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, 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 Derpaa kende I Guds Aand: Enhver Aand, der bekender Jesus som Kristus, kommen i Kød, er af Gud.
By this the Spirit of God is known: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from 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.
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 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 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 De ere af Verden; derfor tale de af Verden, og Verden hører dem.
They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to 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 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 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, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 Den, som ikke elsker, kender ikke Gud, thi Gud er Kærlighed.
Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is 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 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 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 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 I elskede! har Gud saaledes elsket os, da ere ogsaa vi skyldige at elske hverandre.
Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
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 ever seen God. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Derpaa kende vi, at vi blive i ham, og han i os, at han har givet os af sin Aand.
We know that we abide in him and he in us because he has given us 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 the Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 Den, som bekender, at Jesus er Guds Søn, i ham bliver Gud, og han i Gud.
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, 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 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 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 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 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 love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. Whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
19 Vi elske, fordi han elskede os først.
We love him because he first loved us.
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?
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 Og dette Bud have vi fra ham, at den, som elsker Gud, skal ogsaa elske sin Broder.
And this is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his brother.
