John the Apostle

“ For þissum cnāƿaþ ƿē þæt hit ƿierþ se æftermesta tīma.
19. Hīe ēodon ūt fram ūs, ac hīe ne gelumpon ūs; for þȳ þe gif hīe hæfden gelumpen ūs, þonne hīe scolden hīe gīet gangan mid ūs. Ac hīe forþēodon, sƿā þæt hīe mihten ƿesan ætīeƿed þæt hoera nǣnig gelimpþ ūs.
20. gē habbaþ smirƿunge fram þǣm Hālgan, and gē cnāƿaþ eall.
21. Ic næbbe geƿriten ēoƿ for þȳ þe gē ne cnāƿaþ þæt sōþ, ac for þȳ þe gē cnāƿaþ hit, and for þȳ þe nān lēasung is þæs sōðes.
22. Hƿā is se lēasiend būton him þe ne andetteþ þæt Iesus is se Crīst? Þes is se Ƿiðercrīst, hē þe ne andetteþ þone Fæder and þone Sunu. ”

“ Þurh þis ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt ƿē abīden on Him and Hē on ūs, for þȳ þe Hē hæfþ ūs of His gāste gifen.
14. Ƿē habbaþ geseƿen and acȳðaþ þæt se Fæder hafaþ gesent þone Sunu tō þǣm hǣliende eallre þǣre ƿorulde.
15. Hƿā andeteþ þæt se Hælend is se Sunu Godes, on him abītt God, and hē on Gode is.
16. Ƿē cnāƿaþ and habbaþ gelīefed þā lufe þā ūs geaf God. God lufu is, and hē se abītt on lufe abītt on Gode, and on him abītt God.
17. On þissum is lufu geƿorden fulfyled ongemang ūre, þæt ƿē mihten byldo on þǣm dōmdæge habban, for þǣm þē sƿā hē is, sƿā sind ƿē on þisre ƿorulde. ”

“ Nū bidde ic þē, ƿīf, nā sƿā ic ƿrīte þē nīƿe bod, ac þæt ƿē siþþan þǣre onȝinnunȝe hæfden habbaþ‏, and þæt is þæt ƿē ǣlc ōðerne lufien.
6. And þēos is lufu: þæt ƿē ȝān æfter his bodum; and þis is þæt bod, sƿā sƿā ƿē habbaþ fram þǣre onȝinnunȝe ȝehīered, sƿā þæt ȝe sculen æfter him ȝān.
7. For þǣm þe maniȝe mirran sindon on þā ƿorulde ȝecomen þe ne andetaþ þæt se Hǣlend Crīst is on þǣm flǣsce ȝecomen. Þes is se mirra and se ƿiðercrīst.
8. Behealdaþ ȝē ēoƿic, þæt ȝē ne belēosen þæt þe ƿē habbaþ ȝeƿorht, ac þæt ȝē fōn fulle mēde. ”