< 1 John 4 >

1 Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
αγαπητοι μη παντι πνευματι πιστευετε αλλα δοκιμαζετε τα πνευματα ει εκ του θεου εστιν οτι πολλοι ψευδοπροφηται εξεληλυθασιν εισ τον κοσμον
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
εν τουτω γινωσκεται το πνευμα του θεου παν πνευμα ο ομολογει ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου εστιν
3 and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
και παν πνευμα ο μη ομολογει ιησουν χριστον εν σαρκι εληλυθοτα εκ του θεου ουκ εστιν και τουτο εστιν το του αντιχριστου ο ακηκοατε οτι ερχεται και νυν εν τω κοσμω εστιν ηδη
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.
υμεισ εκ του θεου εστε τεκνια και νενικηκατε αυτουσ οτι μειζων εστιν ο εν υμιν η ο εν τω κοσμω
5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
αυτοι εκ του κοσμου εισιν δια τουτο εκ του κοσμου λαλουσιν και ο κοσμοσ αυτων ακουει
6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
ημεισ εκ του θεου εσμεν ο γινωσκων τον θεον ακουει ημων οσ ουκ εστιν εκ του θεου ουκ ακουει ημων εκ τουτου γινωσκομεν το πνευμα τησ αληθειασ και το πνευμα τησ πλανησ
7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
αγαπητοι αγαπωμεν αλληλουσ οτι η αγαπη εκ του θεου εστιν και πασ ο αγαπων εκ του θεου γεγεννηται και γινωσκει τον θεον
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
ο μη αγαπων ουκ εγνω τον θεον οτι ο θεοσ αγαπη εστιν
9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.
εν τουτω εφανερωθη η αγαπη του θεου εν ημιν οτι τον υιον αυτου τον μονογενη απεσταλκεν ο θεοσ εισ τον κοσμον ινα ζησωμεν δι αυτου
10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
εν τουτω εστιν η αγαπη ουχ οτι ημεισ ηγαπησαμεν τον θεον αλλ οτι αυτοσ ηγαπησεν ημασ και απεστειλεν τον υιον αυτου ιλασμον περι των αμαρτιων ημων
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
αγαπητοι ει ουτωσ ο θεοσ ηγαπησεν ημασ και ημεισ οφειλομεν αλληλουσ αγαπαν
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.
θεον ουδεισ πωποτε τεθεαται εαν αγαπωμεν αλληλουσ ο θεοσ εν ημιν μενει και η αγαπη αυτου τετελειωμενη εστιν εν ημιν
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
εν τουτω γινωσκομεν οτι εν αυτω μενομεν και αυτοσ εν ημιν οτι εκ του πνευματοσ αυτου δεδωκεν ημιν
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
και ημεισ τεθεαμεθα και μαρτυρουμεν οτι ο πατηρ απεσταλκεν τον υιον σωτηρα του κοσμου
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
οσ αν ομολογηση οτι ιησουσ εστιν ο υιοσ του θεου ο θεοσ εν αυτω μενει και αυτοσ εν τω θεω
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.
και ημεισ εγνωκαμεν και πεπιστευκαμεν την αγαπην ην εχει ο θεοσ εν ημιν ο θεοσ αγαπη εστιν και ο μενων εν τη αγαπη εν τω θεω μενει και ο θεοσ εν αυτω μενει
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 we are in this world.
εν τουτω τετελειωται η αγαπη μεθ ημων ινα παρρησιαν εχωμεν εν τη ημερα τησ κρισεωσ οτι καθωσ εκεινοσ εστιν και ημεισ εσμεν εν τω κοσμω τουτω
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.
φοβοσ ουκ εστιν εν τη αγαπη αλλ η τελεια αγαπη εξω βαλλει τον φοβον οτι ο φοβοσ κολασιν εχει ο δε φοβουμενοσ ου τετελειωται εν τη αγαπη
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
ημεισ αγαπωμεν αυτον οτι αυτοσ πρωτοσ ηγαπησεν ημασ
20 If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
εαν τισ ειπη οτι αγαπω τον θεον και τον αδελφον αυτου μιση ψευστησ εστιν ο γαρ μη αγαπων τον αδελφον αυτου ον εωρακεν τον θεον ον ουχ εωρακεν πωσ δυναται αγαπαν
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
και ταυτην την εντολην εχομεν απ αυτου ινα ο αγαπων τον θεον αγαπα και τον αδελφον αυτου

< 1 John 4 >