1 Ὃ ἦν ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς, ὃ ἀκηκόαμεν, ὃ ἑωράκαμεν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡμῶν, ὃ ἐθεασάμεθα καὶ αἱ χεῖρες ἡμῶν ἐψηλάφησαν περὶ τοῦ λόγου τῆς Ζωῆς— 2 καὶ ἡ Ζωὴ ἐφανερώθη, καὶ ἑωράκαμεν καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν καὶ ἀπαγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν τὴν Ζωὴν τὴν αἰώνιον ἥτις ἦν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα καὶ ἐφανερώθη ἡμῖν— 3 ὃ ἑωράκαμεν καὶ ἀκηκόαμεν ἀπαγγέλλομεν ὑμῖν,*35 [94%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ και 1 (ℵ)A,B,C [6%] NU ἵνα καὶ ὑμεῖς κοινωνίαν ἔχητε μεθ᾿ ἡμῶν· καὶ ἡ κοινωνία δὲ* ¦ --- C [10%] ἡ ἡμετέρα μετὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ μετὰ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. 4 Καί, ταῦτα γράφομεν ὑμῖν*35 C [98.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ ημεις ℵAvB [1.2%] NU ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ἡμῶν*35 ℵB [59%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ υμων A,C [41%] (Some TRs read ‘your’. Either pronoun makes sense, and the difference is in only one letter, but ‘our’ has the better attestation, as well as making better sense.) ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.

5 Καὶ ἔστιν αὕτη*35 ℵB,C [78%] RP,HF,CP,NU ¦ ∼ 21 A [22%] OC,TR ἡ ἀγγελία*35 A,B [79%] RP,HF,CP,NU ¦ επαγγελια C [21%] OC,TR ¦ απαγγελια ℵ ¦ one other reading ἣν ἀκηκόαμεν ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀναγγέλλομεν*35 ℵA,B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ απαγγελλομεν [15%] ὑμῖν, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς φῶς ἐστιν καὶ σκοτία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδεμία. 6 Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι κοινωνίαν ἔχομεν* ¦ εχωμεν [14%] μετ᾿ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν τῷ σκότει περιπατοῦμεν,*35 [29%] ¦ περιπατωμεν ℵA,B,C [71%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU (The verb ‘say’ is properly Subjunctive, being controlled by εαν, but the verbs ‘have’ and ‘walk’ are part of a statement and are properly Indicative—only if we are in fact walking in darkness do we become liars for claiming to be in fellowship. So περιπατουμεν is correct.) ψευδόμεθα καὶ οὐ ποιοῦμεν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. 7 Ἐὰν δὲ* ¦ --- [1.6%] ECM [!?] ἐν τῷ φωτὶ περιπατῶμεν ὡς αὐτός ἐστιν ἐν τῷ φωτί, κοινωνίαν ἔχομεν μετ᾿ ἀλλήλων, καὶ τὸ αἷμα Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ*35 A [95%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵB,C [5%] NU τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ καθαρίζει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἁμαρτίας.

8 Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι ἁμαρτίαν οὐκ ἔχομεν, ἑαυτοὺς πλανῶμεν καὶ ἡ Ἀλήθεια οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν.* ¦ ∼ 3412 A,C [19%] 9 Ἐὰν ὁμολογῶμεν τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν, πιστός ἐστιν καὶ δίκαιος ἵνα ἀφῇ ἡμῖν τὰς ἁμαρτίας καὶ καθαρίσῃ* ¦ καθαρισει A [12%] ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀδικίας. 10 Ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι οὐχ ἡμαρτήκαμεν, ψεύστην ποιοῦμεν αὐτὸν καὶ ὁ λόγος αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν ἡμῖν.