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Acts 15
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acts.15.ac15FourAbstentions
πορνείας ... πνικτοῦ / Western shorter and expanded forms
TEXThigh confidence
Which form of James’s decree is read?
The main tradition has four abstentions; Western witnesses omit what is strangled, while another expanded stream adds the Golden Rule.
Why this default
The default preserves the four-item decree. Western transmission omits strangled meat and sometimes adds the negative Golden Rule, producing distinct forms rather than merely translation alternatives.
Evidence
ExternalThe four-item list is broadly supported across the Greek tradition. D and allied Western evidence omit strangled meat; Western expanded forms add a negative Golden Rule. P45 and the Ethiopic tradition also attest instability in the list.
InternalBoth the shorter ethical form and the Golden Rule expansion make the decree easier to interpret apart from food practice. The harder mixed ritual-ethical list best explains the alternatives.
Project defaultthe pollutions of idols, sexual immorality, what is strangled, and blood
Project default
WitnessesFour abstentions · broad Greek traditionAlternativethings defiled by idols, sexual immorality, and blood
Alternative
WitnessesNo strangled item · D and Western traditionAlternativeidol contamination, sexual immorality, what is strangled, and blood, and not to do to others what they do not wish for themselves
Responsible alternative
WitnessesFourfold/expanded decree plus negative Golden Rule · Western expanded traditionRecord integrity
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