and not for the Jewish nation ¹  only, ²  but to gather together ³  into one the children of God who are scattered.) ⁴ 

biblegateway Joh 11:52

and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

and not for the nation only, but also to unite the scattered children of God.

and not for the nation only, but also that the children of God who are scattered would be gathered into one.)

biblegateway Joh 11:52

and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.

and not for the nation only, but also to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

bibleoremus Joh 11:52

and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the dispersed children of God.

and not for the nation alone but to gather together the scattered children of God.

biblegateway Joh 11:52

and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.

And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad.

biblegateway Joh 11:52

and not for the Jewish nation ¹  only, ²  but to gather together ³  into one the children of God who are scattered.) ⁴ 

¹ tn See the note on the word “nation” in the previous verse.

² sn The author in his comment expands the prophecy to include the Gentiles (not for the Jewish nation only), a confirmation that the Fourth Gospel was directed, at least partly, to a Gentile audience. There are echoes of Pauline concepts here (particularly Eph 2:11-22) in the stress on the unity of Jew and Gentile.

³ tn Grk “that he might gather together.”

⁴ sn This is a parenthetical note by the author.