2 Peter

PETROU EPISTOLH DEUTERA1

[To fellow believers]
1)1 Sumewn2 Petroj( douloj kai apostoloj Ihsou Cristou( toij isotimon h`min lacousin
pistin en dikaiosunh tou Qeou h`mwn kai Swthroj( Ihsou Cristou 2 Carij u`min kai eirhnh
plhqunqeih en epignwsei tou Qeou kai Ihsou tou Kuriou h`mwn(3 3 w`j4 panta h`min thj qeiaj
dunamewj autou ta proj zwhn kai eusebeian dedwrhmenhj( dia thj epignwsewj tou
kalesantoj h`maj dia doxhj kai arethj(5 4 diV w-n ta timia h`min kai megista epaggelmata6
dedwrhtai( i`na dia toutwn genhsqe qeiaj koinwnoi fusewj( apofugontej thj en kosmw en
epiqumia fqoraj)7
[Take the Truth seriously!]
[Our entrance depends on us]
1)5 Kai auto de touto(8 spoudhn pasan pareisenegkantej( epicorhghsate en th pistei u`mwn
thn arethn( en de th areth thn gnwsin( 6 en de th gnwsei thn egkrateian( en de th
egkrateia thn u`pomonhn( en de th u`pomonh thn eusebeian( 7 en de th eusebeia thn
filadelfian( en de th filadelfia thn agaphn) 8 Tauta gar u`min u`parconta kai
pleonazonta( ouk argouj oude akarpouj kaqisthsin eij thn tou Kuriou h`mwn Ihsou Cristou
epignwsin) 9 _W gar mh parestin tauta tufloj estin( muwpazwn( lhqhn labwn tou
kaqarismou twn palai autou a`martiwn)9
10 Dio mallon( adelfoi( spoudasate10 bebaian u`mwn thn klhsin kai ekloghn
poieisqai(11 tauta gar poiountej ou mh ptaishte pote) 11 Ou`twj gar plousiwj
epicorhghqhsetai u`min h` eisodoj12 eij thn aiwnion13 basileian tou Kuriou h`mwn kai
Swthroj Ihsou Cristou)14
[Peters death imminent]
12 Dio ouk amelhsw15 aei u`maj u`pomimnhskein peri toutwn(16 kaiper eidotaj kai
esthrigmenouj en th paroush alhqeia) 13 Dikaion de h`goumai( efV o`son17 eimi en toutw tw
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Both the text and the notes are the responsibility of Wilbur N. Pickering, ThM PhD, . I venture to affirm to the reader that all
original wording of 2 Peter is preserved in this edition, if not in the Text, at least in the apparatus. Diminish not a word Jeremiah
26:2 (see Deut. 4:2 and Luke 4:4, every word [as in 99.6% of the MSS]). The last note at the end of this book gives explanation
about the apparatus.
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sumewn f35 A [75%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || simwn P72B [25%] CP
3
ihsou tou kuriou hmwn f35 (P72)B,C [68%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || 234 [1.4%] || 1 cristou 234 A [15%] (CP) || cristou
1234 [8%] || swthroj 1 cristou 234 [1.2%] || 2341 cristou [6%] || one other reading [0.4%]
4
wj rell || 1 ta A [8%]
5
dia doxhj kai arethj f35 P72B [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || idia doxh kai areth A,C [19%] NU
6
timia hmin (umin 3.4%) kai megista epaggelmata f35 (81.6%) RP,HF,OC,CP || 13425 B (6.6%) NU || 13452 P72
(0.4%) || 1345 (0.6%) || 43125 (A)C (8.6%) || 42315 (1.2%) TR || three further variations (1%)
7
kosmw en (- en 5%) epiqumia fqoraj f35 [87%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || tw 1234 A,B [alone] NU || tw 1 epiqumian 4
$fqoran P72% P72 [alone] || 1 epiqumiaj kai 4 C [5.6%] || 1 epiqumiaj 4 [2%] || tw 1 epiqumiaj kai 4 [4%] || three
other variants [0.6%]
8
de touto f35 [66%] || 21 P72B,C [32%] RP,HF,OC,TR(CP)NU || 1 A [1%] || 2 [0.8%] || one other reading [0.2%]
(Curiously, this early majority reading is apparently not to be found in any printed edition.)
9
amartiwn rell || amarthmatwn A [21%]
10
spoudasate rell || 1 ina dia twn kalwn ergwn (A) [14%]
11
poieisqai rell || poihsqe A [13%] || poieisqe [6.6%] || poihsesqe [0.4%]
12
eisodoj rell || 1 h P72 [25%]
13
aiwnion f35 P72A,B [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || aiwnian C [2%] CP
14
hmwn kai swthroj ihsou cristou f35 P72B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || 23145 A [7%] || 145 [8%] CP || one other
reading
15
ouk amelhsw f35 (95.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || ou mellhsw (P72) (1%) || mellhsw A,B,C (2.8%) NU || two other
readings (0.4%) (Since Peter goes on to predict his imminent death, the majority reading seems to be at odds with that
prediction, so the early uncials took evasive action.)
16
aei umaj upomimnhskein peri toutwn f35 P72B,C [90%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU || 21345 A [3%] TR || 32145 [3.2%] ||
14532 [alone] || 13245 [1.4%] || 2345 [1.4%] || two other readings [0.8%]
17
efV o`son rell || efo,son f35 (I include this for the record, and so as not to lose sight of it. But since there is evidently no
difference in meaning, I stay with the conventional pointing.)

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 2 Peter

skhnwmati( diegeirein u`maj en u`pomnhsei( 14 eidwj o`ti tacinh estin h` apoqesij tou
skhnwmatoj mou( kaqwj kai o` Kurioj h`mwn Ihsouj Cristoj edhlwsen moi) 15 Spoudasw de
kai e`kastote ecein u`maj( meta thn emhn exodon( thn toutwn mnhmhn poieisqai)
[The prophetic Word is trustworthy]
16 Ou gar sesofismenoij muqoij exakolouqhsantej egnwrisamen u`min thn tou Kuriou
h`mwn Ihsou Cristou dunamin kai parousian\ allV epoptai genhqentej thj ekeinou
megaleiothtoj 17labwn gar para Qeou Patroj timhn kai doxan fwnhj enecqeishj autw
toiasde u`po thj megaloprepouj doxhj( ~~Ou`toj estin o` Ui`oj mou( o` agaphtoj(1 eij o[n egw
eudokhsaVV218 kai tauthn thn fwnhn h`meij hkousamen ex ouranou enecqeisan sun autw
ontej en tw orei tw a`giw)3
19 Kai ecomen bebaioteron ton profhtikon logon( w- kalwj poieite prosecontej w`j
lucnw fainonti en aucmhrw topw( e`wj ou- h`mera diaugash kai fwsforoj anateilh en taij
kardiaij u`mwn\ 20 touto prwton ginwskontej( o`ti pasa profhteia Grafhj idiaj epilusewj
ou ginetai\ 21 ou gar qelhmati anqrwpou hnecqh pote profhteia(4 allV5 u`po Pneumatoj
~Agiou feromenoi elalhsan a`gioi Qeou6 anqrwpoi)
[Watch out for false teachers!]
[Their teachings are destructive]
2)1 Egenonto de kai yeudoprofhtai en tw law( w`j kai en u`min esontai yeudodidaskaloi(
oi`tinej pareisaxousin ai`reseij apwleiaj( kai ton agorasanta autouj Despothn arnoumenoi
$epagontej e`autoij tacinhn apwleian%) 2 Kai polloi exakolouqhsousin autwn taij
aselgeiaij(7 diV a]j8 h` o`doj thj alhqeiaj blasfhmhqhsetai) 3 Kai en pleonexia plastoij
logoij u`maj emporeusontai\ oi-j to krima ekpalai ouk argei( kai h` apwleia autwn ou
nustaxei)9
[Their doom is sure]
4 Ei gar o` Qeoj aggelwn a`marthsantwn ouk efeisato( alla seiraij zofou
tartarwsaj paredwken eij krisin throumenouj(10 5 kai arcaiou kosmou ouk efeisato allV11
ogdoon Nwe dikaiosunhj khruka efulaxen( kataklusmon kosmw asebwn epaxaj( 6 kai poleij
Sodomwn kai Gomorraj tefrwsaj katastrofh12 katekrinen $u`podeigma mellontwn asebein13
teqeikwj%( 7 kai dikaion Lwt( kataponoumenon u`po thj twn aqesmwn en aselgeia
anastrofhj( errusato 8 $blemmati gar kai akoh o` dikaioj( egkatoikwn en autoij( h`meran ex
h`meraj yuchn dikaian anomoij ergoij ebasanizen% 9oiden Kurioj eusebeij ek peirasmwn14
r`uesqai( adikouj de eij h`meran krisewj kolazomenouj threin( 10 malista de touj opisw
sarkoj en epiqumia15 miasmou poreuomenouj( kai kuriothtoj katafronountaj)

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outoj estin o uioj mou o agaphtoj f A,C (98.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 3456712 P B (alone) NU || three other
readings C (0.8%)
2
eudokhsa rell || hudokhsa A [12%]
3
orei tw agiw f35 A (97.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 31 P72B,C (2.4%) NU
4
pote profhteia f35 A [84%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 21 B,C [15%] NU || h 21 P72 [1%] || two other readings
5
all f35 A,C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR || alla P72B [10%] CP,NU
6
agioi qeou f35 (84.8%) RP,HF,OC,CP || oi 12 (4.2%) TR || 1 tou 2 A (2.6%) || apo 2 P72B (5.6%) NU || apo 21 C
(1.2%) || 1 (0.8%) || 12 profhtai (0.8%)
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aselgeiaij rell || apwleiaij TR
8
aj f35 [20%] || ouj P72A,B,C [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (The people, or the licentious conduct? Is it not really the bad
conduct that sullies the reputation of the Way?)
9
nustaxei f35 [79%] RP,HF,OC,CP || nustazei P72A,B,C [21%] TR,NU
10
throumenouj f35 P72B,C [89%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU || tethrhmenouj [2%] TR || kolazomenouj threin A [8%] || four
other readings [1%]
11
all f35 [82%] HF,TR || alla P72A,B,C [18%] RP,OC,CP,NU
12
katastrofh f35 A [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM || --- P72B,C [3%]
13
asebein f35 A,C [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,ECM || asebesin P72B [4%] [NU] || --- [3%] || three other readings [1%]
14
peirasmwn f35 [33%] CP || peirasmou (P72)A,B,C [67%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || one other reading (I take the plural to be
clearly superior in the context.)
15
epiqumia rell || epiqumiaij (P72)C [12%]
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 2 Peter

[Their depravity is unreal]

Tolmhtai( auqadeij( doxaj ou tremousin blasfhmountej( 11 o`pou aggeloi( iscui kai
dunamei meizonej ontej( ou ferousin katV autwn para Kuriw1 blasfhmon krisin) 12 Ou`toi
de( w`j aloga zwa( gegenhmena fusika2 eij a`lwsin kai fqoran( en oi-j agnoousin
blasfhmountej( en th fqora autwn katafqarhsontai(3 13 komioumenoi4 misqon adikiaj)
~Hdonhn h`goumenoi thn en h`mera trufhn( spiloi kai mwmoi( entrufwntej en taij apataij
autwn suneuwcoumenoi u`min( 14 ofqalmouj econtej mestouj moicalidoj kai akatapaustouj5
a`martiaj( deleazontej yucaj asthriktouj\ kardian gegumnasmenhn pleonexiaj6 econtej(
kataraj tekna\ 15 katalipontej7 euqeian8 o`don eplanhqhsan( exakolouqhsantej th o`dw tou
Balaam tou Bosor( o]j misqon adikiaj hgaphsen\ 16 elegxin de escen idiaj paranomiaj
u`pozugion afwnon en anqrwpou fwnh fqegxamenon ekwlusen thn tou profhtou
parafronian) 17 Ou`toi eisin phgai anudroi(9 nefelai10 u`po lailapoj elaunomenai( oi-j o`
zofoj tou skotouj eij aiwnaj11 tethrhtai)
[Their victims lose out]
18 ~Uperogka gar mataiothtoj fqeggomenoi deleazousin en epiqumiaij sarkoj(
aselgeiaj(12 touj ontwj13 apofugontaj14 touj en planh anastrefomenouj( 19 eleuqerian
autoij epaggellomenoi( autoi douloi u`parcontej thj fqoraj\ w- gar tij h`tthtai( toutw kai15
dedoulwtai) 20 Ei16 gar( apofugontej ta miasmata tou kosmou en epignwsei tou Kuriou kai
Swthroj17 Ihsou Cristou( toutoij de palin emplakentej h`ttwntai( gegonen autoij ta escata
ceirona twn prwtwn) 21 Kreitton18 gar h=n autoij mh epegnwkenai thn o`don thj
dikaiosunhj( h. epignousin epistreyai ek19 thj paradoqeishj autoij a`giaj entolhj)
22 Sumbebhken de20 autoij to thj alhqouj paroimiaj kuwn epistreyaj epi to idion exerama21
kai u`j lousamenh eij kulisma22 borborou)

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para kuriw f35 B,C [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,ECM || 1 kuriou P72 [8%] NU || --- A [11%]
2
gegenhmena fusika f35 [26%] CP || 21 [54%] RP,HF,OC,TR || gegennhmena 2 A,B,C [3%] NU || 2 gegennhmena
72
[12%] || 1 [4.2%] || 2 P [0.4%] || two other readings [0.4%] (The majority variant, by putting the adjective next to the noun,
seems to make a more natural construction, but I take it that fusika is acting like a noun in apposition to zwa, and to help us
see this Peter places it after the participle: render, as unreasoning animals, creatures of instinct made to be caught and
destroyed.)
3
katafqarhsontai f35 [95%] RP,OC,TR,CP || kai fqarhsontai (P72)A,B,C [4%] NU || --- [1%] || kai 1 HF
4
komioumenoi f35 A,C (97.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || adikoumenoi P72B (2%) NU || one other variant (0.4%) (Is the
Alexandrian variant not inferior?)
5
akatapaustouj rell || akatapaustou [15%]
6
pleonexiaj f35 P72A,B,C [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU || pleonexiaij [2%] TR || pleonexian [2%] || pleonexia [1%]
7
katalipontej f35 P72C [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,ECM || kataleipontej A,B [9%] CP,NU || two other readings
8
euqeian f35 P72A,B,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU || thn 1 [2%] TR
9
anudroi f35 (87%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 1 kai P72A,B,C (13%) NU
10
nefelai f35 (87.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || omiclai P72A,B,C (11.4%) NU || conflation (1.2%)
11
eij aiwnaj f35 (25.1%) || 1 aiwna A,C (70.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 1 ton aiwna (2.4%) || --- P72B (2.2%) NU
12
aselgeiaj f35 [40%] || aselgeiaij P72A,B,C [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU
13
ontwj f35 C [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR || oligwj P72A,B [3%] NU || oligon [3%] CP || ontwj oligon [1%]
14
apofugontaj f35 [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || apofeugontaj (P72)A,B,C [7%] NU
15
kai f35 A,C,048 [99.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || --- P72B [0.6%] NU
16
ei f35 P72A,B,C [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || oi [6%] CP
17
kai swthroj f35 B (75%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || hmwn 12 P72A,C,048 (14.6%) [NU]ECM || 12 hmwn (7.8%) || hmwn
(1.6%) || --- (1%)
18
kreitton rell || kreisson A [10%]
19
epistreyai ek f35 (83.7%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || eij ta opisw 12 (4.6%) || 1 eij ta opisw 2 (1.4%) || upostreyai 2
72
(P )B,C (4.8%) NU || upostreyai eij ta opisw 2 (1%) || 2 (0.4%) || eij ta opisw anakamyai apo A,048 (4.2%)
20
de f35 C [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || --- P72A,B,048v [3%] NU || gar [1%]
21
exerama rell || exerasma [13%] || emeton [7%]
22
kulisma f35 A [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || kulismon P72B,C [5%] NU
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[So take the Truth seriously!!]

3)1 Tauthn hdh( agaphtoi( deuteran u`min grafw epistolhn $en ai-j diegeirw u`mwn en
u`pomnhsei thn ei`likrinh1 dianoian%( 2 mnhsqhnai twn proeirhmenwn r`hmatwn u`po twn a`giwn
profhtwn( kai thj twn apostolwn u`mwn2 entolhj tou Kuriou kai Swthroj)
[Scoffers will come]
3 Touto prwton ginwskontej o`ti eleusontai epV escatou3 twn h`merwn4 empaiktai(
kata taj idiaj epiqumiaj autwn5 poreuomenoi 4 kai legontej ~~Pou estin h` epaggelia thj
parousiaj autou? AfV h-j gar oi` paterej ekoimhqhsan panta ou`twj diamenei apV archj
ktisewj)VV 5 Lanqanei gar autouj touto qelontaj( o`ti ouranoi hsan ekpalai kai gh $ex
u`datoj kai diV u`datoj% sunestwta6 tw tou Qeou logw( 6 diV w-n7 o` tote kosmoj u`dati
kataklusqeij apwleto)
[This world will be destroyed]
7 Oi` de nun ouranoi( kai h` gh( tw autou8 logw teqhsaurismenoi eisin puri(
throumenoi eij h`meran krisewj kai apwleiaj twn asebwn anqrwpwn)
[The Lord is longsuffering]
8 ~En de touto9 mh lanqanetw u`maj( agaphtoi( o`ti mia h`mera para Kuriw w`j cilia
eth( kai cilia eth w`j h`mera mia)10 9 Ou bradunei o`11 Kurioj thj epaggeliaj( w`j tinej
braduthta h`gountai( alla makroqumei eij h`maj(12 mh boulomenoj tinaj apolesqai alla pantaj
eij metanoian cwrhsai)
[Hasten the day of God]
10 ~Hxei de h``13 h`mera Kuriou w`j klepthj en nukti(14 en h-15 ouranoi16 r`oizhdon
pareleusontai( stoiceia de kausoumena luqhsontai17kai gh kai ta en auth erga
katakahsetai)18 11 Toutwn oun19 pantwn luomenwn( potapouj dei u`parcein u`maj20 en a`giaij
anastrofaij kai eusebeiaij( 12 prosdokwntaj kai speudontaj thn parousian thj tou Qeou
h`meraj( diV h]n21 ouranoi( puroumenoi( luqhsontai( kai stoiceia kausoumena thketai?1

1
ei`likrinh f35 [20%] || eilikrinh rell
2
umwn f35 P72A,B,C [70%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU || hmwn [28.8%] TR || --- [1.2%]
3
escatou f35 [87%] RP,HF,TR,CP || escatwn P72A,B,048v [13%] OC,NU || escatw C
4
hmerwn f35 [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 1 en empaigmonh A,B,048v [5.6%] NU || 1 empaigmwnh (P72)C [5%] || 1
empaigmwnhj [1.2%] || one other reading [0.2%]
5
epiqumiaj autwn f35 B,C(048) [79%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU || 21 A [20%] TR || 1 P72 [1%] || one other reading
6
sunestwta f35 [23%] || sunestwsa P72A,C(048) [76%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU || sunestwsai [1%] || sunestwshj B
(The nominative plural neuter perfect active participle works with hsan as a periphrastic construction whose subject includes
35 r
both heavens [m] and earth [f]. Peters syntax is almost as convoluted as Pauls, at times. f [K ] is early and independent of
x
K .)
7
wn f35 P72A,B,C,048 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU || on [2%] ECM || o [1%]
8
tw autou f35 C [90%] RP,HF,OC,CP || 1 autw P72A,B [9%] NU || 2 TR || two other variants
9
touto rell || toutw P72 [22%]
10
hmera mia f35 P72A,B,C [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || 21 [2%] CP
11
o f35 [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || --- P72A,B,C,048 [19%] NU
12
eij hmaj f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 1 umaj P72,B,C,048v [13%] NU || di umaj A [4%] || di 2 [2%] || ef umaj [1%]
nd
(Some copyists assimilated to the 2 person in verse 8, but here in verse 9 Peter is making a general statement that is properly
inclusive.)
13
h f35 A [82%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || --- P72B,C,048 [18%] NU
14
en nukti f35 C (88%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || --- P72A,B,048 (12%) NU
15
h f35 ,048 [67%] OC || 1 oi P72A,B,C [33%] RP,HF,TR,CP,NU (Just as in verse 5 heavens occurs without the article, so
here.)
16
ouranoi rell || 1 men [11%]
17
luqhsontai f35 A [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || luqhsetai P72B,C,048v [6%] NU
18
katakahsetai f35 A (90.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || katakahsontai (3.4%) || eureqhsetai B (3.2%) NU [eureqhsetai
loumena P72 (alone)] || afanisqhsontai C (alone) || --- [part of a larger omission] (2.8%) || ouc eureqhsetai [0%] ECM
(ECM follows essentially the Sahidic version.) (The reading of NU is inferior to the point of being almost nonsensical.)
19
oun f35 A,048 (87.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || outwj (P72)B (6.2%) NU || de outwj C (3%) || de (2%) || 1 outwj (1.2%)
20
umaj f35 A,C,048v [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM || hmaj [8.6%] || --- P72B [1%] || eautouj [0.4%]
21
hn rell || 1 oi [20%]
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[A better world is coming]

13 Kainouj de ouranouj kai ghn kainhn2 kata to epaggelma autou3 prosdokwmen( en
oi-j dikaiosunh katoikei)
[So be serious!]
14 Dio( agaphtoi( tauta prosdokwntej( spoudasate aspiloi kai amwmhtoi4 autw
eu`reqhnai en eirhnh\ 15 kai thn tou Kuriou h`mwn makroqumian swthrian h`geisqekaqwj
kai o` agaphtoj h`mwn adelfoj Pauloj( kata thn autw doqeisan5 sofian( egrayen u`min(
16 w`j kai en pasaij taij6 epistolaij $lalwn en autaij peri toutwn( en oi-j7 eisin8 dusnohta
tina%( a] oi` amaqeij kai asthriktoi streblousin(9 w`j kai taj loipaj Grafaj( proj thn idian
autwn apwleian) 17 ~Umeij oun( agaphtoi( proginwskontej fulassesqe( i`na mh( th twn
aqesmwn planh sunapacqentej( ekpeshte tou idiou sthrigmou) 18 Auxanhte10 de en cariti kai
gnwsei tou Kuriou h`mwn kai Swthroj Ihsou Cristou)
Autw h` doxa kai nun kai eij h`meran aiwnoj) Amhn11(12

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thketai f P A,B,048v [91%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU || takhsetai C [7%] CP || takhsontai [1.4%] || two other readings
[0.6%]
2
ghn kainhn rell || 21 A,048 [17%]
3
epaggelma autou rell || 21 CP
4
amwmhtoi rell || amwmoi A [13%]
5
autw doqeisan f35 [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || 21 P72()A,B,C,048 [40%] NU
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taij f35 (96.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,ECM || --- P72A,B,C (3.2%) NU (A not very difficult case of homoioteleuton, 3 x aij;
ECM is certainly correct in abandoning NU here.)
7
oij f35 C [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP || aij P72A,B [17%] NU
8
eisin f35 A [33%] || estin P72B,C [67%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU || one other reading
9
streblousin f35 A,B [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU || streblwsousin P72Cv [5%] ECM
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auxanhte f35 [27%] || auxanete A,B [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU || auxanesqe P72C [5%] || auxanhsqe [3%] ||
auxanoite [5%] (Imperative or Subjunctive? I take it that Peter is offering a gentler alternative to falling from their
steadfastness; render rather, may you grow in grace . . .)
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amhn f35 P72A,C (97.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] || --- B (2.6%) ECM
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The citation of f is based on forty-two MSS18, 35, 141, 149, 201, 204, 328, 386, 394, 432, 604, 664, 757, 824, 928, 986,
1072, 1075, 1100, 1248, 1249, 1503, 1548, 1637, 1725, 1754, 1761, 1768, 1855, 1864, 1865, 1876, 1892, 1897, 2221, 2352,
2431, 2466, 2554, 2587, 2626 and 2723all of which I collated myself. 35, 1725, 1864, 2554 and 2723 are very pure
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representatives of f in 2 Peter, with not a single variant, and so for the exemplars of 18, 141, 824, 1072, 1075, 1503, 1865 and
1897. For 35, 1725, 1864, 2554 and 2723 to have no variants after all the centuries of transmission is surely an eloquent
demonstration of the faithfulness and accuracy of that transmission. Since these MSS come from all over the Mediterranean
world (Sinai, Jerusalem, Patmos, Constantinople, Bucharest, Aegean, Trikala, Athens, Meteora, Sparta, Ochrida, Mt. Athos
[nine different monasteries], Vatican, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profileit is
reflected in the Text without exception.
I have included six published editions in the apparatusRP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU. RP = Robinson-Pierpont (2005), HF =
Hodges-Farstad, OC = the Greek Text of the Greek Orthodox Church (also used by other Orthodox Churches), TR = Textus
26 3 27 4
Receptus, CP = Complutensian Polyglot, NU = N-A /UBS (N-A /UBS offer changes in the critical apparatus, not in the text;
26 3
the text is still that of N-A /UBS ). ECM basically reproduces NU, but wherever it disagrees it is overtly cited in the apparatus.
Where all six printed editions are in agreement, I arbitrarily limit inclusion in the apparatus to variants with at least [10%]
attestation.
ECM collated 127 continuous text manuscripts (MSS) for 2 Peter, apart from a few fragments, which number represents
about 20% of the extant (known) MSS. By a careful comparison of TuT and ECM I believe we can arrive at some reasonably
close extrapolations. Thus I venture to predict, if complete collations ever become available, that for any non-Byzantine variants
listed with 5 to 1% support (in my apparatus) the margin of error should not exceed 1%; for non-Byzantine variants listed with
10 to 6% support the margin of error will hardly exceed 2%; where there is some division among the Byzantine witnesses the
margin of error will rarely exceed 10%. However, I guarantee the witness of Family 35.
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As an arbitrary decision, I have limited the citation of individual MSS to those dated to the 5 century or earlier. I use rell to
indicate that the reading is supported by all other witnesses, and printed editions (of the six included in the apparatus),
compared to the other reading. The Greek font used is Bwgrkl and may be downloaded free from http://www.bibleworks.com.