indeed Christ died …") leading to 5:7–8.

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. Witnesses are listed only where Tischendorf names them.

SBLGNT, NA28, Treg, RP2018, TR, and Tischendorf 8 (p. 385) read Ἔτι γάρ; WH reads Εἴ γε.

Manuscripts (Tischendorf 8, vol. 2 (1872), p. 385, leaf n392; continued p. 386, leaf n393): Ἔτι γάρ: ℵ A C D* Dc K P (L ἔτι δέ) and apparently all others, arm, Marcion (per Epiphanius), Epiphanius, Chrysostom, Theodoret, John of Damascus, Origen (Lat.). Εἴ γε: B; "if" also in fu*, Augustine, and Isidore (εἰ γάρ), syrsch, and cop. εἰς τί γάρ: Db F G, d e f g, vg, Irenaeus (Lat.), Faustinus.

Internal: with a second ἔτι later in the clause (var.Rom.5.6.eti), the opening ἔτι is awkward; Εἴ γε and εἰς τί γάρ both look like attempts to smooth it.

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Rom 5:6 — Ἔτι γάρ / Εἴ γε / εἰς τί γάρ

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