1 Johannes 4
1 I elskede! tror ikke enhver Aand, men prøver Aanderne, om de ere af Gud; thi mange falske Profeter ere udgaaede i Verden.
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits if they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 Derpaa kende I Guds Aand: Enhver Aand, der bekender Jesus som Kristus, kommen i Kød, er af Gud.
In this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:
3 Og enhver Aand, der ikke bekender Jesus, er ikke af Gud; og dette er Antikrists Aand, om hvilken I have hørt, at den kommer, og den er allerede nu i Verden.
and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, which you have heard that he is coming; and now he is already in the world.
4 Mine Børn! I ere af Gud og have overvundet dem, fordi den, som er i eder, er større end den, som er i Verden.
You are of God, little children, and you have conquered them; because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
5 De ere af Verden; derfor tale de af Verden, og Verden hører dem.
They are of the world: on this account they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Vi ere af Gud. Den, som kender Gud, hører os; den, som ikke er af Gud, hører os ikke. Derpaa kende vi Sandhedens Aand og Vildfarelsens Aand.
We are of God: the one knowing 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 I elskede! lader os elske hverandre, thi Kærligheden er af Gud, og hver den, som elsker, er født af Gud og kender Gud.
Beloved, let us love one another with divine love: because divine love is of God; and the one loving with divine love has been born of God, and knows God.
8 Den, som ikke elsker, kender ikke Gud, thi Gud er Kærlighed.
The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.
9 Deri blev Guds Kærlighed aabenbaret iblandt os, at Gud har sendt sin Søn, den enbaarne, til Verden, for at vi skulle leve ved ham.
In this the divine love of God has been made manifest in us, because God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we may live through him.
10 Deri bestaar Kærligheden: Ikke at vi have elsket Gud, men at han har elsket os og udsendt sin Søn til en Forsoning for vore Synder.
In him is divine love, not because we loved God with divine love, but because he loved us with divine love, and sent his Son an expiation for our sins.
11 I elskede! har Gud saaledes elsket os, da ere ogsaa vi skyldige at elske hverandre.
Beloved, if God so loved us with divine love, we ought also to love one another with divine love.
12 Ingen har nogen Sinde set Gud; dersom vi elske hverandre, bliver Gud i os, og hans Kærlighed er fuldkommet i os.
No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another with divine love, God abides in us, and his divine love has been made perfect in us.
13 Derpaa kende vi, at vi blive i ham, og han i os, at han har givet os af sin Aand.
In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his spirit.
14 Og vi have skuet og vidne, at Faderen har udsendt Sønnen til Frelser for Verden.
And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent forth his Son the Saviour of the world.
15 Den, som bekender, at Jesus er Guds Søn, i ham bliver Gud, og han i Gud.
Whosoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, in him God abides, and he in God.
16 Og vi have erkendt og troet den Kærlighed, som Gud har til os. Gud er Kærlighed, og den, som bliver i Kærligheden, bliver i Gud, og Gud i ham.
And we have known and we have believed the divine love which God has in us. God is divine love; and the one abiding in divine love abides in God, and God abides in him.
17 Deri er Kærligheden fuldkommet hos os, at vi have Frimodighed paa Dommens Dag, fordi, ligesom han er, saaledes ere ogsaa vi i denne Verden.
In this the divine love has been made perfect in us, that we may have boldness in the day of the judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 Frygt er ikke i Kærligheden, men den fuldkomne Kærlighed driver Frygten ud; thi Frygt bringer Straf; men den, som frygter, er ikke fuldkommet i Kærligheden.
There is no fear in divine love; but perfect divine love casts out the fear: because the fear has torment; and the one fearing has not been made perfect in the divine love.
19 Vi elske, fordi han elskede os først.
Let us love with divine love, because he himself first loved us with divine love.
20 Dersom nogen siger: „Jeg elsker Gud,” og hader sin Broder, han er en Løgner; thi den, der ikke elsker sin Broder, som han har set, hvorledes kan han elske Gud, som han ikke har set?
If any one may say, I love God with divine love, and may hate his brother, he is a liar: for the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, with divine love, is not able to love God, whom he has not seen, with divine love.
21 Og dette Bud have vi fra ham, at den, som elsker Gud, skal ogsaa elske sin Broder.
And we have this precept from him, that the one loving God with divine love also loves his brother with divine love.
