5: 1 ⁴⁴And whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.
⁴⁴Bψ 33 048^vid cop^sa vg omit And

5: 2 Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and ⁴⁵do his commandments.
⁴⁵(A^vid?)ℵ 1881 1241 1243 (048) and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. read keep his commandments.

5: 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not burdensome.
5: 4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, even our faith.
5: 5 And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
5: 6 This is he that came ⁴⁶by water and ⁴⁷blood, even Jesus Christ; not in the water only, but in the water and in the blood. And it is the spirit that beareth witness, because the spirit is the truth.
⁴⁶Gk. through
⁴⁷So Bψ 1739* 1881 322 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg. Aℵ 2344 cop^sa,bo read blood and spirit, 1852 1243 read spirit and blood, 1241 reads spirit,

5: 7 For there are ⁴⁸three that bear witness,
⁴⁸The reading three that bear witness in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are in one; 8 and there are three that bear witness on earth, the spirit, and the water, and the blood: is found in no reputable Gk. ms., in fewer than ten total (in seven variations), and in the text of only five: 2318 2473 61 629 918. History infers that the Alcala editors prepared 61 specially to coerce Erasmus into inserting it into his 3^rd edition of the Gk. N.T., which he then did.

5: 8 the spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.
5: 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for the witness of God is this, that he hath borne witness concerning his Son.
5: 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not ⁴⁹God hath made him a liar; because he hath not believed in the witness that God hath borne concerning his Son.
⁴⁹So Bℵψ 1852 1881 1243 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. A 1739* 1241 2344 322 vg read the Son cop^sa arm read in the Son of God

5: 11 And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
5: 12 He that hath the Son hath the life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not the life.
5: 13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, even unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.^50
50So BAℵ 1852 2344 33. 1739 1881 (1241) 1243 322 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. read , and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

5: 14 And this is the boldness which we have toward him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:
5: 15 and if we know that he heareth us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions which we have asked of him.
5: 16 If any man see his brother sinning a sin not unto death, ⁵¹he shall ask, and God will give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is ⁵²a sin unto death: not concerning this do I say that he should make request.
⁵¹Or, he shall ask and shall give him life, even to them that sin not unto death.
⁵²Or, sin And in vs. 17.

5: 17 All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin ⁵³not unto death.
⁵³1852 1243 33 cop^sa arm omit not

5: 18 We know that whosoever ⁵⁴is begotten of God sinneth not; but he that was begotten of God keepeth ⁵⁵him, and the evil one toucheth him not.
⁵⁴1852 cop^bo vg read is born of God sinneth not, 33 reads has been begotten of God, even the one begotten of God, sinneth not,
⁵⁵So BA* 1852 vg (i.e., the Son of God keepeth the believer). But ℵψ 1739 1881 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm read himself (i.e., the believer keepeth himself).

5: 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
5: 20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know ⁵⁶him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
⁵⁶So B 1243 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., arm. Aψ 1739 1852 1881 2344 33 322 vg read the true man of God, ℵ* cop^sa read the truth,

5: 21 My little children, guard yourselves from the idols.^57
571852 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss. add Amen.