:TEXT: "But thanks [be] to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" : Sa \ C2 Psi 33 81 104 365 1506 cop(north) \ : ASVn \ RANK: CNOTES: "I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" : S* A K P 614 630 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect syr : KJV : "The grace of God through Jesus Christ our Lord!" : D G ("of the Lord") lat (two "of the Lord") vg : The evidence and translations listed above in braces omit the word "But." The same Greek word can be translated either "thanks" or "grace," depending on context. By changing "to God" to "of God" or "of the Lord" copyists gave the word the meaning "grace" and provided an answer to the previous question. The reading "I thank" may have arisen through a mistake of the eye, when copyists saw several letters twice. Thus may have been read as . The original reading of manuscript C is unreadable through Romans 8:3.