The words for the recitative are the quotation of verse 23 from the Gospel of John, "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" (Whoever loves Me will keep My Word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him).
As palabras para o recitativo son a cita do versículo 23 do Evanxeo de Xoán: "liebet Wer mich, der wird mein Wort halten" ("O que me ama, gardará a miña Palabra, e o meu Pai amarao, e viremos a el e faremos morada con el").