Here is a list of suspected interpolations in Romans:
- 1:2-6; style, out of place, foreign concepts
- 1:18-2:29; style, foreign concepts
- 3:25-26; style
- 5:12-21; style
- Chapters 9-11; style, foreign concepts
- 13:1-7; seems out of place, not likely by a Jew who was constantly persecuted by both Roman and Jewish authorities
- Chapters 15-16; omitted by some early manuscripts
And here is a list of what was almost certainly not present in Marcion's edition:
- 1:2-6
- 1:19-2:1
- 2:2-11
- 3:2-9a
- 3:25-4:25
- 5:12-19
- Probably chapter 6
- 8:17b-25
- 9:4-33
- 10:8-11:32
- At least 13:1b-6
- Chapters 15-16
As you can see there's quite a bit of overlap between the two lists. Also, Marcion's version flows much better and doesn't contradict itself and go on tangents every 2 seconds, then return as if nothing ever happened, leaving the remainder of the passage without context. It's almost as if Marcion did NOT cut out the parts he didn't like, but instead the church fathers added them later. Especially since Marcion's edition has plenty that contradicts his beliefs. But that all MUST just be a coincidence, because we HAVE to take the orthodox fathers' word for it, because we all know they can never be wrong about anything. Right? Especially since if Marcion's shorter form is to be believed, Paul never said the following:
Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. They exchanged the truth about God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.
Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
Which is THE number 1 central pillar of all Christianity! Certainly the church must be correct, despite all evidence to the contrary!
All of Marcion's books show the same pattern. Also he does not have 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus at all, which are definitely forgeries. The only person who knew anything of them early on was Polycarp...who just so happens to have been one of Marcion's fiercest opponents, and close to another church father named Theophilus, to whom Luke is addressed (Luke is the orthodox edit of Marcion's gospel). Yeah, totally no sketchy business going on here. Sure.
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