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.

My beloved, believe not all spirits; but discriminate among spirits, whether they are of God: for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

By this the Spirit of God is known, every spirit that confesseth that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh, is of God.

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.

And every spirit which confesseth not that Jesus the Messiah hath come in the flesh, is not of God; but he is of the false Messiah, of whom ye have heard that he cometh, and now is he already in the world.

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.

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

5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

And they are of the world: therefore they speak from the world, and the world heareth them.

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.

But we are of God; and he that knoweth God, heareth us; and he that is not of God, heareth us not. By this, we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

My beloved, let us love one another: because love is from God; and whoever loveth, is born of God and knoweth God.

8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

Because God is love; and whoever loveth not, doth not know God.

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.

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

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.

In this is love; it was not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

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

My beloved, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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.

No one hath ever seen God; but if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

And by this we know, that we abide in him and that he abideth in us, because he hath given of his Spirit to us.

14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

And we have seen, and do testify, that the Father hath sent his Son, a Redeemer for the world.

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

Whoever confesseth Jesus to be the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he abideth in God.

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.

And we have believed and known the love, which God hath towards us: for God is love, and whoever abideth in love, abideth in God.

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.

And hereby is his love perfected with us; that we may have open countenances in the day of judgment; because as he was, so also are we in this world.

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.

In love there is no fear; but perfect love casteth out fear; because fear existeth in peril, and he that feareth is not perfected in love.

19 We love him, because he first loved us.

Let us, therefore, love God; because he hath first loved us.

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?

And if any one shall say, I love God, and yet hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother who is visible, how can he love God who is invisible?

21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

And this command we have received from him, that whoever loveth God, must love also his brother.