1 John 4

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

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

2 Hereby, do ye perceive the Spirit of God: —every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ as having come, in flesh, is, of God;

By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God,

3 And, every spirit that doth not confess Jesus, of God, is not. And, this, is the [spirit] of the Antichrist, touching which ye have heard that it cometh: even now, is it, in the world, already.

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

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

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

5 They, are, of the world: For this cause, of the world, they speak, and the world, unto them, doth hearken.

They are of the world. Because of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

6 We, are, of God: he that is getting to understand God, hearkeneth unto us, —whoso is not of God, hearkeneth not unto us: from this, perceive we—the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

We are of God. He who 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.

7 Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:

Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

8 He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.

He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

9 Herein, hath the love of God in us, been made manifest, that, his only-begotten Son, God sent into the world, in order that we might live through him.

By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so that we might live through him.

10 Herein, is love: not that, we, have loved God, but that, he, loved us, and sent forth his Son, as a propitiation concerning our sins.

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, an atonement for our sins.

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

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.

12 Upon God, hath no one, at any time, gazed: If we love one another, God, in us, abideth, and, his love, hath been perfected within us.

No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.

13 Hereby, perceive we—that, in him, are we abiding, and, he, in us, —in that, of his Spirit, hath he given unto us.

In this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us from his Spirit.

14 And, we, for ourselves have gazed, and are bearing witness—that, the Father, sent forth the Son, as Saviour of the world.

And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, a Savior of the world.

15 Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus [Christ] is the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, and, he, in God.

Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

16 And, we, have come to understand and to trust the love which, God, hath, in us. God, is, love; and, he that abideth in love, in God, abideth, and, God, in him [abideth].

And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

17 Herein, hath love with us, been made perfect, —in order that, boldness, we might have in the day of judging, —in that, just as, He, is, we also, are, in this world.

By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world.

18 Fear, existeth not, in love, but, perfect love, casteth fear, outside; because, fear, hath correction: he that feareth, hath not been made perfect, in love.

Fear is not in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love.

19 We, love, because, he, first loved us: —

We love him, because he first loved us.

20 If one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

21 And, this commandment, have we from him, —that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.

And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.