King James Version

John 17:20

Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “are believing” (πιστευόντων) before through here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “will be believing” (πιστευσόντων) before through here.

Οὐounoοὐadverb — “no”G3756no, not.περὶperiforπερίpreposition — “for”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.forτούτωνtoutōntheseοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “these”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.theseδὲdebutδέconjunction — “but”G1161a weak adversative particle, generally placed second in its clause; but, on the other hand, and.This verse uses “but”.ἐρωτῶerōtōto askἐρωτάω (erōtaō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person singular — “to ask”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2065(a) I ask (a question), question, (b) I request, make a request to, pray.This verse uses “ask”.μόνονmononaloneμόνος (monos)adjective, accusative, singular, neuter — “alone”, the object formG3441only, solitary, desolate.ἀλλὰallabutἀλλάconjunction — “but”G235but, except, however.This verse uses “but”.butκαὶkaithem alsoκαίadverb — “them also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.them alsoπερὶperiaboutπερίpreposition — “about”G4012(a) gen: about, concerning, (b) acc: around.This verse uses “about”.τῶνtōntheὁ (ho)article, genitive, plural, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πιστευόντωνpisteuontōnwhich shall believeπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “which shall believe”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.This verse uses “believe”.which shall believeδιὰdiathroughδιάpreposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.throughτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.λόγουlogouwordλόγος (logos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “word”, the of-formG3056a word, speech, divine utterance, analogy.wordαὐτῶνautōnheαὐτός (autos)personal pronoun, genitive, plural, masculine — “he”, the of-formG846he, she, it, they, them, same.εἰςeistowardεἰςpreposition — “toward”G1519into, in, unto, to, upon, towards, for, among.ἐμέemeIἐγώ (egō)personal pronoun, accusative, singular — “I”, the object formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

πιστευσόντωνpisteusontōnwhich shall believeπιστεύω (pisteuō)verb, present active participle, genitive, plural, masculine — “which shall believe”, an ongoing or repeated actionG4100I believe, have faith in, trust in; pass: I am entrusted with.This verse uses “believe”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

'And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me;

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American Standard Version (1901)

Neither for these only do I pray, but for them also that believe on me through their word;

Young’s Literal Translation

'And not in regard to these alone do I ask, but also in regard to those who shall be believing, through their word, in me;

World English Bible

“ Not for these only do I pray , but for those also who will believe in me through their word ,

Darby Translation

And I do not demand for these only, but also for those who believe on me through their word;

Douay-Rheims

And not for them only do I pray, but for them also who through their word shall believe in me;

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