11—18,
ἀσπάζεται ὑμᾶς Λουκᾶς ὁ ἰατρὸς 6 ἀγαπητὸς, καὶ Δημᾶς.
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15. ἀσπά-
σασθε τοὺς ἐν Λαοδικίᾳ ἀδελφοὺς καὶ Νύμφαν καὶ τὴν κατ᾽ οἶκον
αὐτῆς 1 ἐκκλησίαν.
16, καὶ ὅταν ἀναγνωσθῇ παρ᾽ ὑμῖν ἡ ἐπιστολή,
ποιήσατε ἵνα καὶ ἐν τῇ Λαοδικέων ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀναγνωσθῇ, καὶ τὴν ἐκ
΄ 9 ‘ ς a > lal Λαοδικίας ἵνα καὶ ὕμεις αναγνῶτε.
Ν ” 3 , 17. καὶ εἴπατε ᾿Αρχίππῳ,
Βλέπε τὴν διακονίαν ἣν παρέλαβες ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἵνα αὐτὴν πληροῖς.
τὃ. ἢ Ὁ ἀσπασμὸς τῇ ἐμῇ χειρὶ Παύλου.
ἡ χάρις μεθ᾽ ὑμῶν.
δεσμῶν.
> ~ h2 Thess μνημονεύετέ μου TOV iii. 17; 1 Cor. xvi
21.
1 50 Ln., Tr. mg., W.H., R.V. mg., Ws. with B67”. αὐτου: DEFGKL; αὐτῶν:
T., Tr., Lft., R.V. with ΝΑΟΡ 17, 47.
Possibly he wrote the Epistle, and is thus mentioned last and without praise.
Ver. 15. Νυμφαν may be masculine (Νυμφᾶν) or feminine (Νύμφαν). The Doric form, Νύμφαν, is improbable; on the other hand the contracted form, Νυμφᾶν, is rare. If αὐτῶν is read, either is pos- sible. Otherwise the decision is made by the choice between αὐτοῦ and αὐτῆς. It seems probable that αὐτῶν was due to change by a scribe who included ἀδελφ. in the reference. Anda scribe might alter the feminine, assuming that a woman could not have been mentioned in this way. ‘The attestation of αὐτῆς is very strong, though numerically slight. The Church in her house was a Laodicean Church, distinct apparently from the chief Church of the town.
Ver. 16. τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικίας : clearly a letter sent by Paul to Laodicea, which the Colossians are instructed to procure and read. It may be a lost letter, or it may be our so-called Epistle to the Ephesians, to which Marcion refers as the Epistle to the Laodiceans, and which was probably a circular letter. Weiss argues that it cannot be the Epistle to the Ephesians, for that was sent at the