1 Ivanova 4
1 Ljubljeni, ne vjerujte svakom duhu, nego provjeravajte duhove jesu li od Boga, jer su mnogi lažni proroci izišli u svijet.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Po ovom prepoznajete Duha Božjega: svaki duh koji ispovijeda da je Isus Krist došao u tijelu, od Boga je.
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
3 A nijedan duh koji ne ispovijeda takva Isusa, nije od Boga: on je Antikristov, a za nj ste čuli da dolazi i sad je već na svijetu.
and every spirit who does not confess Jesus is not of God; and this is that of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
4 Vi ste, dječice, od Boga i pobijedili ste ih jer je moćniji Onaj koji je u vama nego onaj koji je u svijetu.
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.
5 Oni su od svijeta, zato iz svijeta govore i svijet ih sluša.
They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Mi smo od Boga. Tko poznaje Boga, nas sluša, a tko nije od Boga, ne sluša nas. Po tom prepoznajemo Duha istine i duha zablude.
We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Ljubljeni, ljubimo jedni druge jer ljubav je od Boga; i svaki koji ljubi, od Boga je rođen i poznaje Boga.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.
8 Tko ne ljubi, ne upozna Boga jer Bog je ljubav.
He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 U ovom se očitova ljubav Božja u nama: Bog Sina svoga jedinorođenoga posla u svijet da živimo po njemu.
By this God's love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
10 U ovom je ljubav: ne da smo mi ljubili Boga, nego - on je ljubio nas i poslao Sina svoga kao pomirnicu za grijehe naše.
In this is love, not that we have loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 Ljubljeni, ako je Bog tako ljubio nas, i mi smo dužni ljubiti jedni druge.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 Boga nitko nikada ne vidje. Ako ljubimo jedni druge, Bog ostaje u nama, i ljubav je njegova u nama savršena.
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.
13 Po ovom znamo da ostajemo u njemu i on u nama: od Duha nam je svoga dao.
By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 I mi smo vidjeli i svjedočimo da je Otac poslao Sina kao Spasitelja svijeta.
We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
15 Tko ispovijeda da je Isus Sin Božji, Bog ostaje u njemu, i on u Bogu.
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 I mi smo upoznali ljubav koju Bog ima prema nama i povjerovali joj. Bog je ljubav i tko ostaje u ljubavi, u Bogu ostaje, i Bog u njemu.
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.
17 U ovom je savršenstvo naše uzajamne ljubavi: imamo pouzdanje na Sudnji dan jer kakav je on, takvi smo i mi u ovom svijetu.
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 are we in this world.
18 Straha u ljubavi nema, nego savršena ljubav izgoni strah; jer strah je muka i tko se boji, nije savršen u ljubavi.
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.
19 Mi ljubimo jer on nas prije uzljubi.
We love, because he first loved us.
20 Rekne li tko: “Ljubim Boga”, a mrzi brata svog, lažac je. Jer tko ne ljubi svoga brata kojega vidi, Boga kojega ne vidi ne može ljubiti.
If anyone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.
21 I ovu zapovijed imamo od njega: Tko ljubi Boga, da ljubi i brata svoga.
This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
