ii. 9. The reading χωρὶς θεοῦ instead of χάριτι θεοῦ is now found only in M and in the second hand of 67. Origen, however, was aware of the various reading: χωρὶς θεοῦ ἢ ὅπερ ἔν τισι ἀντιγράφοις χάριτι θεοῦ. It seems to be a primitive transcriptional error. x. 34. We have here to choose between δεσμοῖς and δεσμίοις. The latter is manifestly the correct reading. It is attested by A D* and certain minuscules, among which are 37**, 67**. This last is a Vienna manuscript (Vindob. gr. theol. 302), whose marginal readings exhibit a text closely resembling that of the uncials B M, which are defective in Hebrews x. Δεσμοῖς μου is supported by א D^c H K L P, Clem. Alex., Origen (i. 41, where, however, μου is omitted by M* P, according to Koetschau’s new edition), and by d e (_vinculis eorum_). Zahn (_Einleitung_, ii. 122) thinks that the connection of the reading δεσμοῖς μου with the tradition of the Pauline authorship of the epistle is suspicious. We find the reading adopted in those regions where the tradition was accepted. It may, however, have been the means of confirming and spreading the tradition, seeing that Clement of Alexandria is actually aware of it. Pseudo-Euthalius, _e.g._, employs the reading in support of the Pauline authorship (Zacagni 670). In this same verse א A H have preserved the proper reading ἑαυτοὺς. Ἑαυτοῖς, as given by D E K L, is a would-be correction. xi. 23. In certain manuscripts (D and three Vulgate codices) an entire verse is inserted after verse 23: Πίστει μέγας γενόμενος Μωϋσῆς ἀνεῖλεν τὸν Αἰγύπτιον κατανοῶν τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτοῦ. Its position shows it to be an interpolation. xiii. 9. The present tense περιπατοῦντες is exhibited only by א* A D*, all the other witnesses having περιπατήσαντες. The minority are in the right here. A correction is not always an improvement. xiii. 18. Zahn accepts the καὶ before περὶ ἡμῶν. It is found only in D d and Chrysostom. This combination of witnesses is very rare. Subscription: ἐγράφη (+ ἑβραϊστὶ 31) ἀπὸ τῆς Ἰταλίας διὰ Τιμοθέου: _al._ ἀπὸ Ἀθηνῶν: _al._ ἀπὸ Ῥώμης. CATHOLIC EPISTLES.