* 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.
* Asnjë nga dorëshkrimet e hershme greke nuk e përmbante këtë frazë, e cila, sipas dëshmive, u fut në tekst disa shekuj pasi Gjoni shkroi letrën e tij.