²⁶I have received authority from my Father.^aI will give authority over the nations to everyone who wins the victory and continues to do what I want until the end.

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Footnotes

a 2:26 The first part of verse 28 (in Greek) has been moved to the beginning of verse 26 to express the complex Greek sentence structure more clearly in English.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, to him I will give authority over the nations,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

To the one who is victorious and does my will to the end, I will give authority over the nations—

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The one who conquers and who keeps my works to the end: I will give him authority over the nations—

NLTNew Living Translation

To all who are victorious, who obey me to the very end,

To them I will give authority over all the nations.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the one who conquers and who keeps my works until the end, I will give him authority over the nations,

KJV 1900King James Version

And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations:

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