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 to see if they are from 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 the Spirit of God is known: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from 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.

but every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is now 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 from God, little children, and you 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 from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to 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 from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from 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, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

8 Tko ne ljubi, ne upozna Boga jer Bog je ljubav.

Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

9 U ovom se očitova ljubav Božja u nama: Bog Sina svoga jedinorođenoga posla u svijet da živimo po njemu.

In this the love of God was revealed among us, that God sent his one and only Son into the world so 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 loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be 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 ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

13 Po ovom znamo da ostajemo u njemu i on u nama: od Duha nam je svoga dao.

We know that we abide in him and he in us because he has given us his Spirit.

14 I mi smo vidjeli i svjedočimo da je Otac poslao Sina kao Spasitelja svijeta.

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

15 Tko ispovijeda da je Isus Sin Božji, Bog ostaje u njemu, i on u Bogu.

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides 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.

And we have come to know and to trust in the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides 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 way, love is perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, so also 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 to do with punishment. Whoever fears has not been perfected in love.

19 Mi ljubimo jer on nas prije uzljubi.

We love him 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.

Whoever says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother is a liar. For if anyone does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

21 I ovu zapovijed imamo od njega: Tko ljubi Boga, da ljubi i brata svoga.

And this is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.