Léctio Epístolæ primæ beáti loannis apóstoli (5,14-21)
Carissimi : hæc est fidúcia, quam habémus ad eum, quia si quid petiérimus secúndum voluntátem eíus, audit nos. Et si scimus quóniam audit nos, quidquid petiérimus, scimus quóniam habémus petitiónes, quas postulávimus ab eo. Si quis videt fratrem suum peccáre peccátum non ad mortem, petet, et dabit ei Deus vitam, peccántibus non ad mortem. Est peccátum ad mortem; non pro illo dico, ut roget. Omnis iniustítia peccátum est, et est peccátum non ad mortem. Scimus quóniam omnis, qui natus est ex Deo, non peccat, sed ille, qui génitus est ex Deo, consérvat eum, et Malígnus non tangit eum. Scimus quóniam ex Deo sumus, et mundus totus in Malígno pósitus est. Et scimus quóniam Fílius Dei venit et dedit nobis sensum, ut cognoscámus eum, qui verus est; et sumus in eo, qui verus est, in Fílio eíus Iésu Christo. Hic est qui verus est, Deus et vita ætérna. Filíoli, custodíte vos a simulácris!
My dearest: this is the confidence which we have toward him: that, whatsoever we shall ask according to his will, he heareth us. And we know that he heareth us whatsoever we shall ask: we know that we have the petitions which we request of him. He that knoweth his brother to sin a sin not to death, let him ask, and life shall be given him, sinning not to death. There is a sin to death: for that I say not that any man ask. All iniquity, is sin. And there is a sin to death. We know that every one which is born of God, sinneth not: but the generation of God preserveth him, and the wicked one toucheth him not. We know that we are of God, and the whole world is set in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God cometh: and he hath given us understanding, that we may know the true God, & may be in his true Son, This is the true God, & life everlasting. My little children, keep yourselves from idols . Amen.
