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.
Ljubljeni, ne verujte vsakemu duhu, nego presojajte duhove, ali so iz Boga; ker mnogo lažiprerokov je izšlo na svet.
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
V tem spoznate Duha Božjega: vsak duh, ki spoznava Jezusa Kristusa, da je prišel v mesu, je iz Boga.
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.
In vsak duh, ki ne spoznava Jezusa Kristusa, da je prišel v mesu, ni iz Boga; in ta je protikristov, kateri ste slišali da pride, in sedaj je že na svetu.
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.
Vi ste iz Boga, otročiči, in premagali ste jih; ker večji je on, ki je v vas, nego on, ki je v svetu.
5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
Oni so iz sveta; za to govoré iz sveta, in svet jih posluša.
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.
Mi smo iz Boga; kdor pozna Boga, pusluša nas; kdor ni iz Boga, nas ne posluša; iz tega spoznavamo duha resnice in duha zmote.
7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Ljubljeni, ljubimo se med seboj; ker ljubezen je iz Boga, in vsak, kdor ljubi, rojen je iz Boga in pozna Boga;
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
Kdor ne ljubi, ni spoznal Boga, da je Bog ljubezen.
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.
V tem se je razodela ljubezen Božja v nas da je sina svojega edinorojenega Bog na svet poslal, da živimo po njem.
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.
V tem je ljubezen, ne ker smo mi ljubili Boga, nego ker je on ljubil nas, in poslal sina svojega v spravo za grehe naše.
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
Ljubljeni, če nas je Bog tako jubil, dolžni smo tudi mi ljubiti se med seboj.
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.
Boga ni nihče nikdar videl; če se ljubimo med seboj, ostaja Bog v nas, in ljubezen njegova je popolnjena v nas.
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
V tem spoznavamo, da ostajamo v njem, in on v nas, ker nam je dal iz Duha svojega.
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
In mi smo gledali in pričamo, da je oče poslal sina zveličarja sveta.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
Kdor spozna, da je Jezus sin Božji, v njem ostaja Bog in on v Bogu.
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.
In mi smo spoznali in verovali ljubezen, katero ima Bog v nas. Bog je ljubezen, in kdor ostaja v ljubezni, ostaja v Bogu, in Bog v njem.
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.
V tem se je popolnila ljubezen z nami, da imamo zaupanje o dnevi sodbe, da, kakor je on, smo tudi mi na tem svetu.
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.
Strahú ni v ljubezni, temuč popolna ljubezen ven vrže strah, ker strah ima kazen; kdor pa se boji, ni se popolnil v ljubezni.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Mi ga ljubimo, ker nas je on prvi ljubil.
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?
Ako kdo pravi: Boga ljubim, in sovraži brata svojega, je lažnik; kajti kdor ne ljubi brata, katerega vidi, kako more ljubiti Boga, katerega ne vidi?
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
In to zapoved imamo od njega, da, kdor ljubi Boga, naj ljubi tudi brata svojega.
