King James Version

Mark 10:44

And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) does not include “among you to become” (ἐν ὑμῖν εἶναι) before first here. The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “you to become” (ὑμῶν γενέσθαι) before first here.

καὶkaiAndκαίconjunction — “And”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.Andὃςhoswhosoeverὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “whosoever”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.whosoeverἂνanifἄνparticle — “if”G302an untranslatable word (under the circumstances, in that case, anyhow), the general effect of which is to make a statement contingent, which would otherwise be definite: it is thus regularly used with the subjunctive mood.θέλῃthelēwillθέλω (thelō)verb, present active subjunctive, 3rd person singular — “will”, an ongoing or repeated actionG2309I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.This verse uses “will”.willἐνeninἐνpreposition — “in”G1722in, on, among.ὑμῖνhuminyouσύ (su)personal pronoun, dative, plural — “you”, the to- or for-formG4771you.εἶναιeinaito existεἰμί (eimí)verb, present active infinitive — “to exist”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.Strong’s files this form under G1511 (εἶναι, exist).beπρῶτοςprōtoschiefestπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “chiefest”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.the chiefestἔσταιestaishall beεἰμί (eimi)verb, future middle indicative, 3rd person singular — “shall be”, an action still aheadG1510I am, exist.shall beπάντωνpantōnof allπᾶς (pas)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of all”, the of-formG3956all, the whole, every kind of.This verse uses “all”.of allδοῦλοςdoulosslaveδοῦλοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “slave”, the subject formG1401(a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave.

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὑμῶνhumōnof youὑμῶνpersonal pronoun, 2nd person, dative, plural — “of you”, the to- or for-formG5216of youγενέσθαιgenesthaito beγίνομαι (ginomai)verb, present active infinitive — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1096I come into being, am born, become, come about, happen.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

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American Standard Version (1901)

and whosoever would be first among you, shall be servant of all.

Young’s Literal Translation

and whoever of you may will to become first, he shall be servant of all;

World English Bible

Whoever of you wants to become first among you shall be bondservant of all .

Darby Translation

and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

Douay-Rheims

And whosoever will be first among you, shall be the servant of all.

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