Þat [pistola 1a in the margin, P. ion, C m 1m in an early hand in the margin, S.] þing þat was from þe bygynnyng, þat we habbeþ y-herd, & y-seyen wiþ oure yȝen, & byholden, [and] [in S.P.] oure [verse 2] honden habbeþ y-touched of þe word of lyf, & þe lyf was openlyche y-schewed, & we han y-seyen it, & we bereþ wytnesse þer-of, & we scheweþ to ȝow an eferlastynge lyf þat [verse 3] was at þe Fader, & haþ appered to ous; & þat þing þat we habbeþ y-seye and y-herd we scheweþ to ȝow, þat ȝe han feloschype wiþ us [S folio 24b] [fol. 24b; the facing pages are headed Jo-hannis throughout, S.] : & þat þe felauschype be wiþ þe Fader & Iesu Crist his sone. [verse 4] And we wryteþ þese þinges to ȝow, þat ȝe ioyen, & þat ȝoure ioye be ful. [verse 5] & þis is oure tellynge þat we han yherd of hym & þat we scheweþ to ȝow: for God is lyȝt, & in hym ne beþ no derknesse. [verse 6] And ȝef we seye þat we han feloschype wiþ hym, & walkeþ in derknesse, we lyeþ, & doþ no trewþe: & ȝef we walkeþ in lyȝt, as he is in liȝt, we han felowschupe [P folio 28b] to-gydere, & þe blood of Iesu Crist his sone clansyþ ous of eferich synne. [verse 8] & ȝef we seye þat we ne haueþ no synne, we bygyleþ ous-selfe, & trewþe ne is noȝt in [wiþ P.] ous. [verse 9] Ȝef we knowlecheþ oure synnes, he is trewe [trewþe P.] and ryȝtful to forȝeuen ous oure synnes, & to clensen ous of euerich wikked|nesse [First k on erasure, S.] . [verse 10] & ȝef we seye þat we ne haueþ noȝt y-synned, we makeþ hym a gabbere, & his word ne is noȝt dwellynge in ous.
[verse 1] My [No division in the MSS.] smale chyldren, þese þynges y wryte to ȝou, þat ȝe [om. P.] synne noȝt. And ȝef þat eny man synneþ, we haueþ an [verse 2] aduoket to-fore þe Fadur, Iesu Crist þat is riȝtful: & he is þe forȝeuenesse of oure synnes; noȝt onlyche for ouren, bote for al þe worldes. [verse 3] And in þis we [ȝe P.] wyteþ wel þat we [ȝe P.] haueþ y-knowen hym, ȝef we kepeþ his hestes. [verse 4] Who þat seiþ þat he knoweþ God, and [e in the margin, S.] kepeþ noȝt his hestes, he is a lyer, & trewþe ne is noȝt in hym. [verse 5] Bote who þat kepeþ his word, soþlyche, in hym is þe charyte of God parfyt. & in þis we [verse 6] knoweþ þat we beþ in hym: & who þat seiþ þat he dwelleþ
