Odd Pattern of Misidentification of New Testament Scripture

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Secret Alias
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Odd Pattern of Misidentification of New Testament Scripture

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Origen doesn't seem to know where passages are supposed to be found in his Commentary on the Romans:
For example to the Galatians [Corinthians]55 he writes, “But even if our gospel is veiled.”56 “Our” means everyone who are coheirs of Christ.https://books.google.com/books?id=g1w-s ... sQ6AEIKDAA
Then the footnotes goes on to note that this pattern extends throughout the text:
Origen has made a mistake here by citing from memory, unless the mistake belongs to Rufinus. The passage is from 2 Corinthians. For other mistaken citations, see 1.5.5; 5-3-8; 9.2.6; 9.23.2; 10.14.5.
Is it really seven or eight scribal errors or is it retaining more proof of Origen's neo-Marcionite heritage (and subsequent correction by Eusebius).
“Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.”
― Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote
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