▼tc ‡ Most witnesses, including some significant ones (א A Ds Ψ 048 Maj lat sy bo), have γάρ (gar, “for”) here, while an equally impressive array of witnesses lack the conjunction (P46 B F G 0243 1739 1881 sa). This conjunction was frequently added by scribes in epistolary literature as a clarifying word, making the connection with the preceding more explicit. As such, it has the earmarks of being a motivated reading and thus should be rejected. NA28 places the word in brackets, indicating doubts as to its authenticity.

▼tn Grk “what then is it?”

▼tn Grk “how can someone who fills the place of the unlearned say ‘Amen.’”