NOTES: "Although ^plyou have not known him, ^plyou love [him]"
EVIDENCE: A K P Psi 33 81 104 614 1241 2495 Byz Lect cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: RSVn NRSVn

COMMENTS: There is only a difference of two letters between the two readings. It is possible that one was accidently read for the other. The text reading is found in early manuscripts of both the Alexandrian and Western types of ancient text.

1 Peter 1:9:

NOTES: "^plYou get [as] the end [result] of faith"
EVIDENCE: B cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: NASVn (footnote marker on wrong "^plyour")

OTHER: "^plYou get [as] the end [result] of our faith"
EVIDENCE: 2495 one cop(north)

COMMENTS: The Greek word for "^plyour" is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. In later Greek "^plyour" and "our" were pronounced alike, so the reading "our" is due to a mistake of the ear. Although it is possible that "^plyour" is a natural addition for copyists to make, the fact that it is found in so many manuscripts of different kinds of ancient text indicates that it is original. The NASV has the footnote marker on the "^plyour" in front of "soul"; it actually belongs on the "^plyour" in front of "faith." The "^plyour" in front of "soul" is a supplied word, not found in the Greek text, as is shown by the italics in the KJV and ASV.

1 Peter 1:20:

NOTES: "was made apparent at the last times"
EVIDENCE: p⁷² P Maj lat vg syr(p)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ESV NASV* NIV TEV CSB

NOTES: "was made apparent at the last time"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)* Psi
TRANSLATIONS: [NEB REB ("last period of time")]

COMMENTS: The more unusual expression of the text reading was changed to the more usual "the last times" by making "last" plural. A few copyists changed "times" to "time" to read "the last time."

1 Peter 1:22:

NOTES: "purified ^plyour souls by [^plyour] obedience to the truth through the Spirit"
EVIDENCE: K P 049 056 0142 104 614 630 2495 Byz Lect one lat
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSVn CSBn

OTHER: "purified ^plyour souls by [^plyour] obedience to charity"
EVIDENCE: most lat vg

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

1 Peter 1:22:

NOTES: "love one another earnestly from [the] heart"
EVIDENCE: A B most lat vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSBn

OTHER: "love one another earnestly from a true heart"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)^c

COMMENTS: The word for "clean" or "pure" is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text because it is missing from early manuscripts of both the Alexandrian and Western types of ancient text. However, since in Greek both "clean" and "heart" begin with the same two letters, it is possible that it was accidently omitted when copyists eyes jumped from the beginning of "clean" to the beginning of "heart." The reading "true" probably was taken from "truth" earlier in the verse.

1 Peter 2:2:

NOTES: "^plyou may grow up"
EVIDENCE: L some Byz
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

1 Peter 2:7:

NOTES: "but to those who do not obey"
EVIDENCE: A K L P Byz syr(p)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV2021n

COMMENTS: There are only three letters difference between the Greek words for "unbelieving" and "disobeying." The latter word seems to have been taken by copyists from the next verse. The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

1 Peter 2:21:

NOTES: "Christ also died for ^plyou"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) Psi 104 syr(p)
TRANSLATIONS: NEBn REBn

COMMENTS: The reading "died" was probably borrowed by copyists from the variant reading in 1 Peter 3:18.

1 Peter 3:8:

NOTES: "like-minded, sympathetic, loving as brothers, tender-hearted, [and] courteous"
EVIDENCE: K P L some Byz
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

1 Peter 3:15:

NOTES: "sanctify God [as] Lord in ^plyour hearts"
EVIDENCE: K L P 049 056 0142 81 104 1241 2495 Byz Lect
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts.

1 Peter 3:16:

NOTES: "in that about which they criticize ^plyou as evildoers"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A C K P 049 (056 0142) 33 81 (104) 945 (Byz) Lect some lat syr(p) cop(north)?
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV2021n CSBn

OTHER: "in that about which they criticize ^plyou"
EVIDENCE: some lat vg

COMMENTS: The reading in the notes is apparently adapted from 1 Peter 2:12.

1 Peter 3:18:

NOTES: "Christ also suffered for sins on our behalf"
EVIDENCE: 81 104
TRANSLATIONS: NEBn

NOTES: "Christ also died for sins"
EVIDENCE: earlier vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn RSV NRSVn ESVn NASV95 NASV2020n NIV84 NEBn REBn TEV

NOTES: "Christ also died for sins on our behalf"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) C^2vid 33 614 630 945 1739 1881 syr(h) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: NEBn

NOTES: "Christ also died for sins on ^plyour behalf"
EVIDENCE: p⁷² A 1241 2495 ("on behalf of sins")
TRANSLATIONS: none

NOTES: "Christ also died for our sins"
EVIDENCE: C*^vid lat later vg syr(p) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: NEB REBn

OTHER: "Christ also died for ^plyou on behalf of sins"
EVIDENCE: Psi

COMMENTS: Although it is possible that "suffered" was borrowed from 1 Peter 2:21, it was natural for copyists to change "suffered" to "died" next to "for sins." The words "our," "on our behalf," and "on ^plyour behalf" (the last two of which were pronounced alike in later Greek) were natural expansions of the kind copyists often made.

1 Peter 3:18:

NOTES: "that he might bring us to God"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)^c A C K 33 81 104 614 630 945 1739 1881 Lect most lat vg cop
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSVn ESV NASV NEB REB

OTHER: "that he might bring to God"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)*

COMMENTS: In later Greek the words for "^plyou" and "us" were pronounced alike, so this variation is due to a mistake of the ear. Copyists were more likely to change "^plyou" to "us" than vice versa, since "us" is more inclusive.

1 Peter 4:1:

NOTES: "Christ suffered in the flesh for us"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)^c A K P 33 81 104 614 630 945 1241 Byz Lect syr(h) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV RSVn NRSVn ESVn CSBn

NOTES: "Christ suffered in the flesh for ^plyou"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)* ("died") 2495 syr(p)
TRANSLATIONS: RSVn NRSVn ESVn

COMMENTS: The phrases "for us" and "for us" (both of which were pronounced alike in later Greek) were natural expansions of the kind copyists were likely to make after "Christ suffered." They are absent from early manuscripts of both the Alexandrian and Western kinds of ancient text.

1 Peter 4:1:

NOTES: "the one who has suffered in the flesh has ceased with sins"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)^c B Psi lat vg syr(p)
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn

COMMENTS: The preposition "from" in only implied in the text reading. It is found explicitly in the evidence that is listed in braces. Perhaps the change from the singular genitive "from sin" to the plural dative "with sins" was influenced by the plural dative "by desires" in the next verse.

1 Peter 4:14:

NOTES: "the Spirit of glory and of power and of God rests"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A P 33 81 104 945 1241 1739 1881 some Byz Lect four lat cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: RSVn NRSVn ESVn

OTHER: "the Spirit of glory and of the power of God rests"
EVIDENCE: 614 630 2495 one lat syr(h) cop(south)

OTHER: "the Spirit of the glory of God rests"
EVIDENCE: three lat earlier vg syr(p)

COMMENTS: Although it is possible that "and of power" was accidently omitted when copyists' eyes jumped from "and" to "and," the fact that it is absent from early manuscripts of several different types of ancient text indicates that it is probably an addition by copyists.

1 Peter 4:14:

NOTES: "rests on ^plyou. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified."
EVIDENCE: K L P (Psi 104 2495) Byz some lat early vg syr(h) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSVn

COMMENTS: Although it is possible that the added sentence in the notes was omitted by a mistake of the eye, since both sentences end in the same last four letters, the fact that it is missing from the earliest manuscripts makes it unlikely to be original.

1 Peter 4:16:

NOTES: "he must keep glorifying God in this case"
EVIDENCE: P Byz
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV2021n CSBn

COMMENTS: The text reading is supported by the earliest manuscripts. Interestingly, the fifth edition of the UBS text moves the word "case" to the text instead of "name."

1 Peter 5:2:

NOTES: "shepherd the flock of God that is among ^plyou, not by compulsion but voluntarily"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א)* B cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: ASVn RSV NRSVn ESVn NASV73 NEB REB CSBn

COMMENTS: The word for "supervising" is enclosed in brackets in the UBS Greek text. It is the verb form of the word traditionally translated "bishops." In an later age that made a distinction between "elders" and "bishops," it was probably omitted by copyists who felt that elders should not be commanded to do the work of a bishop. Certainly it would not have been added by most copyists of that time.

1 Peter 5:2:

NOTES: "voluntarily, nor from fondness for dishonest gain"
EVIDENCE: B K Byz Lect
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASVn RSV NRSVn ESVn CSBn

COMMENTS: The expression "in accordance with God" was probably omitted by copyists who found it difficult to understand.

1 Peter 5:10:

NOTES: "called ^plyou to his eternal glory in Christ,"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) B 614 630 2495 syr(h)
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB TEV CSB

OTHER: "called ^plyou to his eternal glory in Jesus,"
EVIDENCE: one lat

OTHER: "called ^plyou to his eternal glory,"
EVIDENCE: 945

COMMENTS: The name "Jesus" is enclosed in brackets in the UBS text. Although there was a tendency for copyists to add to the name of Jesus, a majority of the UBS Textual Committee felt that the great number of manuscripts supporting its inclusion indicates that it is original. However, the fifth edition of the UBS text removes the name "Jesus" from the text.

1 Peter 5:10:

NOTES: "restore, establish, [and] strengthen [^plyou]."
EVIDENCE: A B Psi 0206^vid most lat vg
TRANSLATIONS: ASV RSV NASV73n

OTHER: "restore, establish, [and] ground [^plyou]."
EVIDENCE: p⁷² 81 two lat syr(p)

COMMENTS: The words in the list end with the same two to four letters. Therefore one or the other of them were accidently omitted when copyists' eyes jumped from the end of one word to the end of the next.

1 Peter 5:11:

NOTES: "To him be the glory and might"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) (K) P 049 056 0142 104 Byz most Lect some lat later vg [syr(p) (add "and honor")] cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV2021n CSBn

NOTES: "To him be the might and glory"
EVIDENCE: 33 81 614 630 945 1241 1739 1881 2495 one Lect syr(h) cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: CSBn

COMMENTS: The words "glory and" seem to be borrowed by copyists from 1 Peter 4:11.

1 Peter 5:11:

NOTES: "To him be the might forever and ever. Amen."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) A K P Psi 0206^vid 33 81 104 614 630 945 1241 1739 1881 2495 Byz Lect lat vg syr(p,h) one cop(north) cop(south)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV ASV RSV NRSV ESV NASV NIV NEB REB CSBn

COMMENTS: The words translated "forever" are literally "to the ages," while the words translated "forever and ever" are literally "to the ages of the ages." Since copyists had a tendency to expand doxologies, a majority of the UBS Textual Committee felt that the shorter reading was original in spite of the slender evidence for it, especially in light of 1 Peter 4:11 which has the extra words.

1 Peter 5:13:

NOTES: "[The] church that is in Babylon, chosen together"
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) some vg syr(p)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV* ("church" in italics) ASVn* NRSV* NASV73n REB? TEV*

COMMENTS: The addition of the word "church" by a few copyists and translators makes explicit a common interpretation of this verse. The translations marked with an asterisk are actually following the reading in the text.

1 Peter 5:14:

NOTES: "Peace to all of ^plyou who are in Christ Jesus. Amen."
EVIDENCE: Aleph(א) K P 049 056 0142 104 614 630 1739 2495 Byz most Lect some lat later vg syr(h) some cop(north)
TRANSLATIONS: KJV NKJV NRSV2021n CSBn

NOTES: "Peace to all of ^plyou who are in Christ Jesus."
EVIDENCE: 81 945 1241 1881
TRANSLATIONS: NRSV2021n

NOTES: "Peace to all of ^plyou who are in Christ. Amen."
EVIDENCE: some lat early vg syr(p)
TRANSLATIONS: NRSV2021n

NOTES: omit sentence and "Amen"
EVIDENCE: p⁷²
TRANSLATIONS: none

COMMENTS: Copyists often expanded the names and titles of Jesus. Also, copyists often added "Amen" to the end of a book they had copied.