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١ 1 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لَا تُصَدِّقُوا كُلَّ رُوحٍ، بَلِ امْتَحِنُوا الأَرْوَاحَ لِتَعْرِفُوا مَا إِذَا كَانَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ أَمْ لا، لأَنَّ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الدَّجَّالِينَ قَدِ انْتَشَرَ فِي الْعَالَمِ.

Dear friends, don't trust every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to find out whether they're from God, for there are many false prophets out there in the world.

٢ 2 وَهذِهِ هِيَ الطَّرِيقَةُ الَّتِي تَعْرِفُونَ بِها كَوْنَ الرُّوحِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ فِعْلاً: إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الرُّوحُ يَعْتَرِفُ بِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ فِي الْجَسَدِ، فَهُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ.

How can you recognize God's Spirit? Every spirit that accepts Jesus Christ came with a human body is from God;

٣ 3 وَإِنْ كَانَ يُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ لَا يَكُونُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، بَلْ مِنْ عِنْدِ ضِدِّ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّهُ سَوْفَ يَأْتِي، وَهُوَ الآنَ مَوْجُودٌ فِي الْعَالَمِ.

while every spirit that doesn't accept Jesus, that spirit isn't from God. In fact it is the spirit of the antichrist which you heard was coming, and which is already in the world.

٤ 4 أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، أَنْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ، وَقَدْ غَلَبْتُمُ الَّذِينَ يُقَاوِمُونَ الْمَسِيحَ: لأَنَّ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ السَّاكِنَ فِيكُمْ أَقْوَى مِنَ الرُّوحِ الشِّرِّيرِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ فِي الْعَالَمِ.

But you belong to God, my friends, and you have defeated them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

٥ 5 هؤُلاءِ الْمُقَاوِمُونَ هُمْ مِنَ الْعَالَمِ، وَلِذَلِكَ يَسْتَمِدُّونَ كَلامَهُمْ مِنَ الْعَالَمِ، فَيُصْغِي أَهْلُ الْعَالَمِ إِلَيْهِمْ.

They belong to the world, so they speak like people of the world, and the world listens to them.

٦ 6 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَإِنَّنَا مِنَ اللهِ، وَلِذلِكَ يُصْغِي إِلَيْنَا فَقَطْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ اللهَ. أَمَّا الَّذِي لَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ، فَلا يُصْغِي إِلَيْنَا. وَبِهَذَا، نُمَيِّزُ بَيْنَ رُوحِ الْحَقِّ وَرُوحِ الضَّلالِ.

We belong to God and whoever knows God listens to us, while whoever doesn't belong to God doesn't listen to us. This is how we can distinguish the spirit of truth from the spirit of deception.

٧ 7 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لِنُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً: لأَنَّ الْمَحَبَّةَ تَصْدُرُ مِنَ اللهِ. إِذَنْ، كُلُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ، يَكُونُ مَوْلُوداً مِنَ اللهِ وَيَعْرِفُ اللهَ.

Dear friends, let's go on loving one another, for love comes from God. All those who love are born of God and know God.

٨ 8 أَمَّا مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ، فَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَعَرَّفْ بِاللهِ قَطُّ لأَنَّ اللهَ مَحَبَّةٌ!

Those who don't love don't know God, for God is love.

٩ 9 وَقَدْ أَظْهَرَ اللهُ مَحَبَّتَهُ لَنَا إِذْ أَرْسَلَ ابْنَهُ الْوَحِيدَ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ لِكَيْ نَحْيَا بِهِ.

How was God's love shown to us? God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we could live through him.

١٠ 10 وَفِي هَذَا نَرَى الْمَحَبَّةَ الْحَقِيقِيَّةَ، لَا مَحَبَّتَنَا نَحْنُ لِلهِ، بَلْ مَحَبَّتَهُ هُوَ لَنَا. فَبِدَافِعِ مَحَبَّتِهِ، أَرْسَلَ ابْنَهُ كَفَّارَةً لِخَطَايَانَا.

This is love! It's not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and he sent his Son to be the reconciliation for our sins.

١١ 11 وَمَادَامَ اللهُ قَدْ أَحَبَّنَا هَذِهِ الْمَحَبَّةَ الْعَظِيمَةَ، أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، فَعَلَيْنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً أَنْ نُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً.

Friends, if this is the way God loves us, we ought to love one another like this too.

١٢ 12 إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَطُّ. وَلكِنْ، حِينَ نُحِبُّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً، نُبَيِّنُ أَنَّ اللهَ يَحْيَا فِي دَاخِلِنَا، وَأَنَّ مَحَبَّتَهُ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِي دَاخِلِنَا.

No one has ever seen God. However, if we love one another then God lives in us, and his love is fulfilled in us.

١٣ 13 وَمَا يُؤَكِّدُ لَنَا أَنَّنَا نَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَأَنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا هُوَ أَنَّهُ وَهَبَ لَنَا مِنْ رُوحِهِ.

How can we know that we live in him, and that he lives in us? He's given us the ability to love by his Spirit.

١٤ 14 وَنَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الآبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ الابْنَ مُخَلِّصاً لِلْعَالَمِ، لأَنَّنَا رَأَيْنَاهُ بِعُيُونِنَا.

For we are witnesses to what we have seen and testify that the Father sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

١٥ 15 مَنْ يَعْتَرِفْ بِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ابْنُ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، وَهُوَ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ،

God lives in everyone who declares that Jesus is the Son of God, and they live in God.

١٦ 16 وَنَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا اخْتَبَرْنَا الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي خَصَّنَا اللهُ بِها، وَوَضَعْنَا ثِقَتَنَا فِيهَا. إِنَّ اللهَ مَحَبَّةٌ. وَمَنْ يَثْبُتْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ.

We have experienced and trusted in the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who live in love, live in God, and God lives in them.

١٧ 17 وَتَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِي دَاخِلِنَا حِينَ تُوَلِّدُ فِينَا ثِقَةً كَامِلَةً مِنْ جِهَةِ يَوْمِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ: لأَنَّهُ كَمَا الْمَسِيحُ، هكَذَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً فِي هَذَا الْعَالَمِ.

This is how love is made complete in us so that we can be confident on judgment day: by the fact that we live just like him in this world.

١٨ 18 لَيْسَ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ أَيُّ خَوْفٍ. بَلِ الْمَحَبَّةُ الْكَامِلَةُ تَطْرُدُ الْخَوْفَ خَارِجاً. فَإِنَّ الْخَوْفَ يَكُونُ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ. وَالْخَائِفُ لَا تَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِيهِ.

Where there is love there can be no fear. God loves us completely, and this love drives all our fears away. If we do fear, it's because we fear being punished, and this shows that we have not been fully re-made by the completeness of God's love.

١٩ 19 وَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَحَبَّنَا أَوَّلاً.

We love because he loved us first.

٢٠ 20 فَإِنْ قَالَ أَحَدٌ: «أَنَا أُحِبُّ اللهَ!» وَلكِنَّهُ يُبْغِضُ أَخاً لَهُ، فَهُوَ كَاذِبٌ، لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ الَّذِي يَرَاهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحِبَّ اللهَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَرَهُ قَطُّ؟

Anyone who says, “I love God,” but hates a Christian brother or sister, is a liar. Anyone who doesn't love a brother whom they can see, can't love God whom they can't see.

٢١ 21 فَهَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةُ جَاءَتْنَا مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ نَفْسِهِ: مَنْ يُحِبُّ اللهَ، يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ!

This is the command he gave to us: those who love God love their brothers and sisters too.