1 ιδετε ποταπην αγαπην δεδωκεν ημιν ο πατηρ ινα τεκνα θεου κληθωμεν. δια τουτο ο κοσμος ου γινωσκει υμας, οτι ουκ εγνω αυτον. 2 αγαπητοι, νυν τεκνα θεου εσμεν, και ουπω εφανερωθη τι εσομεθα· οιδαμεν δε οτι εαν φανερωθη, ομοιοι αυτω εσομεθα, οτι οψομεθα αυτον καθως εστιν. 3 και πας ο εχων την ελπιδα ταυτην επ αυτω αγνιζει εαυτον, καθως εκεινος αγνος εστιν. 4 πας ο ποιων την αμαρτιαν και την ανομιαν ποιει, και η αμαρτια εστιν η ανομια. 5 και οιδατε οτι εκεινος εφανερωθη ινα τας αμαρτιας ημων αρη, και αμαρτια εν αυτω ουκ εστιν. 6 πας ο εν αυτω μενων ουχ αμαρτανει· πας ο αμαρτανων ουχ εωρακεν αυτον ουδε εγνωκεν αυτον. 7 τεκνια, μηδεις πλανατω υμας· ο ποιων την δικαιοσυνην δικαιος εστιν, καθως εκεινος δικαιος εστιν· 8 ο ποιων την αμαρτιαν εκ του διαβολου εστιν, οτι απ αρχης ο διαβολος αμαρτανει. εις τουτο εφανερωθη ο υιος του θεου, ινα λυση τα εργα του διαβολου. 9 πας ο γεγεννημενος εκ του θεου αμαρτιαν ου ποιει, οτι σπερμα αυτου εν αυτω μενει· και ου δυναται αμαρτανειν, οτι εκ του θεου γεγεννηται. 10 εν τουτω φανερα εστιν τα τεκνα του θεου και τα τεκνα του διαβολου. πας ο μη ποιων δικαιοσυνην ουκ εστιν εκ του θεου, και ο μη αγαπων τον αδελφον αυτου. 11 οτι αυτη εστιν η αγγελια ην ηκουσατε απ αρχης, ινα αγαπωμεν αλληλους, 12 ου καθως καιν εκ του πονηρου ην και εσφαξεν τον αδελφον αυτου· και χαριν τινος εσφαξεν αυτον; οτι τα εργα αυτου πονηρα ην, τα δε του αδελφου αυτου δικαια. 13 μη θαυμαζετε, αδελφοι μου, ει μισει υμας ο κοσμος. 14 ημεις οιδαμεν οτι μεταβεβηκαμεν εκ του θανατου εις την ζωην, οτι αγαπωμεν τους αδελφους· ο μη αγαπων τον αδελφον μενει εν τω θανατω. 15 πας ο μισων τον αδελφον αυτου ανθρωποκτονος εστιν, και οιδατε οτι πας ανθρωποκτονος ουκ εχει ζωην αιωνιον εν εαυτω μενουσαν. 16 εν τουτω εγνωκαμεν την αγαπην, οτι εκεινος υπερ ημων την ψυχην αυτου εθηκεν· και ημεις οφειλομεν υπερ των αδελφων τας ψυχας τιθεναι. 17 ος δ αν εχη τον βιον του κοσμου και θεωρη τον αδελφον αυτου χρειαν εχοντα και κλειση τα σπλαγχνα αυτου απ αυτου, πως η αγαπη του θεου μενει εν αυτω; 18 τεκνια μου, μη αγαπωμεν λογω μηδε τη γλωσση, αλλ εν εργω και αληθεια. 19 και εν τουτω γινωσκομεν οτι εκ της αληθειας εσμεν, και εμπροσθεν αυτου πεισομεν τας καρδιας ημων, 20 οτι εαν καταγινωσκη ημων η καρδια, οτι μειζων εστιν ο θεος της καρδιας ημων και γινωσκει παντα. 21 αγαπητοι, εαν η καρδια ημων μη καταγινωσκη ημων, παρρησιαν εχομεν προς τον θεον, 22 και ο εαν αιτωμεν λαμβανομεν παρ αυτου, οτι τας εντολας αυτου τηρουμεν και τα αρεστα ενωπιον αυτου ποιουμεν. 23 και αυτη εστιν η εντολη αυτου, ινα πιστευσωμεν τω ονοματι του υιου αυτου ιησου χριστου και αγαπωμεν αλληλους καθως εδωκεν εντολην. 24 και ο τηρων τας εντολας αυτου εν αυτω μενει και αυτος εν αυτω. και εν τουτω γινωσκομεν οτι μενει εν ημιν, εκ του πνευματος ου ημιν εδωκεν.
1 John · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
Cross references (24)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 John 1:12; Galatians 3:26; 2 Corinthians 6:18; Galatians 4:5–6; John 3:16
- 2 Philippians 3:21; Colossians 3:4; 1 Corinthians 13:12; 2 Corinthians 3:18; Psalm 17:15
- 3 2 Corinthians 7:1; 1 John 2:6; 2 Peter 3:14; Matthew 5:48; Hebrews 12:14
- 4 1 John 5:17; Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Numbers 15:31; 1 John 3:8–9
- 5 2 Corinthians 5:21; Hebrews 9:28; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 3:18; Hebrews 9:26
- 6 3 John 11; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 3:9; 1 John 4:8; John 15:4–7
- 7 1 John 2:29; Romans 2:13; 1 Peter 1:15–16; 1 John 3:3; 1 John 2:26
- 8 Hebrews 2:14; John 8:44; Colossians 2:15; John 16:11; John 12:31
- 9 1 John 5:18; 1 Peter 1:23; John 1:13; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 2:29
- 10 1 John 4:8; 3 John 11; 1 John 4:21; Matthew 13:38; John 8:44
- 11 John 15:12; 2 John 5; 1 John 4:7; John 13:34–35; 1 Peter 3:8
- 12 Hebrews 11:4; Genesis 4:4–15; Proverbs 29:27; Genesis 4:25; Jude 11
- 13 John 15:18–19; John 17:14; Luke 21:17; 2 Timothy 3:12; Luke 6:22
- 14 1 John 5:2; John 13:35; John 5:24; 1 John 4:20–21; 1 Thessalonians 4:9
- 15 Matthew 5:21–22; Revelation 21:8; Proverbs 26:24–26; John 8:44; Leviticus 19:16–18
- 16 1 John 4:9–11; Ephesians 5:2; John 13:34; John 3:16; Romans 5:8
- 17 Hebrews 13:16; Isaiah 58:7–10; Deuteronomy 15:7–11; 1 John 4:20; Proverbs 19:17
- 18 James 2:15–16; Romans 12:9; 1 Peter 1:22; Galatians 5:13; 1 Corinthians 13:4–7
- 19 Hebrews 10:22; 1 John 3:21; Isaiah 32:17; Hebrews 6:10–11; John 18:37
- 20 Psalm 139:1–4; Jeremiah 17:10; Hebrews 4:13; 1 Corinthians 4:4; 1 John 4:4
- 21 1 John 2:28; Hebrews 4:16; 2 Corinthians 1:12; Psalm 101:2; Psalm 7:3–5
- 22 John 15:7; John 9:31; Matthew 21:22; 1 John 5:14; Mark 11:24
- 23 John 6:29; John 13:34; 1 Peter 1:22; John 15:12; 1 Peter 4:8
- 24 1 Corinthians 3:16; 1 John 4:15–16; 1 John 4:12–13; 1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Timothy 1:14
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Hear intently, I do beseech you, because it is no small matter that we have to cope withal: and I doubt not, because ye were intent upon it yesterday, that ye have with even greater intentness of purpose come together to-day.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… ever, which now appeareth unto us in the dark image of the clouds, and through the glass of the heavens, not as it is; because we also, although we be the well-beloved of Thy Son, yet it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. He looketh through the lattice of our flesh, and He is fair-speaking, and hath inflamed …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
The devil then is the first author of sin, and the father of the wicked: and this is the Lord's saying, not mine, that the devil sinneth from the beginning: none sinned before him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
"He that soweth to the spirit," it is said, "shall of the spirit reap life everlasting." John too writes, "Hereby we know that he abideth in us by (ek) the spirit which he hath given us." "That which is conceived in her," says the angel, "is of the Holy Ghost," and the Lord says "that which is born of the …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 8 (1895)
… eluded; and he who will not piously submit himself to things as they are, proudly feigns, and mocks himself with a state of things that does not exist; so that what the blessed Apostle John says thus becomes intelligible: "The devil sinneth from the beginning," --that is, from the time he was created he refused righteousness, which none but a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)