118 See n. 110 above.
111Gk. μνείαν ποιούμενος, implying ὑμѽν, which is however added by D1 F G Ψ and the majority of cursives.
112Gk. ἳνα ὁ θεᾐς . . . δῷη (δῷ B 1739 1881 pc) ὑμῖν πνεῦμα ϰτλ, expressing the object of his prayers.
113Gk. πεφωτισμένους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς ϰαϱδίας ὑμῖν (ὑμῖν, which is in any case implied, is omitted in P46 B 6 33 1175 1739 1881 pc), accusative in dependence on δῷη. For ϰαϱδίας TR, following a few cursives, reads the less metaphorical διανοίας (whence KJV “the eyes of your understanding”).
114 ℵ2 D2 Ψ and the majority of cursives insert ϰαί.
115For ἡμᾶς D* F G P 33 and a number of cursives read ὐμᾶς. Unlike ἡμᾶς in v. 12, ἡμᾶς is here inclusive (referring to all believers, whether Jewish or Gentile). The context suggests that εἱς ἠμᾶς means not merely “toward us” but “in us” (cf. ἐν ἠμῖν, Eph. 3:20).
116See P. Schubert, Form and Function of the Pauline Thanksgivings (Berlin, 1939); P. T. O’Brien, Introductory Thanksgivings in the Letters of Paul (Leiden, 1977); “Thanksgiving within the Structure of Pauline Theology,” in Pauline Studies, ed. D. A. Hagner and M. J. Harris (Grand Rapids/Exeter, 1980), pp. 50-66. (See also p. 40, n. 8.)
117Cf. P. T. O’Brien, Introductory Thanksgivings, p. 3, n. 5.
118See n. 110 above.
119Cf. the force of ἐν Xϱιστοῷ ’Iησοῦ in Col. 1:4 (p. 41, n. 12).