§3:3ημερων f35 [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 εν εμπαιγμονη ℵA,B,048v [5.6%] NU ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνη (𝕻72)C [5%] ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνης [1.2%] ¦ one other reading [0.2%]
*3:3επιθυμιας αυτων f35 B,C(048) [79%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ~ 21 ℵA [20%] TR ¦ 1 𝕻72 [1%] ¦ one other reading
†3:5συνεστωτα f35 ℵ [23%] ¦ συνεστωσα 𝕻72A,C(048) [76%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ συνεστωσαι [1%] ¦ συνεστωσης B (The nominative plural neuter perfect active participle works with ησαν as a periphrastic construction whose subject includes both ‘heavens’ [m] and ‘earth’ [f]. Peter’s syntax is almost as convoluted as Paul’s, at times. f35 [Kr] is early and independent of Kx.)
‡3:9ο f35 [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72ℵA,B,C,048 [19%] NU
§3:9εις ημας f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 υμας 𝕻72B,C,048v [13%] NU ¦ δι υμας ℵA [4%] ¦ δι 2 [2%] ¦ εφ υμας [1%] (Some copyists assimilated to the 2nd person in verse 8, but here in verse 9 Peter is making a general statement that is properly inclusive.)
*3:10η f35 ℵA [82%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72B,C,048 [18%] NU
†3:10εν νυκτι f35 C (88%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72ℵA,B,048 (12%) NU
‡3:10η f35 ℵ,048 [67%] OC ¦ 1 οι 𝕻72A,B,C [33%] RP,HF,TR,CP,NU (Just as in verse 5 ‘heavens’ occurs without the article, so here.)
*3:10λυθησονται f35 A [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ λυθησεται 𝕻72ℵB,C,048v [6%] NU
†3:10κατακαησεται f35 A,048 (90.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κατακαησονται (3.4%) ¦ ευρεθησεται ℵB (3.2%) NU [ευρεθησεται λουμενα 𝕻72 (alone)] ¦ αφανισθησονται C (alone) ¦ — [part of a larger omission] (2.8%) ¦ ουχ ευρεθησεται [0%] ECM (ECM follows essentially the Sahidic version.) (The reading of NU is inferior to the point of being almost nonsensical.)
‡3:11ουν f35 ℵA,048 (87.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ουτως (𝕻72)B (6.2%) NU ¦ δε ουτως C (3%) ¦ δε (2%) ¦ 1 ουτως (1.2%)
‡3:16ταις f35 ℵ (96.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,ECM ¦ — 𝕻72A,B,C (3.2%) NU (A not very difficult case of homoioteleuton, 3 x -αις; ECM is certainly correct in abandoning NU here.)
§3:16οις f35 C [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αις 𝕻72ℵA,B [17%] NU
*3:16εισιν f35 A [33%] ¦ εστιν 𝕻72ℵB,C [67%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ one other reading
‡3:18αυξανητε f35 [27%] ¦ αυξανετε ℵA,B [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ αυξανεσθε 𝕻72C [5%] ¦ αυξανησθε [3%] ¦ αυξανοιτε [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 …”)
§3:18αμην f35 𝕻72ℵA,C (97.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B (2.6%) ECM
*3:18The citation of f35 is based on forty-three MSS—18, 35, 141, 149, 201, 204, 328, 386, 394, 432, 604, 664, 757, 824, 928, 986, 1072, 1075, 1100, 1248, 1249, 1503, 1548, 1637, 1725, 1732, 1754, 1761, 1768, 1855, 1864, 1865, 1876, 1892, 1897, 2221, 2352, 2431, 2466, 2554, 2587, 2626 and 2723—all of which I collated myself. 35, 1725, 1864, 2554 and 2723 are very pure representatives of f35 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], Grottaferrata, Vatican, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profile—it is reflected in the Text without exception. 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. Please see the last footnote for Matthew for further information.
ημερων f35 [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 εν εμπαιγμονη ℵA,B,048v [5.6%] NU ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνη (𝕻72)C [5%] ¦ 1 εμπαιγμωνης [1.2%] ¦ one other reading [0.2%]
επιθυμιας αυτων f35 B,C(048) [79%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ ~ 21 ℵA [20%] TR ¦ 1 𝕻72 [1%] ¦ one other reading
συνεστωτα f35 ℵ [23%] ¦ συνεστωσα 𝕻72A,C(048) [76%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ συνεστωσαι [1%] ¦ συνεστωσης B (The nominative plural neuter perfect active participle works with ησαν as a periphrastic construction whose subject includes both ‘heavens’ [m] and ‘earth’ [f]. Peter’s syntax is almost as convoluted as Paul’s, at times. f35 [Kr] is early and independent of Kx.)
ο f35 [81%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72ℵA,B,C,048 [19%] NU
εις ημας f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 υμας 𝕻72B,C,048v [13%] NU ¦ δι υμας ℵA [4%] ¦ δι 2 [2%] ¦ εφ υμας [1%] (Some copyists assimilated to the 2nd person in verse 8, but here in verse 9 Peter is making a general statement that is properly inclusive.)
η f35 ℵA [82%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72B,C,048 [18%] NU
εν νυκτι f35 C (88%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — 𝕻72ℵA,B,048 (12%) NU
η f35 ℵ,048 [67%] OC ¦ 1 οι 𝕻72A,B,C [33%] RP,HF,TR,CP,NU (Just as in verse 5 ‘heavens’ occurs without the article, so here.)
ουρανοι rell ¦ 1 μεν ℵ [11%]
λυθησονται f35 A [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ λυθησεται 𝕻72ℵB,C,048v [6%] NU
κατακαησεται f35 A,048 (90.2%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ κατακαησονται (3.4%) ¦ ευρεθησεται ℵB (3.2%) NU [ευρεθησεται λουμενα 𝕻72 (alone)] ¦ αφανισθησονται C (alone) ¦ — [part of a larger omission] (2.8%) ¦ ουχ ευρεθησεται [0%] ECM (ECM follows essentially the Sahidic version.) (The reading of NU is inferior to the point of being almost nonsensical.)
ουν f35 ℵA,048 (87.6%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ουτως (𝕻72)B (6.2%) NU ¦ δε ουτως C (3%) ¦ δε (2%) ¦ 1 ουτως (1.2%)
ταις f35 ℵ (96.8%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,ECM ¦ — 𝕻72A,B,C (3.2%) NU (A not very difficult case of homoioteleuton, 3 x -αις; ECM is certainly correct in abandoning NU here.)
οις f35 C [83%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αις 𝕻72ℵA,B [17%] NU
εισιν f35 A [33%] ¦ εστιν 𝕻72ℵB,C [67%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ one other reading
αυξανητε f35 [27%] ¦ αυξανετε ℵA,B [60%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ αυξανεσθε 𝕻72C [5%] ¦ αυξανησθε [3%] ¦ αυξανοιτε [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 …”)
αμην f35 𝕻72ℵA,C (97.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU] ¦ — B (2.6%) ECM
The citation of f35 is based on forty-three MSS—18, 35, 141, 149, 201, 204, 328, 386, 394, 432, 604, 664, 757, 824, 928, 986, 1072, 1075, 1100, 1248, 1249, 1503, 1548, 1637, 1725, 1732, 1754, 1761, 1768, 1855, 1864, 1865, 1876, 1892, 1897, 2221, 2352, 2431, 2466, 2554, 2587, 2626 and 2723—all of which I collated myself. 35, 1725, 1864, 2554 and 2723 are very pure representatives of f35 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], Grottaferrata, Vatican, etc.) they are certainly representative of the family, giving us the precise family profile—it is reflected in the Text without exception. 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. Please see the last footnote for Matthew for further information.