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“We are children of God”
1 Ἴδετε ποταπὴν ἀγάπην δέδωκεν*δεδωκεν rell ¦ εδωκεν A [14%] ἡμῖν ὁ Πατήρ, ἵνα τέκνα Θεοῦ κληθῶμεν.†κληθωμεν f35 (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,‡ημας f35 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§οιδαμεν δε f35 [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.
“Whoever abides in Him does not sin”
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*ημων f35 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,†και f35 [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‡γεγεννημενος rell ¦ γεγενημενος [15%] ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἁμαρτίαν οὐ ποιεῖ, ὅτι σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει· καί, οὐ δύναται ἁμαρτάνειν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται.§γεγεννηται rell ¦ γεγενηται [16%]
Children of God vs children of the devil
10 Ἐν τούτῳ φανερά ἐστιν τὰ τέκνα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὰ τέκνα τοῦ διαβόλου· πᾶς ὁ μὴ ποιῶν*ποιων rell ¦ 1 την A,C [18%] δικαιοσύνην οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. 11 Ὅτι αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγγελία†αγγελια rell ¦ 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‡μη f35 A,B [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ και 1 ℵC [7%] [NU]ECM θαυμάζετε, ἀδελφοί μου,§μου f35 [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*τον 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. 15 Πᾶς ὁ μισῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ἀνθρωποκτόνος ἐστίν, καὶ οἴδατε ὅτι πᾶς ἀνθρωποκτόνος οὐκ ἔχει ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἐν ἑαυτῷ†εαυτω f35 ℵA,C [70%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ αυτω B [30%] TR,NU μένουσαν.
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 ἔχῃ§εχη rell ¦ εχει [15%] τὸν βίον τοῦ κόσμου καὶ θεωρῇ*θεωρη 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 κλείσῃ†κλειση rell ¦ κλεισει [14%] τὰ σπλάγχνα αὐτοῦ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ—πῶς ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ μένει‡μένει 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 τῇ*τη 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 ἐν‡εν f35 ℵA,B,C [65%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ — [35%] TR ἔργῳ καὶ ἀληθείᾳ 19 —καί,§και f35 ℵC [93.6%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ — A,B [6%] ¦ αλλ [0.4%] ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν*γινωσκομεν f35 [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†πεισωμεν f35 [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‡τας καρδιας f35 ℵC [97.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ την καρδιαν A,B [2.2%] NU ἡμῶν· 20 ὅτι ἐὰν καταγινώσκῃ§καταγινωσκη rell ¦ καταγινωσκει [24%] ἡμῶν ἡ καρδία, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ Θεὸς τῆς καρδίας ἡμῶν καὶ γινώσκει πάντα.
Confidence toward God
21 Ἀγαπητοί, ἐὰν ἡ καρδία ἡμῶν*ημων f35 ℵvC [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ — A,B [3%] μὴ καταγινώσκῃ†καταγινωσκη rell ¦ καταγινωσκει A [29%] ἡμῶν,‡ημων f35 ℵvA [97.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — B,C [2.2%] NU παρρησίαν ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν, 22 καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτῶμεν λαμβάνομεν§λαμβανομεν rell ¦ λαμβανωμεν A [16%] παρ᾿*παρ f35 [91.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ απ ℵA,B,C [8.5%] NU αὐτοῦ, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τηροῦμεν†τηρουμεν rell ¦ τηρωμεν ℵA [10%] καὶ τὰ ἀρεστὰ ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ ποιοῦμεν. 23 Καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐντολὴ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα πιστεύσωμεν‡πιστευσωμεν f35 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.§εντολην f35 [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*εν f35 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.†ημιν εδωκεν f35 A,B [75%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ~ 21 ℵ [25%] CP

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*3:1 δεδωκεν rell ¦ εδωκεν A [14%]

†3:1 κληθωμεν f35 (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.)

‡3:1 ημας f35 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.)

§3:2 οιδαμεν δε f35 [90.4%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 1 ℵA,B,C [5.6%] NU ¦ — [4%]

*3:5 ημων f35 ℵ,C [95.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — A,B [4.2%] NU

†3:6 και f35 [20%] CP ¦ — ℵA,B,C [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU (I take the conjunction to be emphatic, ‘indeed’.)

‡3:9 γεγεννημενος rell ¦ γεγενημενος [15%]

§3:9 γεγεννηται rell ¦ γεγενηται [16%]

*3:10 ποιων rell ¦ 1 την A,C [18%]

†3:11 αγγελια rell ¦ επαγγελια ℵC [10%]

‡3:13 μη f35 A,B [93%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ και 1 ℵC [7%] [NU]ECM

§3:13 μου f35 [88%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B,C [12%] NU

*3:14 τον αδελφον f35 C (80.5%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ 12 αυτου (14.7%) ¦ — ℵA,B (3.8%) NU ¦ three other variants (1%)

†3:15 εαυτω f35 ℵA,C [70%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ αυτω B [30%] TR,NU

‡3:16 τιθεναι f35 [92%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ θειναι ℵA,B,C [8%] NU

§3:17 εχη rell ¦ εχει [15%]

*3:17 θεωρη 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.)

†3:17 κλειση rell ¦ κλεισει [14%]

‡3:17 μένει f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ μενεῖ [17%] ¦ ambiguous ℵA,B,C [1%] ¦ μενη [2%]

§3:18 μου f35 [87%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — ℵA,B,C [13%] NU

*3:18 τη f35 A,B,C [85%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ — (ℵ) [15%] TR

†3:18 αλλ f35 B,C [97.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ αλλα ℵA [2.5%] NU

‡3:18 εν f35 ℵA,B,C [65%] RP,HF,OC,CP,NU ¦ — [35%] TR

§3:19 και f35 ℵC [93.6%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ — A,B [6%] ¦ αλλ [0.4%]

*3:19 γινωσκομεν f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ γνωσομεθα ℵA,B,C [17%] NU ¦ γινωσκομεθα [1%] ¦ three other variants [2%]

†3:19 πεισωμεν f35 [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.)

‡3:19 τας καρδιας f35 ℵC [97.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ την καρδιαν A,B [2.2%] NU

§3:20 καταγινωσκη rell ¦ καταγινωσκει [24%]

*3:21 ημων f35 ℵvC [97%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP[NU]ECM ¦ — A,B [3%]

†3:21 καταγινωσκη rell ¦ καταγινωσκει A [29%]

‡3:21 ημων f35 ℵvA [97.8%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ — B,C [2.2%] NU

§3:22 λαμβανομεν rell ¦ λαμβανωμεν A [16%]

*3:22 παρ f35 [91.5%] RP,HF,OC,TR,CP ¦ απ ℵA,B,C [8.5%] NU

†3:22 τηρουμεν rell ¦ τηρωμεν ℵA [10%]

‡3:23 πιστευσωμεν f35 B (66.9%) RP,HF,OC,TR,CP,NU ¦ πιστευωμεν ℵA,C (26.5%) ¦ πιστευομεν (5.4%) ¦ πιστευσομεν (1.2%)

§3:23 εντολην f35 [80%] RP,HF,OC,CP ¦ 1 ημιν ℵA,B,C [20%] TR,NU

*3:24 εν f35 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.)

†3:24 ημιν εδωκεν f35 A,B [75%] RP,HF,OC,TR,NU ¦ ~ 21 ℵ [25%] CP

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