1 Ἴδετε ποταπὴν ἀγάπην δέδωκεν* ¦ εδωκεν A [14%] ἡμῖν ὁ Πατήρ, ἵνα τέκνα Θεοῦ κληθῶμεν.*35 (85.4%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 και εσμεν ℵA,B,C (14.6%) NU (The addition is out of place here, since John takes up that point in verse two.) Διὰ τοῦτο ὁ κόσμος οὐ γινώσκει ἡμᾶς,*35 A,B [36%] TR,NU ¦ υμας ℵC [63.5%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ --- [0.5%] (John is making a general statement, so it is properly inclusive—first person.) ὅτι οὐκ ἔγνω αὐτόν.

2 Ἀγαπητοί, νῦν τέκνα Θεοῦ ἐσμεν καὶ οὔπω ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα, οἴδαμεν δὲ*35 [90.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ℵA,B,C [5.6%] NU ¦ --- [4%] ὅτι ἐάν φανερωθῇ ὅμοιοι αὐτῷ ἐσόμεθα, ὅτι ὀψόμεθα αὐτὸν καθώς ἐστιν 3 —καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἔχων τὴν ἐλπίδα ταύτην ἐπ᾿ αὐτῷ ἁγνίζει ἑαυτόν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος ἁγνός ἐστιν.

4 Πᾶς ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν καὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν ποιεῖ· καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν ἡ ἀνομία. 5 Καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ἐφανερώθη ἵνα τὰς ἁμαρτίας ἡμῶν*35 ℵ,C [95.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- A,B [4.2%] NU ἄρῃ—καὶ ἁμαρτία ἐν αὐτῷ οὐκ ἔστιν. 6 Πᾶς ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ μένων οὐχ ἁμαρτάνει· καί,*35 [20%] CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU (I take the conjunction to be emphatic, ‘indeed’.) πᾶς ὁ ἁμαρτάνων οὐχ ἑώρακεν αὐτὸν οὐδὲ ἔγνωκεν αὐτόν.

7 Τεκνία, μηδεὶς πλανάτω ὑμᾶς· ὁ ποιῶν τὴν δικαιοσύνην δίκαιός ἐστιν, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος δίκαιός ἐστιν. 8 Ὁ ποιῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐστίν, ὅτι ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς ὁ διάβολος ἁμαρτάνει. Εἰς τοῦτο ἐφανερώθη ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἵνα λύσῃ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου. 9 Πᾶς ὁ γεγεννημένος* ¦ γεγενημενος [15%] ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἁμαρτίαν οὐ ποιεῖ, ὅτι σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει· καί, οὐ δύναται ἁμαρτάνειν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται.* ¦ γεγενηται [16%]

10 Ἐν τούτῳ φανερά ἐστιν τὰ τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα τοῦ διαβόλου· πᾶς ὁ μὴ ποιῶν* ¦ 1 την A,C [18%] δικαιοσύνην οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. 11 Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία* ¦ επαγγελια ℵC [10%] ἣν ἠκούσατε ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς, ἵνα ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους 12 —οὐ καθὼς Κάϊν, ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ ἦν καὶ ἔσφαξεν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. Καὶ χάριν τίνος ἔσφαξεν αὐτόν; Ὅτι τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ πονηρὰ ἦν, τὰ δὲ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ δίκαια.

13 Μὴ*35 A,B [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ και 1 ℵC [7%] [NU]ECM θαυμάζετε, ἀδελφοί μου,*35 [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [12%] NU εἰ μισεῖ ὑμᾶς ὁ κόσμος. 14 Ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωὴν ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἀδελφούς· ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν*35 C (80.5%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 12 αυτου (14.7%) ¦ --- ℵA,B (3.8%) NU ¦ three other variants (1%) μένει ἐν τῷ θανάτῳ. 15 Πᾶς ὁ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἀνθρωποκτόνος ἐστίν, καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι πᾶς ἀνθρωποκτόνος οὐκ ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἐν ἑαυτῷ*35 ℵA,C [70%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ αυτω B [30%] TR,NU μένουσαν.

16 Ἐν τούτῳ ἐγνώκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην· ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθηκεν· καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν τὰς ψυχὰς τιθέναι.*35 [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ θειναι ℵA,B,C [8%] NU 17 Ὃς δ᾿ ἂν ἔχῃ* ¦ εχει [15%] τὸν βίον τοῦ κόσμου καὶ θεωρῇ*35 ℵA,B,C [47%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ θεωρει [53%] (An itacism? Θεωρη is parallel to εχη and κλειση; all are in the Subjunctive because of αν.) τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ χρείαν ἔχοντα, καὶ κλείσῃ* ¦ κλεισει [14%] τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ—πῶς ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει*35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ μενεῖ [17%] ¦ ambiguous ℵA,B,C [1%] ¦ μενη [2%] ἐν αὐτῷ;

18 Τεκνία μου,*35 [87%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [13%] NU μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ τῇ*35 A,B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ --- (ℵ) [15%] TR γλώσσῃ, ἀλλ᾿*35 B,C [97.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αλλα ℵA [2.5%] NU ἐν*35 ℵA,B,C [65%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ --- [35%] TR ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ 19 —καί,*35 ℵC [93.6%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ --- A,B [6%] ¦ αλλ [0.4%] ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν*35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ γνωσομεθα ℵA,B,C [17%] NU ¦ γινωσκομεθα [1%] ¦ three other variants [2%] ὅτι ἐκ τῆς Ἀληθείας ἐσμὲν καὶ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πείσωμεν*35 [43%] ¦ πεισομεν ℵA,B,C [56%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ two other variants [1%] (The assuring is not automatic and is up to us—the Subjunctive is correct.) τὰς καρδίας*35 ℵC [97.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ την καρδιαν A,B [2.2%] NU ἡμῶν· 20 ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ* ¦ καταγινωσκει [24%] ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ Θεὸς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν καὶ γινώσκει πάντα.

21 Ἀγαπητοί, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν*35 ℵvC [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ --- A,B [3%] μὴ καταγινώσκῃ* ¦ καταγινωσκει A [29%] ἡμῶν,*35 ℵvA [97.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- B,C [2.2%] NU παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, 22 καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν λαμβάνομεν* ¦ λαμβανωμεν A [16%] παρ᾿*35 [91.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ απ ℵA,B,C [8.5%] NU αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν* ¦ τηρωμεν ℵA [10%] καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιοῦμεν. 23 Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα πιστεύσωμεν*35 B (66.9%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ πιστευωμεν ℵA,C (26.5%) ¦ πιστευομεν (5.4%) ¦ πιστευσομεν (1.2%) τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, καθὼς ἔδωκεν ἐντολήν.*35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 ημιν ℵA,B,C [20%] TR,NU 24 Καὶ ὁ τηρῶν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν αὐτῷ. Ἐν*35 ℵ [30%] CP ¦ και 1 A,B,Cv [70%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU (Given John’s fondness for the conjunction, scribes could add it almost without thinking.) τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι μένει ἐν ἡμῖν· ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος οὗ ἡμῖν ἔδωκεν.*35 A,B [75%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ∼ 21 ℵ [25%] CP