ii. 2 τοῦ θεοῦ, χριϲτοῦ.
ii. 2 τοῦ Θεοῦ Χριστοῦ.
The various readings here are very numerous and at first sight perplexing; but the result of an investigation into their several claims is far from unsatisfactory. The reading which explains all the rest may safely be adopted as the original.
Original reading.
(1) του θεου χριϲτου.
This is the reading of B and of Hilary of Poitiers, de Trin. ix. 62 (I. p. 306), who quotes the passage sacramenti Dei Christi in quo etc., and wrongly explains it ‘Deus Christus sacramentum est’.
Variations;
All the other variations are derived from this, either by explanation or by omission or by amplification.
(a) by interpretation,
By explanation we get;