argument Metzger presents involves evidence from elsewhere in the New Testament (Rom 16:5; Rev 14:4), where it is clear that scribes changed ἀπαρχήν to ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς.7 2:16 [ὁ] θεὸς ὁ πατήρ ἡμῶν Here some manuscripts read ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ ἡμῶν (e.g., A), others have ὁ θεὸς πατήρ ἡμῶν (e.g., אb). Metzger is uncertain whether the initial article in this phrase is original.8 3:6 παρελάβοσαν One well-attested reading here has παρέλαβον (אc Dc K L P et al.). The reading παρελάβοσαν