1 John 4

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 By this you know the Rukha of God: every spirit who confesses that Yeshua Meshikha has come in the flesh is of God,

By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

3 and every spirit who does not confess Yeshua is not of God; and this is that of the Anti-Meshikha, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.

4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

9 By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

10 In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Rukha.

And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Whoever confesses that Yeshua is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

17 In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we in this world.

In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

19 We love, because he first loved us.

We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

20 If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.