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Colossians 4:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Colossians 4:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
18 I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you.[a](A)
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- 4.18 Other ancient authorities add Amen
Colossians 4:18
New English Translation
Colossians 4:18
New English Translation
18 I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand.[a] Remember my chains.[b] Grace be with you.[c]
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- Colossians 4:18 tn Grk “the greeting by my hand, of Paul.”
- Colossians 4:18 tn Or “my imprisonment.”
- Colossians 4:18 tc Most witnesses, including a few important ones (א2 D Ψ 075 0278 M lat sy), conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amēn, “amen”). Such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Further, the external evidence for the omission is quite compelling (א* A B C F G 048 6 33 81 1739* 1881 sa). The strongly preferred reading is therefore the omission of ἀμήν.
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