King James Version

John 14:23

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “we will make” (ποιησόμεθα.) after him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before Father here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “we will make” (ποιήσομεν) after him here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) word order differs here.

ἀπεκρίθηapekrithēansweredἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai)verb, aorist passive indicative, 3rd person singular — “answered”, a single actionG611I answer, reply, take up the conversation.answeredἸησοῦςiēsousJesusἸησοῦςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “Jesus”, the subject formG2424Jesus; the Greek form of Joshua; Jesus, son of Eliezer; Jesus, surnamed Justus.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andεἶπενeipento sayλέγω (légō)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s past forms.verb, aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to say”, a single actionG3004(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.This verse uses “say”.Strong’s files this form under G2036 (ἔπω, speak/say).saidαὐτῷautōunto himαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “unto him”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.unto himἘάνeanIfἐάνconjunction — “If”G1437if.Ifτιςtisa manτιςinterrogative or indefinite pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “a man”, the subject formG5100any one, some one, a certain one or thing.a manἀγαπᾷagapaloveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “love”, an ongoing or repeated actionG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.loveμεmeIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).meτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.λόγονlogonwordsλόγος (logos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “words”, the object formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.wordsμουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).myτηρήσειtērēseito keepτηρέω (tēreō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to keep”, an action still aheadG5083I keep, guard, observe, watch over.This verse uses “keep”.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πατήρpatērfatherπατήρnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “father”, the subject formG3962father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.This verse uses “father”.μουmouIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, singular — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).ἀγαπήσειagapēseito loveἀγαπάω (agapaō)verb, future active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to love”, an action still aheadG25I love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem.αὐτόνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andπρὸςprostoπρόςpreposition — “to”G4314to, towards, with.αὐτὸνautonhimαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine — “him”, the object formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.himἐλευσόμεθαeleusomethato comeἔρχομαι (erchomai)Greek uses a different stem for this verb’s future.verb, future middle indicative, 1st person plural — “to come”, an action still aheadG2064I come, go.καὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.μονὴνmonēnabodeμονή (monē)noun, accusative, singular, feminine — “abode”, the object formG3438lodging, dwelling-place, room, abode, mansion.παρ’parfrom withπαρά (para)preposition — “from with”G3844gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of.This verse uses “from”.αὐτῷautōheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, dative, singular, masculine — “he”, the to- or for-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.ποιησόμεθαpoiēsomethato doποιέω (poieō)verb, future middle indicative, 1st person plural — “to do”, an action still aheadG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.ποιήσομενpoiēsomenmakeποιέω (poieō)verb, future deponent indicative, 1st person plural — “make”, an action still aheadG4160(a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

Jesus answered and said to him, 'If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jesus answered and said to him, 'If any one may love me, my word he will keep, and my Father will love him, and unto him we will come, and abode with him we will make;

World English Bible

Jesus answered him, “ If a man loves me , he will keep my word . My Father will love him , and we will come to him and make our home with him .

Darby Translation

Jesus answered and said to him, If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him.

Douay-Rheims

Jesus answered, and said to him: If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.

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