:TEXT: "It is necessary to keep boasting, although it is not expedient; but"
: p46 B G 33 1739 \ one cop(north)
: ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV
RANK: CNOTES: "Now to keep boasting is not expedient for me, but"
: D* (omit "for me") K Psi 2495 some Byz Lect
: KJV ASVnOTHER: "It is necessary to keep boasting; it is not expedient for me, but"
: Dc \ P (omit "for me") \ 104 614 630 1241 1881 some Byz two lat \ syr(p) (omit "for me") syr(h)
OTHER: "Now to keep boasting [is] not being expedient, but"
: S* \ most cop(north)
: The evidence in braces begins with "if." The words "although it is not expedient" and "not being expedient" are two translations of the same participle. The Greek words for "it is necessary" and "now" are spelled and sound almost alike. The evidence seems to favor "it is necessary" as being original. The evidence also seems to indicate that the participle was changed to an indicative verb to improve the style and that an untranslated particle (men) that means "on the one hand" was changed to "for me" (moi).