ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

First Epistle of John the Theologian

CHAPTER 3

| 1 | ιδετε |  | ποταπην |  | αγαπην |  | δεδωκεν |  | ημιν |  | ο |  | πατηρ |  | ινα |  | τεκνα |  | θεου |
|  | See |  | what |  | love |  | has 3 given 4 |  | to 5 us 6 |  | the 1 |  | Father, 2 |  | that |  | children |  | of God |

κληθωμεν |  | δια |  | τουτο |  | ο |  | κοσμος |  | ου |  | γινωσκει |  | ημας |
we should be called. |  | On account of |  | this |  | the |  | world |  | knows not |  | ♦ |  | us, |

οτι |  | ουκ |  | εγνω |  | αυτον |  |
because |  | it knew not |  | ♦ |  | him. |  |

| 2 | αγαπητοι |  | νυν |  | τεκνα |  | θεου |  | εσμεν |  | και |  | ουπω |  | εφανερωθη |  | τι |  | εσομεθα |
|  | Beloved, |  | now |  | children |  | of God |  | are we, |  | and |  | not yet |  | was it manifested |  | what |  | we shall be; |

οιδαμεν |  | δε |  | οτι |  | εαν |  | φανερωθη |  | ομοιοι |  | αυτω |  | εσομεθα |  | οτι |  | οψομεθα |
but we know |  | ♦ |  | that |  | if |  | he be manifested, |  | like |  | him |  | we shall be, |  | for |  | we shall see |

αυτον |  | καθως |  | εστιν |  |
him |  | as |  | he is. |  |

| 3 | και |  | πας |  | ο |  | εχων |  | την |  | ελπιδα |  | ταυτην |  | επ |  | αυτω |  | αγνιζει |  | εαυτον |
|  | And |  | everyone |  | that |  | has |  | this hope |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | him, |  | purifies |  | himself, |

καθως |  | εκεινος |  | αγνος |  | εστιν |  |
even as |  | he |  | pure 2 |  | is. 1 |  |

| 4 | πας |  | ο |  | ποιων |  | την |  | αμαρτιαν |  | και |  | την |  | ανομιαν |  | ποιει |  | και |  | η |  | αμαρτια
|  | Everyone |  | that |  | practises |  | ♦ |  | sin, |  | also |  | ♦ |  | lawlessness |  | practises; |  | and |  | ♦ |  | sin

| εστιν |  | η |  | ανομια |  |
| is |  | ♦ |  | lawlessness. |  |

| 5 | και |  | οιδατε |  | οτι |  | εκεινος |  | εφανερωθη |  | ινα |  | τας |  | αμαρτιας |  | ημων |
|  | And |  | ye know |  | that |  | he |  | was manifested, |  | that |  | ♦ |  | sins 2 |  | our 1 |

αρη |  | και |  | αμαρτια |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  |
he might take away; |  | and |  | sin |  | in |  | him |  | is not. |  | ♦ |  |

| 6 | πας |  | ο |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | μενων |  | ουχ |  | αμαρτανει |  | πας |
|  | Anyone (lit. everyone) 2 |  | that 3 |  | in 5 |  | him 6 |  | abides 4 |  | not 1 |  | sins: |  | anyone (lit. everyone) 2 |

ο |  | αμαρτανων |  | ουχ |  | εωρακεν |  | αυτον |  | ουδε |  | εγνωκεν |  | αυτον |  |
that 3 |  | sins 4 |  | not 1 |  | has seen |  | him, |  | nor |  | has known |  | him. |  |

| 7 | τεκνια |  | μηδεις |  | πλανατω |  | υμας |  | ο |  | ποιων |  | την |  | δικαιοσυνην |
|  | Little children, |  | no 2 one 3 |  | let 1 lead 4 astray 6 |  | you; 5 |  | he that |  | practises |  | ♦ |  | righteousness, |

δικαιος |  | εστιν |  | καθως |  | εκεινος |  | δικαιος |  | εστιν |  |
righteous |  | is, |  | even as |  | he |  | righteous |  | is. |  |

| 8 | ο |  | ποιων |  | την |  | αμαρτιαν |  | εκ |  | του |  | διαβολου |  | εστιν |  | οτι |  | απ |
|  | He that |  | practises |  | ♦ |  | sin, |  | of |  | the |  | devil |  | is; |  | because |  | from |

αρχης |  | ο |  | διαβολος |  | αμαρτανει |  | εις |  | τουτο |  | εφανερωθη |  | ο |  | υιος |  | του |
[the] beginning |  | the |  | devil |  | sins. |  | For |  | this |  | was manifested |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |

θεου |  | ινα |  | λυση |  | τα |  | εργα |  | του |  | διαβολου |  |
of God, |  | that |  | he might undo |  | the |  | works |  | of the |  | devil. |  |

| 9 | πας |  | ο |  | γεγεννημενος |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | αμαρτιαν |  | ου |
|  | Anyone (lit. everyone) 2 |  | that 3 |  | has 4 been 5 begotten 6 |  | of 7 |  | ♦ |  | God, 8 |  | sin 10 |  | not 1 |

ποιει |  | οτι |  | σπερμα |  | αυτου |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | μενει |  | και |  | ου |  | δυναται |
practises, 9 |  | because |  | seed 2 |  | his 1 |  | in |  | him |  | abides, |  | and |  | he is not able |  | ♦ |

αμαρτανειν |  | οτι |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | γεγεννηται |  |
to sin, |  | because |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | he has been begotten. |  |

| 10 | εν |  | τουτω |  | φανερα |  | εστιν |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | του |  | θεου |  | και |  | τα |  | τεκνα |  | του |
|  | In |  | this |  | manifest |  | are |  | the |  | children |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | and |  | the |  | children |  | of the |

διαβολου |  | πας |  | ο |  | μη |  | ποιων |  | δικαιοσυνην |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | εκ |
devil. |  | Anyone (lit. everyone) 2 |  | that 3 |  | not 5 |  | practises 4 |  | righteousness 6 |  | not 1 |  | is |  | of |

του |  | θεου |  | και |  | ο |  | μη |  | αγαπων |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | αυτου |  |
♦ |  | God, |  | and |  | he that |  | loves not |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | brother 2 |  | his. 1 |  |

| 11 | οτι |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | η |  | αγγελια |  | ην |  | ηκουσατε |  | απ |  | αρχης |  | ινα |
|  | Because |  | this |  | is |  | the |  | message |  | which |  | ye heard |  | from |  | [the] beginning; |  | that |

αγαπωμεν |  | αλληλους |  |
we should love |  | one another: |  |

| 12 | ου |  | καθως |  | καιν |  | εκ |  | του |  | πονηρου |  | ην |  | και |  | εσφαξεν |  | τον |  | αδελφον |
|  | not |  | as |  | Cain [who] |  | of |  | the |  | wicked [one] |  | was, |  | and |  | slew |  | ♦ |  | brother 2 |

αυτου |  | και |  | χαριν |  | τινος |  | εσφαξεν |  | αυτον |  | οτι |  | τα |  | εργα |  | αυτου |
his; 1 |  | and |  | on account of |  | what |  | slew he |  | him? |  | because |  | his works |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

πονηρα |  | ην |  | τα |  | δε |  | του |  | αδελφου |  | αυτου |  | δικαια |  |
wicked 2 |  | were, 1 |  | and those |  | ♦ |  | of his brother |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | righteous. |  |

| 13 | μη |  | θαυμαζετε |  | αδελφοι |  | μου |  | ει |  | μισει |  | υμας |  | ο |  | κοσμος |  |
|  | Wonder not, |  | ♦ |  | brethren 2 |  | my, 1 |  | if |  | hates 3 |  | you 4 |  | the 1 |  | world. 2 |  |

| 14 | ημεις |  | οιδαμεν |  | οτι |  | μεταβεβηκαμεν |  | εκ |  | του |  | θανατου |  | εις |  | την |  | ζωην |
|  | We |  | know |  | that |  | we have passed |  | from |  | ♦ |  | death |  | to |  | ♦ |  | life, |

οτι |  | αγαπωμεν |  | τους |  | αδελφους |  | ο |  | μη |  | αγαπων |  | τον |  | αδελφον |
because |  | we love |  | the |  | brethren. |  | He that |  | loves not |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | [his] brother, |

μενει |  | εν |  | τω |  | θανατω |  |
abides |  | in |  | ♦ |  | death. |  |

| 15 | πας |  | ο |  | μισων |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | αυτου |  | ανθρωποκτονος |  | εστιν |  | και |
|  | Everyone |  | the |  | hates |  | ♦ |  | brother 2 |  | his 1 |  | a murderer |  | is, |  | and |

οιδατε |  | οτι |  | πας |  | ανθρωποκτονος |  | ουκ |  | εχει |  | ζωην |  | αιωνιον |  | εν |  | αυτω |
ye know |  | that |  | any (lit. every) 2 |  | murderer 3 |  | not 1 |  | has |  | life |  | eternal |  | in 2 |  | him 3 |

μενουσαν |  |
abiding. 1 |  |

| 16 | εν |  | τουτω |  | εγνωκαμεν |  | την |  | αγαπην |  | οτι |  | εκεινος |  | υπερ |  | ημων |  | την |
|  | By |  | this |  | we have known |  | ♦ |  | love, |  | because |  | he |  | for |  | us |  | his life |

ψυχην |  | αυτου |  | εθηκεν |  | και |  | ημεις |  | οφειλομεν |  | υπερ |  | των |  | αδελφων |  | τας |
♦ |  | ♦ |  | laid down; |  | and |  | we |  | ought |  | for |  | the |  | brethren [our] |  | ♦ |

ψυχας |  | τιθεναι |  |
lives |  | to lay down. |  |

| 17 | ος |  | δ |  | αν |  | εχη |  | τον |  | βιον |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | και |  | θεωρη |  | τον
|  | But whoever |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | may have |  | ♦ |  | means 3 of 4 life 5 |  | the 1 |  | world’s, 2 |  | and |  | may see |  | his brother

| αδελφον |  | αυτου |  | χρειαν |  | εχοντα |  | και |  | κλειση |  | τα |  | σπλαγχνα |  | αυτου |
| ♦ |  | ♦ |  | need 2 |  | having, 1 |  | and |  | may shut up |  | his bowels |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |

απ |  | αυτου |  | πως |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | του |  | θεου |  | μενει |  | εν |  | αυτω |  |
from |  | him, |  | how |  | the 2 |  | love 3 |  | ♦ |  | of 4 God 5 |  | abides 1 |  | in |  | him? |  |

| 18 | τεκνια |  | μου |  | μη |  | αγαπωμεν |  | λογω |  | μηδε |  | γλωσση |  | αλλ |
|  | Little 2 children 3 |  | my, 1 |  | we should not love |  | ♦ |  | in word, |  | nor |  | with tongue, |  | but |

εργω |  | και |  | αληθεια |  |
in work |  | and |  | in truth. |  |

| 19 | και |  | εν |  | τουτω |  | γινωσκομεν |  | οτι |  | εκ |  | της |  | αληθειας |  | εσμεν |  | και |  | εμπροσθεν |
|  | And |  | by |  | this |  | we know |  | that |  | of |  | the |  | truth |  | we are, |  | and |  | before |

αυτου |  | πεισομεν |  | τας |  | καρδιας |  | ημων |  |
him |  | shall persuade |  | our hearts, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 20 | οτι |  | εαν |  | καταγινωσκη |  | ημων |  | η |  | καρδια |  | οτι |  | μειζων |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | θεος |
|  | that |  | if |  | should 3 condemn 4 |  | our 1 |  | ♦ |  | heart, 2 |  | that |  | greater |  | is |  | ♦ |  | God |

της |  | καρδιας |  | ημων |  | και |  | γινωσκει |  | παντα |  |
than our heart |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | and |  | knows |  | all things. |  |

| 21 | αγαπητοι |  | εαν |  | η |  | καρδια |  | ημων |  | μη |  | καταγινωσκη |  | ημων |
|  | Beloved, |  | if |  | ♦ |  | heart 2 |  | our 1 |  | should not condemn |  | ♦ |  | us, |

παρρησιαν |  | εχομεν |  | προς |  | τον |  | θεον |  |
boldness |  | we have |  | towards |  | ♦ |  | God, |  |

| 22 | και |  | ο |  | εαν |  | αιτωμεν |  | λαμβανομεν |  | παρ |  | αυτου |  | οτι |
|  | and |  | whatsoever |  | ♦ |  | we may ask, |  | we receive |  | from |  | him, |  | because |

τας |  | εντολας |  | αυτου |  | τηρουμεν |  | και |  | τα |  | αρεστα |  | ενωπιον |
his commandments |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | we keep, |  | and |  | the things |  | pleasing |  | before |

αυτου |  | ποιουμεν |  |
him |  | we practise. |  |

| 23 | και |  | αυτη |  | εστιν |  | η |  | εντολη |  | αυτου |  | ινα |  | πιστευσωμεν |  | τω |
|  | And |  | this |  | is |  | his commandment, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | that |  | we should believe |  | on the |

ονοματι |  | του |  | υιου |  | αυτου |  | ιησου |  | χριστου |  | και |  | αγαπωμεν |  | αλληλους |
name |  | ♦ |  | of his Son |  | ♦ |  | Jesus |  | Christ, |  | and |  | should love |  | one another, |

καθως |  | εδωκεν |  | εντολην |  | ημιν |  |
even as |  | he gave |  | commandment |  | to us. |  |

| 24 | και |  | ο |  | τηρων |  | τας |  | εντολας |  | αυτου |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | μενει |  | και |
|  | And |  | he that |  | keeps |  | his commandments, |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | in |  | him |  | abides, |  | and |

αυτος |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | και |  | εν |  | τουτω |  | γινωσκομεν |  | οτι |  | μενει |  | εν |  | ημιν |  | εκ |  | του |
he |  | in |  | him: |  | and |  | by |  | this |  | we know |  | that |  | he abides |  | in |  | us, |  | by |  | the |

πνευματος |  | ου |  | ημιν |  | εδωκεν |  |
Spirit |  | which |  | to us |  | he gave. |  |