Motivação

13 Πάντα ἰσχύω ἐν τῷ ἐνδυναμοῦντί με Χριστῷ.*35 [98%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,I [2%] NU

13 ὁ*35 [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [5%] NU Θεὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἐνεργῶν ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ τὸ θέλειν καὶ τὸ ἐνεργεῖν, ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐδοκίας.

13 Ἀδελφοί, ἐγὼ ἐμαυτὸν οὔπω*35 𝕻16vℵA [40%] OC,CP ¦ ου 𝕻46B [60%] RP,HF,TR,NU λογίζομαι κατειληφέναι, ἓν δέ· τὰ μὲν ὀπίσω* ¦ οπισθεν [10%] ἐπιλανθανόμενος τοῖς δὲ ἔμπροσθεν ἐπεκτεινόμενος, 14 κατὰ σκοπὸν διώκω ἐπὶ*35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εις 𝕻16,46ℵA,B,I [4%] NU τὸ βραβεῖον τῆς ἄνω κλήσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ.

Even an apostle can be rejected

24 Οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἱ ἐν σταδίῳ τρέχοντες πάντες μὲν τρέχουσιν, εἷς δὲ λαμβάνει τὸ βραβεῖον; Οὕτως τρέχετε ἵνα καταλάβητε. 25 Πᾶς δὲ ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος πάντα ἐγκρατεύεται—ἐκεῖνοι μὲν οὖν ἵνα φθαρτὸν στέφανον λάβωσιν, ἡμεῖς δὲ ἄφθαρτον. 26 Ἐγὼ τοίνυν οὕτως τρέχω, ὡς οὐκ ἀδήλως· οὕτως πυκτεύω, ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δαίρων.*35 [35%] CP ¦ δερων 𝕻46ℵA,B,C [65%] HF,RP,OC,TR,NU 27 Ἀλλ᾿* ¦ αλλα 𝕻46B [2%] NU ὑπωπιάζω*35 ℵA,B,C [62%] HF,RP,TR,NU ¦ υποπιαζω 𝕻46 [34%] OC,CP ¦ υποπιεζω [4%] μου τὸ σῶμα καὶ δουλαγωγῶ, μή πως ἄλλοις κηρύξας, αὐτὸς ἀδόκιμος γένωμαι.

"Let us run with endurance"

1 Τοιγαροῦν καὶ ἡμεῖς, τοσοῦτον ἔχοντες περικείμενον ἡμῖν νέφος μαρτύρων, ὄγκον ἀποθέμενοι πάντα καὶ τὴν εὐπερίστατον* ¦ απεριστατον CP ἁμαρτίαν, δι᾿ ὑπομονῆς τρέχωμεν* ¦ τρεχομεν [20%] τὸν προκείμενον ἡμῖν ἀγῶνα, 2 ἀφορῶντες εἰς τὸν τῆς πίστεως Ἀρχηγὸν καὶ Τελειωτήν, Ἰησοῦν, ὃς ἀντὶ τῆς προκειμένης αὐτῷ χαρᾶς ὑπέμεινεν σταυρόν, αἰσχύνης καταφρονήσας, ἐν δεξιᾷ τε τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ Θεοῦ κεκάθικεν.*35 ℵA [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ εκαθισεν 𝕻46 [5%] TR

All legitimate children receive discipline

3 Ἀναλογίσασθε γὰρ*35 𝕻46ℵA [90%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ουν [10%] CP τὸν τοιαύτην ὑπομεμενηκότα ὑπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν εἰς αὐτὸν*35 (91.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αυτους 𝕻13,46 (3.6%) ¦ εαυτον A (2.7%) NU ¦ εαυτους ℵ (1.1%) ¦ four other readings 048 (0.9%) ἀντιλογίαν, ἵνα μὴ κάμητε, ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν ἐκλυόμενοι.

23 Καὶ πᾶν ὅ τι*35 (79.3%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 123 (10.4%) ¦ 234 (1.3%) ¦ 134 (0.5%) ¦ 23 (2.2%) ¦ 12 οτε (0.8%) ¦ 3 𝕻46ℵA,B,C (4.7%) NU ¦ four other readings (0.8%) (Perhaps some 20% evidently have ὁτι instead of ὃ τι.) ἐὰν*35 ℵA,B,C (79.9%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ αν 𝕻46 (19.1%) ¦ --- (1%) ποιῆτε, ἐκ ψυχῆς ἐργάζεσθε, ὡς τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ οὐκ ἀνθρώποις,

13 Καί, ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, τοῦτο ποιήσω, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ. 14 Ἐάν τι αἰτήσητε*35 A,D,Q [80%] CP,HF,OC,TR ¦ 1 με 𝕻66ℵB,W [19%] RP,NU ¦ omit whole verse [1%] ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐγὼ ποιήσω.

19 Πορευθέντες*35 ℵA [95%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 ουν B,W [5%] TR,NU ¦ νυν D μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη· βαπτίζοντες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος· 20 διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν· καὶ ἰδού, ἐγὼ μεθ᾿ ὑμῶν εἰμι πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας, ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος.» Ἀμήν.*35 [98.5%] RP,HF,OC,CP,TR ¦ --- ℵA,B,D,W [1.5%] NU,*35 [50%] have, "published eight years after the ascension of Christ", to which all but f35 add, "in Jerusalem". For 50% of the MSS to have this information probably means that the tradition is ancient; and of course, I have demonstrated, to my own satisfaction at least, that f35 goes back at least to the 3rd century. If this information is correct, then Matthew was ‘published’ in 38/39 AD. The same sources have Mark published two years later (40/41) and Luke another five years later (45/46), while John was ‘published’ thirty-two years after the ascension, or 61/62 AD. Not only were the authors eyewitnesses of the events, but many others were still alive when the Gospels appeared. They could attest to the veracity of the accounts, but could also be the source of textual variants, adding tidbits here and there, or ‘correcting’ something that they remembered differently.,*35 is based on the following fifty-one MSS—18, 35, 55, 128, 204, 246, 363, 386, 402, 479, 510, 547, 553, 586, 685, 757, 789, 824, 867, 897, 928, 1062, 1072, 1075, 1111, 1117, 1145, 1189, 1339, 1435, 1461, 1496, 1503, 1551, 1560, 1572, 1637, 1652, 1667, 1694, 1713, 2122, 2175, 2253, 2352, 2382, 2466, 2503, 2554, 2765 and I.2110—all of which I collated myself. I also took account of two collated by Scrivener (201, 480), but did not re-collate them. 2554 is a ‘perfect’ representative of f35 in Matthew, as it stands, while the exemplars of 1072, 1117, 1461, 1496, 1713 and I.2110 presumably were as well. Others come very close. The uniformity is impressive. Since these MSS come from all over the Mediterranean world (Sinai, Jerusalem, Patmos, Bucharest, Moscow, Constantinople, Lesbos, Leukosia, Aegean, Meteora, Kalavrita, Tirana, Mt. Athos [ten different monasteries], Athens, Corinth?, Bologna, Grottaferrata, Vatican, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profile—it is reflected in the Text without exception.I have included six published editions in the apparatus—RP,HF,OC,CP,TR,NU. RP = Robinson-Pierpont (2005), HF = Hodges-Farstad, OC = the Greek Text of the Greek Orthodox Church (also used by other Orthodox Churches), CP = Complutensian Polyglot, TR = Textus Receptus, NU = N-A26/UBS3 (N-A27/UBS4 offer changes in the critical apparatus, not in the text; the text is still that of N-A26/UBS3). In the statements of evidence I have included the percentage of manuscript attestation for each variant within either ( ) or [ ]. I have used ( ) for the evidence taken from TuT, which I take to be reasonably precise. For the variant sets that are not covered there, I mainly depended on Legg (Novum Testamentum Graece Secundum Textum Westcotto-Hortianum. Evangelium Secundum Matthaeum [Ed. S.C.E. Legg, Oxonii: E. Typographeo Clarendoniano, 1940]). I occasionally supplemented from Swanson, Scrivener and von Soden—the percentages offered, I have used [ ] for these, are extrapolations based on a comparison of these sources. 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 ±2%; for non-Byzantine variants listed with 10 to 6% support the margin of error should hardly exceed ±4%; where there is some division among the Byzantine witnesses the margin of error should rarely exceed ±15%—since my sources had collated a lower percentage of the extant MSS than ECM for the General Epistles, for example, my guesses as to percentages are more tentative than they were there, except that I guarantee the witness of f35. As an arbitrary decision, I have limited the citation of individual MSS to those dated to the 5th century or earlier. I use rell to indicate that the reading is supported by all other primary witnesses, and printed editions (of the six included in the apparatus), compared to the other reading.

29 Καὶ ὑμεῖς μὴ ζητεῖτε τί φάγητε ἢ*35 𝕻75A,D,W [95%] CP,HF,RP,TR ¦ και 𝕻45ℵB,Q [5%] OC,NU τί πίητε, καὶ μὴ μετεωρίζεσθε. 30 Ταῦτα γὰρ πάντα τὰ ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου ἐπιζητεῖ,*35 𝕻45A,N,Q [98.5%] CP,HF,RP,TR,OC ¦ επιζητουσιν 𝕻75ℵB(W) [1.5%] NU ¦ ζητει D ὑμῶν δὲ ὁ Πατὴρ οἶδεν ὅτι χρῄζετε τούτων.

10 Καὶ γάρ, ὅτε ἦμεν πρὸς ὑμᾶς τοῦτο παρηγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν· ὅτι εἴ τις οὐ θέλει ἐργάζεσθαι μηδὲ ἐσθιέτω. 11 Ἀκούομεν γάρ τινας περιπατοῦντας ἐν ὑμῖν ἀτάκτως· μηδὲν ἐργαζομένους, ἀλλὰ περιεργαζομένους. 12 Τοῖς δὲ τοιούτοις παραγγέλλομεν καὶ παρακαλοῦμεν διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ*35 [96%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εν κυριω 56 ℵA,B [4%] NU ἵνα μετὰ ἡσυχίας ἐργαζόμενοι τὸν ἑαυτῶν ἄρτον ἐσθίωσιν.

Isolate the disobedient

13 Ὑμεῖς δέ, ἀδελφοί, μὴ ἐκκακήσητε*35 [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ εγκακησητε ℵA(B) [2%] NU ¦ two other variants [1%] καλοποιοῦντες.