Romans 14:22

14:22 The faith ¹  you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves.

Luke 11:48

11:48 So you testify that you approve of ²  the deeds of your ancestors, ³  because they killed the prophets ⁴  and you build their ⁵  tombs! ⁶ 

¹ tc ‡ Several important Alexandrian witnesses (א A B C 048) have the relative pronoun ἥν ({hn, “the faith that you have”) at this juncture, but D F G Ψ 1739 1881 Ï lat co lack it. Without the pronoun, the clause is more ambiguous (either “Keep the faith [that] you have between yourself and God” or “Do you have faith? Keep it between yourself and God”). The pronoun thus looks to be a motivated reading, created to clarify the meaning of the text. Even though it is found in the better witnesses, in this instance internal evidence should be given preference. NA²⁷ places the word in brackets, indicating some doubt as to its authenticity.

² tn Grk “you are witnesses and approve of.”

³ tn Or “forefathers”; Grk “fathers.”

⁴ tn Grk “them”; the referent (the prophets) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn “Their,” i.e., the prophets.

⁶ tc The majority of mss list a specific object (“their tombs”), filling out the sentence (although there are two different words for “tombs” among the mss, as well as different word orders: αὐτῶν τὰ μνημεῖα (autwn ta mnhmeia; found in A C W Θ Ψ 33 Ï) and τοὺς τάφους αὐτῶν (tou" tafou" autwn; found in Ë^1,[13] 2542 pc). This suggests that early copyists had no term in front of them but felt the verb needed an object. But since a wide distribution of early Alexandrian and Western mss lack these words (Ì⁷⁵ א B D L 579 1241 it sa), it is likely that they were not part of the original text of Luke. Nevertheless, the words “their tombs” are inserted in the translation because of requirements of English style.