Translation choice · disputed · Feminine
What the source reads — gynaikas — 'women', in the middle of the passage on deacons: likely women deacons
What this version reads — 'their wives' — the KJV supplies 'their' (absent in the Greek) and reads the women as wives
In the list of qualifications for deacons, Paul turns to 'the women' (gynaikas). The Greek has no possessive — not 'their' anything. Read plainly it names women deacons, a female order in the early church (compare Phoebe the deacon). The KJV inserts 'their' and makes them 'wives', and a rank of women vanishes into a footnote about somebody's spouse. Disputed — but the 'their' is added, not translated.
Translation choice · disputed · Feminine
What the source reads — gynaikas — 'women', in the passage on deacons (the Riveduta and Martini keep 'le donne')
What this version reads — 'le lor mogli' — Diodati makes them 'their wives'
The same move as the KJV's 'their wives'. Where the Riveduta and even the Catholic Martini keep the open 'le donne' — the women, who may be women deacons — Diodati supplies the possessive and reads 'their wives', closing the door on a female order. Disputed, but 'their' is added, not in the Greek.
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