5 καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός, ὁ πρωτότοκος ἐκ*εκ f35 Md,e CP,TR ¦ --- Ma,b,d,e,f,g,h,i 𝕻18ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU (The figure of death as a huge womb was too strong; by omitting the preposition the interpretation becomes ambiguous; ‘firstborn’ can receive the derived meaning of ‘boss’, or whatever. However, the point is precisely that Jesus Christ was the first one to be ‘born’ from that particular ‘womb’—but only the first!) τῶν νεκρῶν, καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς.

Τῷ ἀγαπήσαντι*τω αγαπησαντι f35 Md,e CP,TR ¦ 1 αγαπωντι Ma,f,gpt(pt),h,ipt(pt) 𝕻18(ℵ)A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ος ηγαπησεν Mb ἡμᾶς καὶ λούσαντι*λουσαντι f35 Ma,d,ept,f,g,hpt,ipt CP,RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ λυσαντι Md,ept,g,hpt,ipt 𝕻18ℵA,C,NU ¦ ελουσεν Mb ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ*απο f35 Ma,b,e,f,g,i CP,RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ εκ Md,e,h 𝕻18ℵA,C,NU τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ—