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.
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test to see whether they are from God; for many false teachers 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.
The test by which you may recognize the Spirit of God is that every spirit which acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come as man 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.
and that no spirit is from God which does not acknowledge this about Jesus. Such is the spirit of the anti-Christ; of whose coming you have heard, and it 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.
As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for 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 the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.
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.
The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from 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.
Dear friends, let us love one another; for love has its origin in God, and every one who loves has become a child of God and is beginning to know God.
8 Den, som ikke elsker, kender ikke Gud, thi Gud er Kærlighed.
He who is destitute of love has never had any knowledge of 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.
God's love for us has been manifested in that He has sent His only Son into the world so that we may have Life 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.
This is love indeed--we did not love God, but He loved us and sent His Son to be an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11 I elskede! har Gud saaledes elsket os, da ere ogsaa vi skyldige at elske hverandre.
Dear friends, if God has so loved us, 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 yet seen God. If we love one another, God continues in union with us, and His love in all its perfection is in our hearts.
13 Derpaa kende vi, at vi blive i ham, og han i os, at han har givet os af sin Aand.
We can know that we are continuing in union with Him and that He is continuing in union with us, by the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit.
14 Og vi have skuet og vidne, at Faderen har udsendt Sønnen til Frelser for Verden.
And we have seen and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Den, som bekender, at Jesus er Guds Søn, i ham bliver Gud, og han i Gud.
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God--God continues in union with him, and he continues in union with 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, as for us, we know the love which God has for us, and we confide in it. God is love, and he who continues to love continues in union with God, and God continues in union with 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.
Our love will be manifested in all its perfection by our having complete confidence on the day of the Judgement; because just what He is, we also are in the 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.
Love has in it no element of fear; but perfect love drives away fear, because fear involves pain, and if a man gives way to fear, there is something imperfect in his love.
19 Vi elske, fordi han elskede os først.
We love because God 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?
If any one says that he loves God, while he hates his brother man, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother man whom he has seen, cannot 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 the command which we have from Him is that he who loves God must love his brother man also.
