Philippians 3:16-18

New English Translation

Footnotes

1. Philippians 3:16 tc Although κανόνι (kanoni, “standard, rule”) is found in most witnesses, though in various locations in this verse (א² D² Ψ 075 1505 2464 M), it is almost surely a motivated reading, for it clarifies the cryptic τῷ αὐτῷ (tō autō, “the same”). Both the fact that the word floats, and that there are other variants which accomplish greater clarity by other means, strongly suggests the secondary nature of any of the longer readings here. Further, the shortest text has excellent and early support in P^16,46 א* A B I^vid 6 33 1739 co, rendering it decidedly the preferred reading. The translation adds “standard” because of English requirements, not because of textual basis.
2. Philippians 3:16 tn Grk “Nevertheless, to what we have attained, to the same hold fast.”
3. Philippians 3:17 tn Or “become fellow imitators with me [of Christ].”
4. Philippians 3:17 tn Grk “brothers.” See note on the phrase “brothers and sisters” in 1:12.