John 12:25

12:25 The one who loves his life ¹  destroys ²  it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards ³  it for eternal life.

John 12:47

12:47 If anyone ⁴  hears my words and does not obey them, ⁵  I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. ⁶ 

John 17:12

17:12 When I was with them I kept them safe ⁷  and watched over them ⁸  in your name ⁹  that you have given me. Not one ¹⁰  of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, ¹¹  so that the scripture could be fulfilled. ¹² 

[12:25]  ¹ tn Or “soul.”

[12:25]  ² tn Or “loses.” Although the traditional English translation of ἀπολλύει (apolluei) in John 12:25 is “loses,” the contrast with φυλάξει (fulaxei, “keeps” or “guards”) in the second half of the verse favors the meaning “destroy” here.

[12:25]  ³ tn Or “keeps.”

[12:47]  ⁴ tn Grk “And if anyone”; the conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has been left untranslated here for improved English style.

[12:47]  ⁵ tn Or “guard them,” “keep them.”

[12:47]  ⁶ sn Cf. John 3:17.

[17:12]  ⁷ tn Or “I protected them”; Grk “I kept them.”

[17:12]  ⁸ tn Grk “and guarded them.”

[17:12]  ⁹ tn Or “by your name.”

[17:12]  ¹⁰ tn Grk And not one.” The conjunction καί (kai, “and”) has not been translated here in keeping with the tendency of contemporary English style to use shorter sentences.

[17:12]  ¹¹ tn Grk “the son of destruction” (a Semitic idiom for one appointed for destruction; here it is a reference to Judas).

[17:12]  ¹² sn A possible allusion to Ps 41:9 or Prov 24:22 LXX. The exact passage is not specified here, but in John 13:18, Ps 41:9 is explicitly quoted by Jesus with reference to the traitor, suggesting that this is the passage to which Jesus refers here. The previous mention of Ps 41:9 in John 13:18 probably explains why the author felt no need for an explanatory parenthetical note here. It is also possible that the passage referred to here is Prov 24:22 LXX, where in the Greek text the phrase “son of destruction” appears.