:TEXT: "but the One who was born of God keeps him" : A* B 614 2495 lat vg syr(h) cop(north) : ASVn RSV NASV NIV NEB TEV RANK: CNOTES: "but the one who was born of God keeps himself" : S Ac K P Psi 33 81 630 945 1241 1739 1881 Byz Lect syr(p) cop(south)? : KJV : The difference in the two readings is only that of one letter. Elsewhere John uses the word translated "the One who was born" to refer to Christ, and a different form of the word to refer to the believer in Christ. Copyists who misunderstood the word as referring to the believer change the simple pronoun to the reflective "himself."