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Paul’s Revelation

2 Corinthians 12:3

In 9 translations

BSB
And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
KJV
And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
WEB
I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),
ASV
And I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I know not; God knoweth),
LSV
and I have known such a man—whether in the body, whether out of the body, I have not known, God has known—
YLT
and I have known such a man — whether in the body, whether out of the body, I have not known, God hath known, —
DBY
And I know such a man, (whether in [the] body or out of the body I know not, God knows;)Elohim
DRC
And I know such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not: God knoweth),
GNV
And I knowe such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth)

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Where the editions differ

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  • NA28, NA27, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles read χωρὶς (“out of”); Tyndale House, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read ἐκτὸς (“outside”).
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

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  • SBLGNT: χωρὶς. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read χωρὶς; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐκτὸς.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
καὶ οἶδα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον— εἴτε ἐν σώματι εἴτε χωρὶς τοῦ σώματος οὐκ οἶδα, ὁ θεὸς οἶδεν—
RP2018
Καὶ οἶδα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον- εἴτε ἐν σώματι, εἴτε ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος, οὐκ οἶδα· ὁ θεὸς οἶδεν-
TR-Boyd
Καὶ οἶδα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον — εἴτε ἐν σώματι, εἴτε ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος, οὐκ οἶδα· ὁ Θεὸς οἶδεν —
SCR1894
και οιδα τον τοιουτον ανθρωπον ειτε εν σωματι ειτε εκτος του σωματος ουκ οιδα ο θεος οιδεν

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