³² but ^(A)I have prayed for you that your faith may not fail. And when you have turned again, ^(B)strengthen your brothers.”

²³ So the saying spread abroad among ^(A)the brothers^[a] 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 (A)no longer as a bondservant^[a] but more than a bondservant, as ^(B)a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, ^(C)both in the flesh and in the Lord.