:TEXT: "with simplicity and godly sincerity"
: Sc D G 104 614 1241 2495 Byz Lect most lat vg syr(p,h)
: KJV NEBn TEV
RANK: DNOTES: "with holiness and godly sincerity"
: p46 S* A B C K P Psi 33 81 630 1739 1881 one lat cop
: ASV RSV NASV NIV NEB TEVnCOMMENTS: There are only two letters' difference between the Greek words for "simplicity" and "holiness." Either could be easily mistaken for the other. A majority of the UBS Textual Committee favored the reading "simplicity" which seems to fit the context better and is supported by the Western and Byzantine types of ancient text.