Editing First Epistle of John (section)

==Surviving early manuscripts==
[[File:End of 2 Peter and Beginning of 1 John in Alexandrinus.JPG|thumb|upright|right|The end part of the [[Second Epistle of Peter]] (3:16–18) and the beginning of the First Epistle of John ([[#Verse 1|1:1]]–[[1 John 2|2:9]]) on the same page of [[Codex Alexandrinus]] (AD 400–440)]]
The earliest written versions of the epistle have been lost; some of the earliest surviving manuscripts include:
;In Greek
*[[Codex Vaticanus]] (AD 300–325)
*[[Codex Sinaiticus]] (330–360)
*[[Codex Alexandrinus]] (400–440)
*[[Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus]] (c. 450; fragmentary)
*[[Papyrus 74]] (7th century; fragmentary)
;In Latin
*[[León palimpsest]] (7th century; extant verses 1 John 1:5–5:21,<ref name = Metzger>Bruce M. Metzger, ''The Early Versions of the New Testament'', Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 316.</ref> including the text of the [[Comma Johanneum]] ([[1 John 5:7]]).<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Aland | first1 = B. | last2=Aland| first2=K.| last3=J. Karavidopoulos, [[Carlo Maria Martini|C. M. Martini]], B. Metzger, [[Allen Wikgren|A. Wikgren]] | title = The Greek New Testament|issue=4|publisher=United Bible Societies | place =Stuttgart | year =1993|page=819|isbn=978-3-438-05110-3}} [UBS4]</ref>

The [[Muratorian fragment]], dated to AD 170, cites chapter 1, verses 1–3 within a discussion of the Gospel of John.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/text/muratorian-metzger.html |title=The Muratorian fragment |author=[[Bruce Metzger]] (translator) |publisher=EarlyChristianWritings.com |access-date=9 July 2018}}</ref> [[Papyrus 9]], dating from the 3rd century, has surviving parts of chapter 4, verses 11–12 and 14–17.<ref>{{Cite book
 | last = Comfort
 | first = Philip W.
 | author-link = Philip Comfort
 |author2=David P. Barrett
 | title = The Text of the Earliest New Testament Greek Manuscripts
 | publisher = Tyndale House Publishers
 | year = 2001
 | location = Wheaton, Illinois
 | page = 79
 | isbn = 978-0-8423-5265-9}}</ref>

Different versions of the Greek manuscript have different wording for some verses.

{{further|Textual variants in the First Epistle of John}}