14 Ἡμεῖς οἴδαμεν ὅτι μεταβεβήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ θανάτου εἰς τὴν ζωὴν ὅτι ἀγαπῶμεν τοὺς ἀδελφούς· ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸντον αδελφον f35 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.
Love in deed and truth
16 Ἐν τούτῳ ἐγνώκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην· ὅτι ἐκεῖνος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἔθηκεν· καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀδελφῶν τὰς ψυχὰς τιθέναι.τιθεναι f35 [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ θειναι ℵA,B,C [8%] NU 17 Ὃς δ᾿ ἂν ἔχῃεχη rell ¦ εχει [15%] τὸν βίον τοῦ κόσμου καὶ θεωρῇθεωρη f35 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 κλείσῃκλειση rell ¦ κλεισει [14%] τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ—πῶς ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ μένειμένει f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ μενεῖ [17%] ¦ ambiguous ℵA,B,C [1%] ¦ μενη [2%] ἐν αὐτῷ;
18 Τεκνία μου,μου f35 [87%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ --- ℵA,B,C [13%] NU μὴ ἀγαπῶμεν λόγῳ μηδὲ τῇτη f35 A,B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ --- (ℵ) [15%] TR γλώσσῃ, ἀλλ᾿αλλ f35 B,C [97.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αλλα ℵA [2.5%] NU ἐνεν f35 ℵA,B,C [65%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ --- [35%] TR ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ