1 John 4

1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Moost dere britheren, nyle ye bileue to ech spirit, but preue ye spiritis, if thei ben of God; for many false prophetis wenten out in to the world.

2 Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God;

In this thing the spirit of God is knowun; ech spirit that knowlechith that Jhesu Crist hath come in fleisch, is of God;

3 and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not of God: and this is that [power] of the antichrist, [of] which ye have heard that it comes, and now it is already in the world.

and ech spirit that fordoith Jhesu, is not of God. And this is antecrist, of whom ye herden, that he cometh; and riyt now he is in the world.

4 Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.

Ye, litle sones, ben of God, and ye han ouercome hym; for he that is in you is more, than he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] of the world, and the world hears them.

Thei ben of the world, therfor thei speken of the world, and the world herith hem.

6 We are of God; he that knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

We ben of God; he that knowith God, herith vs; he that is not of God, herith not vs. In this thing we knowen the spirit of treuthe, and the spirit of errour.

7 Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Moost dere britheren, loue we togidere, for charite is of God; and ech that loueth his brother, is borun of God, and knowith God.

8 He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.

He that loueth not, knowith not God; for God is charite.

9 Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

In this thing the charite of God apperide in vs, for God sente hise oon bigetun sone in to the world, that we lyue bi hym.

10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

In this thing is charite, not as we hadden loued God, but for he firste louede vs, and sente hise sone foryyuenesse for oure synnes.

11 Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Ye moost dere britheren, if God louede vs, we owen to loue ech other.

12 No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

No man say euer God; if we louen togidre, God dwellith in vs, and the charite of hym is perfit in vs.

13 Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.

In this thing we knowen, that we dwellen in hym, and he in vs; for of his spirit he yaf to vs.

14 And we have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son [as] Saviour of the world.

And we sayen, and witnessen, that the fadir sente his sone sauyour of the world.

15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

Who euer knowlechith, that Jhesu is the sone of God, God dwellith in him, and he in God.

16 And we have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

And we han knowun, and bileuen to the charite, that God hath in vs. God is charite, and he that dwellith in charite, dwellith in God, and God in hym.

17 Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as he is, we also are in this world.

In this thing is the perfit charite of God with vs, that we haue trist in the dai of dom; for as he is, also we ben in this world.

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.

Drede is not in charite, but perfit charite puttith out drede; for drede hath peyne. But he that dredith, is not perfit in charite.

19 We love because he has first loved us.

Therfor loue we God, for he louede vs bifore.

20 If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

If ony man seith, that `Y loue God, and hatith his brother, he is a liere. For he that loueth not his brothir, which he seeth, hou mai he loue God, whom he seeth not?

21 And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.

And we han this comaundement of God, that he that loueth God, loue also his brothir.