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There are variant readings, but for the most part the text is in reasonable shape. The best-known problem is whether to read ος (hos, "who”, G4005) or θεός (theos, "God”, G2536) in 1 Tim. 3:16, but it is generally agreed that the former is correct. Another interesting variant is found twice, namely at 1:15 and 3:1, where most editors read πιστός (pistos, "faithful”), but where some witnesses have ανυρώπινος (anthropinos, "human”, G474). The witnesses supporting the variant are mostly in Latin, though in 3:1 D lends its support. In favor of "human” is the consideration that in a number of places elsewhere in the Pastorals there are references to "faithful” sayings, and scribes may have been tempted to make this one conform. But this is not held to outweigh the solid textual support for πιστός (pistos, G4412). All told, Metzger discusses seventeen passages, which is not unduly large for a book of this length. 42