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. ”

“ Efne, sƿelce grēate lufe hæfþ se Fæder ūs forgiefen, sƿā þæt ƿē bēon cildru Godes! For þissum ne cnāƿaþ sēo ƿoruld ūsic, for þȳ hēo ne cnēoƿ Hine.
2. Lēofas, nū sind ƿē cildru godes, and ƿē gīet niton þæt ƿē bēoþ. Ac ƿē cnāƿaþ þæt ƿē bēoþ gelīce Him þǣr hē ƿierþ ætīeƿed; for þȳ ƿē geseoþ Hine, sƿā Hē sīe.
3. gehƿā hopaþ þis clǣnsaþ hine, sƿā sƿā Hē is clǣne.
4. gēhƿā gylteþ dēþ ēac unlage. Synn is unlagu.
5. gē ƿiton þæt Hē ƿearþ ætīeƿed tō animenne ūra synna, and nis þǣr nǣnig synn on Him.
6. Hƿā bītt on Him ne gylteþ. Hƿā gylteþ næfþ Hine geseƿen, ne Hine cnāƿeþ. ”