King James Version

1 Peter 1:8

Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “having seen” (ἰδόντες) before you love here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “having known” (εἰδότες) before you love here.

ὃνhonWhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “Whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.Whomοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἰδόντεςidontesseeὁράω (horáō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “see”, a single actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.Strong’s files this form under G1492 (εἴδω, see/know).seenἀγαπᾶτεagapateye loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye love”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.ye loveεἰςeisinεἰςpreposition — “in”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.inὃνhonwhomὅς (hos)relative pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “whom”, the object formG3739who, which, what, that.whomἄρτιartithough nowἄρτιadverb — “though now”G737now, just now, at this moment.This verse uses “now”.though nowμὴmēhim notμήadverb — “him not”G3361not, lest.This verse uses “not”.him notὁρῶντεςhorōntesto seeὁράω (horaō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “to see”, an ongoing or repeated actionG3708I see, look upon, experience, perceive, discern, beware.This verse uses “see”.πιστεύοντεςpisteuontesbelievingπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, present active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “believing”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.believingδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἀγαλλιᾶσθεagalliastheye rejoiceἀγαλλιάω (agalliaō)verb, present middle indicative, 2nd person plural — “ye rejoice”, an ongoing or repeated actionG21I exult, am full of joy.ye rejoiceχαρᾷcharawith joyχαράnoun, dative, singular, feminine — “with joy”, the to- or for-formG5479joy, gladness, a source of joy.This verse uses “joy”.with joyἀνεκλαλήτῳaneklalētōunspeakableἀνεκλάλητος (aneklalētos)adjective, dative, singular, feminine — “unspeakable”, the to- or for-formG412unspeakable.unspeakableκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andδεδοξασμένῃdedoxasmenēfull of gloryδοξάζω (doxazō)verb, perfect passive participle, dative, singular, feminine — “full of glory”, a completed action with a present resultG1392I glorify, honor, bestow glory on.full of glory

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

εἰδότεςeidoteshavingεἴδω (eidō)verb, second aorist active participle, nominative, plural, masculine — “having”, a single actionG1492I know, remember, appreciate.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

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American Standard Version (1901)

whom not having seen ye love; on whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

Young’s Literal Translation

whom, not having seen, ye love, in whom, now not seeing and believing, ye are glad with joy unspeakable and glorified,

World English Bible

whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,

Darby Translation

whom, having not seen, ye love; on whom [though] not now looking, but believing, ye exult with joy unspeakable and filled with [the] glory,

Douay-Rheims

Whom having not seen, you love: in whom also now, though you see him not, you believe: and believing shall rejoice with joy unspeakable and glorified;

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