“ἡμεῖς ἀγαπῶμεν
ὅτι αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς,
ἐάν τις εἴπῃ ὅτι ἀγαπῶ τὸν θεόν
καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῇ ψεύστης ἐστίν
ὁ γὰρ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ὃν ἑώρακεν
τὸν θεὸν ὃν οὐχ ἑώρακεν οὐ δύναται ἀγαπᾶν,
καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔχομεν
ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἵνα ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν θεὸν ἀγαπᾷ καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ”