23 So the saying spread abroad among mthe brothers1 that this disciple was not to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not to die, but, “If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you?”
16 wno longer as a bondservant1 but more than a bondservant, as xa beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, yboth in the flesh and in the Lord.
Footnotes
[1]1:16Or slave; twice in this verse (for the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface)