The text presents a significant crux: the manuscript tradition is corrupt at the beginning of the clause. The received text (with minor orthographic variations) is often printed as μὴ καὶ τις ὄψεθ' ἡμᾶς χἠμῶν ἴσως κατείπῃ, but the participle ὄψεθ' (future active indicative 2nd singular) creates a syntactic incoherence with the main verb κατείπῃ (aorist active subjunctive). Most editors, following conjectures such as those of Brunck or Hermann, propose that the text should be corrected to read μὴ καὶ τις ἡμᾶς χἠμῶν ἴσως κατείπῃ, deleting the participle entirely as a dittography or gloss that has been incorporated into the main text. Alternatively, some suggest reading a verb form like ὀψέσθαι (infinitive) or emending to a subjunctive to match the context of fear, though the deletion of the participle remains the most widely accepted solution to restore the sense: 'Lest perhaps someone among us or from us should perhaps slander us.'