1 Corinthians 4:21
4:21 What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline
1 or with love and a spirit of gentleness?
1 Corinthians 14:1
Prophecy and Tongues
14:1 Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.
1 Corinthians 16:24
16:24 My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. 2
1 tn Grk “rod.” Context indicates that this rod will be used for disciplinary purposes.
2 tc Although the majority of mss (א A C D Ψ 075 Ï lat bo) conclude this letter with ἀμήν (amhn, “amen”), such a conclusion is routinely added by scribes to NT books because a few of these books originally had such an ending (cf. Rom 16:27; Gal 6:18; Jude 25). A majority of Greek witnesses have the concluding ἀμήν in every NT book except Acts, James, and 3 John (and even in these books, ἀμήν is found in some witnesses). It is thus a predictable variant. Although far fewer witnesses lack the valedictory particle (B F 0121 0243 33 81 630 1739* 1881 sa), their collective testimony is difficult to explain if the omission is not authentic.