ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

First Epistle of John the Theologian

CHAPTER 5

| 1 | πας |  | ο |  | πιστευων |  | οτι |  | ιησους |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | χριστος |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |
|  | Everyone |  | that |  | believes |  | that |  | Jesus |  | is |  | the |  | Christ, |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |

γεγεννηται |  | και |  | πας |  | ο |  | αγαπων |  | τον |  | γεννησαντα |  | αγαπα |  | και |
has been begotten; |  | and |  | everyone |  | that |  | loves |  | him that |  | begat, |  | loves |  | also |

τον |  | γεγεννημενον |  | εξ |  | αυτου |  |
him that |  | has been begotten |  | of |  | him. |  |

| 2 | εν |  | τουτω |  | γινωσκομεν |  | οτι |  | αγαπωμεν |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | του |  | θεου |  | οταν |  | τον |  | θεον
|  | By |  | this |  | we know |  | that |  | we love |  | the |  | children |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | when |  | ♦ |  | God

| αγαπωμεν |  | και |  | τας |  | εντολας |  | αυτου |  | τηρωμεν |  |
| we love |  | and |  | his commandments |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | keep. |  |

| 3 | αυτη |  | γαρ |  | εστιν |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | του |  | θεου |  | ινα |  | τας |  | εντολας |  | αυτου |
|  | For this |  | ♦ |  | is |  | the |  | love |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | that |  | his commandments |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

τηρωμεν |  | και |  | αι |  | εντολαι |  | αυτου |  | βαρειαι |  | ουκ |  | εισιν |  |
we should keep; |  | and |  | his commandments |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | burdensome |  | are not. |  | ♦ |  |

| 4 | οτι |  | παν |  | το |  | γεγεννημενον |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | νικα |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | και |  | αυτη
|  | Because |  | all |  | that |  | has been begotten |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | overcomes |  | the |  | world; |  | and |  | this

| εστιν |  | η |  | νικη |  | η |  | νικησασα |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | η |  | πιστις |  | ημων |  |
| is |  | the |  | victory |  | which |  | overcame |  | the |  | world, |  | our faith. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 5 | τις |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | νικων |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | ει |  | μη |  | ο |  | πιστευων |  | οτι |  | ιησους |
|  | Who |  | is |  | he that |  | overcomes |  | the |  | world, |  | but |  | ♦ |  | he that |  | believes |  | that |  | Jesus |

εστιν |  | ο |  | υιος |  | του |  | θεου |  |
is |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of God? |  |

| 6 | ουτος |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | ελθων |  | δι |  | υδατος |  | και |  | αιματος |  | ιησους |  | ο |  | χριστος |  | ουκ |
|  | This |  | is |  | he who |  | came |  | by |  | water |  | and |  | blood, |  | Jesus |  | the |  | Christ; |  | not |

εν |  | τω |  | υδατι |  | μονον |  | αλλ |  | εν |  | τω |  | υδατι |  | και |  | τω |  | αιματι |  | και |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | εστιν |
by |  | ♦ |  | water |  | only, |  | but |  | by |  | ♦ |  | water |  | and |  | ♦ |  | blood. |  | And |  | the |  | Spirit |  | it is |

το |  | μαρτυρουν |  | οτι |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | εστιν |  | η |  | αληθεια |  |
that |  | bears witness, |  | because |  | the |  | Spirit |  | is |  | the |  | truth. |  |

| 7 | οτι |  | τρεις |  | εισιν |  | οι |  | μαρτυρουντες |  | εν |  | τω |  | ουρανω |  | ο |  | πατηρ |  | ο |  | λογος
|  | Because |  | three |  | there are |  | who |  | bear witness |  | in |  | ♦ |  | heaven, |  | the |  | Father, |  | the |  | Word,

| και |  | το |  | αγιον |  | πνευμα |  | και |  | ουτοι |  | οι |  | τρεις |  | εν |  | εισιν |  |
| and |  | the |  | Holy |  | Ghost; |  | and |  | these |  | ♦ |  | three |  | one |  | are. |  |

| 8 | και |  | τρεις |  | εισιν |  | οι |  | μαρτυρουντες |  | εν |  | τη |  | γη |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | και |  | το |  | υδωρ |
|  | And |  | three |  | there are |  | who |  | bear witness |  | on |  | ♦ |  | earth, |  | the |  | Spirit, |  | and |  | the |  | water, |

και |  | το |  | αιμα |  | και |  | οι |  | τρεις |  | εις |  | το |  | εν |  | εισιν |  |
and |  | the |  | blood; |  | and |  | the |  | three |  | to |  | the |  | one [point] |  | are. |  |

| 9 | ει |  | την |  | μαρτυριαν |  | των |  | ανθρωπων |  | λαμβανομεν |  | η |  | μαρτυρια |  | του |  | θεου |
|  | If |  | the |  | witness |  | ♦ |  | of men |  | we receive, |  | the |  | witness |  | ♦ |  | of God |

μειζων |  | εστιν |  | οτι |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | η |  | μαρτυρια |  | του |  | θεου |  | ην |
greater 2 |  | is. 1 |  | Because |  | this |  | is |  | the |  | witness |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | which |

μεμαρτυρηκεν |  | περι |  | του |  | υιου |  | αυτου |  |
he has witnessed |  | concerning |  | his Son. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 10 | ο |  | πιστευων |  | εις |  | τον |  | υιον |  | του |  | θεου |  | εχει |  | την |  | μαρτυριαν |  | εν |  | εαυτω |
|  | He that |  | believes |  | on |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | has |  | the |  | witness |  | in |  | himself; |

ο |  | μη |  | πιστευων |  | τω |  | θεω |  | ψευστην |  | πεποιηκεν |  | αυτον |  | οτι |
he that |  | believes not |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | God |  | a 4 liar 5 |  | has 1 made 2 |  | him. 3 |  | because |

ου |  | πεπιστευκεν |  | εις |  | την |  | μαρτυριαν |  | ην |  | μεμαρτυρηκεν |  | ο |
he has not believed |  | ♦ |  | in |  | the |  | witness |  | which |  | has 2 witnessed 3 |  | ♦ |

θεος |  | περι |  | του |  | υιου |  | αυτου |  |
God 1 |  | concerning |  | his Son. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 11 | και |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | η |  | μαρτυρια |  | οτι |  | ζωην |  | αιωνιον |  | εδωκεν |  | ημιν |  | ο |  | θεος |
|  | And |  | this |  | is |  | the |  | witness, |  | that |  | life |  | eternal |  | gave 2 |  | to 3 us 4 |  | ♦ |  | God; 1 |

και |  | αυτη |  | η |  | ζωη |  | εν |  | τω |  | υιω |  | αυτου |  | εστιν |  |
and |  | this |  | ♦ |  | life |  | in 2 |  | ♦ |  | Son 4 |  | his 3 |  | is: 1 |  |

| 12 | ο |  | εχων |  | τον |  | υιον |  | εχει |  | την |  | ζωην |  | ο |  | μη |  | εχων |  | τον |  | υιον |  | του |
|  | he that |  | has |  | the |  | Son, |  | has |  | ♦ |  | life: |  | he that |  | has not |  | ♦ |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |

θεου |  | την |  | ζωην |  | ουκ |  | εχει |  |
of God, |  | ♦ |  | life |  | has not. |  | ♦ |  |

| 13 | ταυτα |  | εγραψα |  | υμιν |  | τοις |  | πιστευουσιν |  | εις |  | το |  | ονομα |  | του |  | υιου |  | του |
|  | These things |  | I wrote |  | to you |  | who |  | believe |  | on |  | the |  | name |  | of the |  | Son |  | ♦ |

θεου |  | ινα |  | ειδητε |  | οτι |  | ζωην |  | εχετε |  | αιωνιον |  | και |  | ινα |  | πιστευητε |  | εις |  | το |
of God, |  | that |  | ye may know |  | that |  | life 4 |  | ye 1 have 2 |  | eternal, 3 |  | and |  | that |  | ye may believe |  | on |  | the |

ονομα |  | του |  | υιου |  | του |  | θεου |  |
name |  | of the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of God. |  |

| 14 | και |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | η |  | παρρησια |  | ην |  | εχομεν |  | προς |  | αυτον |  | οτι |  | εαν |  | τι |
|  | And |  | this |  | is |  | the |  | boldness |  | which |  | we have |  | towards |  | him, |  | that |  | if |  | anything |

αιτωμεθα |  | κατα |  | το |  | θελημα |  | αυτου |  | ακουει |  | ημων |  |
we may ask |  | according to |  | his will, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | he hears |  | us. |  |

| 15 | και |  | εαν |  | οιδαμεν |  | οτι |  | ακουει |  | ημων |  | ο |  | αν |  | αιτωμεθα |  | οιδαμεν |  | οτι |
|  | And |  | if |  | we know |  | that |  | he hears |  | us, |  | whatsoever |  | ♦ |  | we may ask, |  | we know |  | that |

εχομεν |  | τα |  | αιτηματα |  | α |  | ητηκαμεν |  | παρ |  | αυτου |  |
we have |  | the |  | requests |  | which |  | we have asked |  | from |  | him. |  |

| 16 | εαν |  | τις |  | ιδη |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | αυτου |  | αμαρτανοντα |  | αμαρτιαν |  | μη
|  | If |  | anyone |  | should see |  | his brother |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | sinning |  | a sin |  | not

| προς |  | θανατον |  | αιτησει |  | και |  | δωσει |  | αυτω |  | ζωην |  | τοις |
| to |  | death, |  | he shall ask, |  | and |  | he shall give |  | him |  | life |  | for those that |

αμαρτανουσιν |  | μη |  | προς |  | θανατον |  | εστιν |  | αμαρτια |  | προς |  | θανατον |  | ου |
sin |  | not |  | to |  | death. |  | There is |  | a sin |  | to |  | death; |  | not |

περι |  | εκεινης |  | λεγω |  | ινα |  | ερωτηση |  |
concerning |  | that |  | do I say |  | that |  | he should beseech. |  |

| 17 | πασα |  | αδικια |  | αμαρτια |  | εστιν |  | και |  | εστιν |  | αμαρτια |  | ου |  | προς |  | θανατον |  |
|  | Every |  | unrighteousness |  | sin 2 |  | is; 1 |  | and |  | thre is |  | a sin |  | not |  | to |  | death. |  |

| 18 | οιδαμεν |  | οτι |  | πας |  | ο |  | γεγεννημενος |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | ουχ |
|  | We know |  | that |  | anyone (lit. everyone) 2 |  | that 3 |  | has 4 been 5 begotten 6 |  | of 7 |  | ♦ |  | God 8 |  | not 1 |

αμαρτανει |  | αλλ |  | ο |  | γεννηθεις |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | τηρει |  | εαυτον |  | και |  | ο |
sins, |  | but |  | he that |  | was begotten |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | keeps |  | himself, |  | and |  | the |

πονηρος |  | ουχ |  | απτεται |  | αυτου |  |
wicked [one] |  | does not touch |  | ♦ |  | him. |  |

| 19 | οιδαμεν |  | οτι |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | εσμεν |  | και |  | ο |  | κοσμος |  | ολος |  | εν |  | τω |  | πονηρω |
|  | We know |  | that |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | we are, |  | and |  | the |  | world 2 |  | whole 1 |  | in |  | the |  | wicked [one] |

κειται |  |
lies. |  |

| 20 | οιδαμεν |  | δε |  | οτι |  | ο |  | υιος |  | του |  | θεου |  | ηκει |  | και |  | δεδωκεν |  | ημιν |
|  | And we know |  | ♦ |  | that |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | is come, |  | and |  | has given |  | us |

διανοιαν |  | ινα |  | γινωσκωμεν |  | τον |  | αληθινον |  | και |  | εσμεν |  | εν |  | τω |
an understanding |  | that |  | we might know |  | him that [is] |  | true; |  | and |  | we are |  | in |  | him that [is] |

αληθινω |  | εν |  | τω |  | υιω |  | αυτου |  | ιησου |  | χριστω |  | ουτος |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | αληθινος |  | θεος
true, |  | in |  | his Son |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | Christ. |  | He |  | is |  | the |  | true |  | God,

| και |  | η |  | ζωη |  | αιωνιος |  |
| and |  | ♦ |  | life |  | eternal. |  |

| 21 | τεκνια |  | φυλαξατε |  | εαυτους |  | απο |  | των |  | ειδωλων |  | αμην |
|  | Little children, |  | keep |  | yourselves |  | from |  | ♦ |  | idols. |  | Amen. |