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Prayer for the Disciples

John 17:16

In 9 translations

BSB
They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
KJV
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
WEB
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
ASV
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
LSV
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world;
YLT
'Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;
DBY
They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.
DRC
They are not of the world, as I also am not of the world.
GNV
They are not of the worlde, as I am not of the world.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place οὐκ elsewhere in this verse.
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place εἰμὶ elsewhere in this verse.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου; Robinson–Pierpont read ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰμὶ.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰσὶν καθὼς ἐγὼ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου.
RP2018
Ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰσίν, καθὼς ἐγὼ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰμί.
TR-Boyd
Ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰσί, καθὼς ἐγὼ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου οὐκ εἰμί.
SCR1894
εκ του κοσμου ουκ εισιν καθως εγω εκ του κοσμου ουκ ειμι

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 17:14I have given them Your word and the world has hated them; for they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

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