* None of the early Greek manuscripts contained this phrase, which evidently was inserted several centuries after John wrote his letter; nor did it appear in the oldest Latin manuscripts of the Vulgate.
* لا ترد هذه الآية في اية مخطوطة يونانية باكرة .‏ ويبدو انها أُقحِمت بعد عدة قرون من كتابة يوحنا لرسالته .‏