4 ἐν εὐϰαϱɩστίᾳ is omitted by D* Ambst.
3For the imperative πϱοσϰαϱτεϱῖετε a few witnesses (including I 33 1881) read the participle πϱοσϰαϱτεϱοῦντες (cf. Rom. 12:12).
4ἐν εὐϰαϱɩστίᾳ is omitted by D* Ambst.
5Before λαλῆσαɩ A inserts ἐν παϱϱησίᾳ (cf. Eph. 6:19).
6For Xϱɩστοῦ B* L 614 2495* (with some Latin and Coptic codices) read θεοῦ (cf. Col. 2:2).
7Gk. δɩ’ ὅ, for which B F G read δɩ’ ὅν (“on account of whom”).
8For the use of πϱοσϰαϱτεϱέω in relation to prayer cf. Acts 1:14; 2:42; 6:4; Rom. 12:12. In Eph. 6:18 the noun πϱοσϰαϱτέϱησɩς is used in a similar sense.
9For this catechetical use of γϱηγοϱέω cf. Acts 20:31; 1 Cor. 16:13; 1 Thess. 5:6; 1 Pet. 5:8; Rev. 3:2-3 (see E. G. Selwyn, The First Epistle of St. Peter, pp. 439-61, where the relevance of this note to persecution as well as to eschatology is pointed jut). In the parallel passage in Eph. 6:18 the synonymous ἀγϱυπνέω is used (see p. 412, n. 90).