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.
he priyatamāḥ, yūyaṁ sarvveṣvātmasu na viśvasita kintu te īśvarāt jātā na vetyātmanaḥ parīkṣadhvaṁ yato bahavo mṛṣābhaviṣyadvādino jaganmadhyam āgatavantaḥ|
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
īśvarīyo ya ātmā sa yuṣmābhiranena paricīyatāṁ, yīśuḥ khrīṣṭo narāvatāro bhūtvāgata etad yena kenacid ātmanā svīkriyate sa īśvarīyaḥ|
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.
kintu yīśuḥ khrīṣṭo narāvatāro bhūtvāgata etad yena kenacid ātmanā nāṅgīkriyate sa īśvarīyo nahi kintu khrīṣṭārerātmā, tena cāgantavyamiti yuṣmābhiḥ śrutaṁ, sa cedānīmapi jagati varttate|
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.
he bālakāḥ, yūyam īśvarāt jātāstān jitavantaśca yataḥ saṁsārādhiṣṭhānakāriṇo 'pi yuṣmadadhiṣṭhānakārī mahān|
5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
te saṁsārāt jātāstato hetoḥ saṁsārād bhāṣante saṁsāraśca teṣāṁ vākyāni gṛhlāti|
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.
vayam īśvarāt jātāḥ, īśvaraṁ yo jānāti so'smadvākyāni gṛhlāti yaśceśvarāt jāto nahi so'smadvākyāni na gṛhlāti; anena vayaṁ satyātmānaṁ bhrāmakātmānañca paricinumaḥ|
7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
he priyatamāḥ, vayaṁ parasparaṁ prema karavāma, yataḥ prema īśvarāt jāyate, aparaṁ yaḥ kaścit prema karoti sa īśvarāt jāta īśvaraṁ vetti ca|
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
yaḥ prema na karoti sa īśvaraṁ na jānāti yata īśvaraḥ premasvarūpaḥ|
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.
asmāsvīśvarasya premaitena prākāśata yat svaputreṇāsmabhyaṁ jīvanadānārtham īśvaraḥ svīyam advitīyaṁ putraṁ jaganmadhyaṁ preṣitavān|
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.
vayaṁ yad īśvare prītavanta ityatra nahi kintu sa yadasmāsu prītavān asmatpāpānāṁ prāyaścirttārthaṁ svaputraṁ preṣitavāṁścetyatra prema santiṣṭhate|
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
he priyatamāḥ, asmāsu yadīśvareṇaitādṛśaṁ prema kṛtaṁ tarhi parasparaṁ prema karttum asmākamapyucitaṁ|
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.
īśvaraḥ kadāca kenāpi na dṛṣṭaḥ yadyasmābhiḥ parasparaṁ prema kriyate tarhīśvaro 'smanmadhye tiṣṭhati tasya prema cāsmāsu setsyate|
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
asmabhyaṁ tena svakīyātmanoṁ'śo datta ityanena vayaṁ yat tasmin tiṣṭhāmaḥ sa ca yad asmāsu tiṣṭhatīti jānīmaḥ|
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
pitā jagatrātāraṁ putraṁ preṣitavān etad vayaṁ dṛṣṭvā pramāṇayāmaḥ|
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
yīśurīśvarasya putra etad yenāṅgīkriyate tasmin īśvarastiṣṭhati sa ceśvare tiṣṭhati|
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.
asmāsvīśvarasya yat prema varttate tad vayaṁ jñātavantastasmin viśvāsitavantaśca| īśvaraḥ premasvarūpaḥ premnī yastiṣṭhati sa īśvare tiṣṭhati tasmiṁśceśvarastiṣṭhati|
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.
sa yādṛśo 'sti vayamapyetasmin jagati tādṛśā bhavāma etasmād vicāradine 'smābhi ryā pratibhā labhyate sāsmatsambandhīyasya premnaḥ siddhiḥ|
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.
premni bhīti rna varttate kintu siddhaṁ prema bhītiṁ nirākaroti yato bhītiḥ sayātanāsti bhīto mānavaḥ premni siddho na jātaḥ|
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
asmāsu sa prathamaṁ prītavān iti kāraṇād vayaṁ tasmin prīyāmahe|
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?
īśvare 'haṁ prīya ityuktvā yaḥ kaścit svabhrātaraṁ dveṣṭi so 'nṛtavādī| sa yaṁ dṛṣṭavān tasmin svabhrātari yadi na prīyate tarhi yam īśvaraṁ na dṛṣṭavān kathaṁ tasmin prema karttuṁ śaknuyāt?
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
ata īśvare yaḥ prīyate sa svīyabhrātaryyapi prīyatām iyam ājñā tasmād asmābhi rlabdhā|
