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, (pneuma) but try the spirits (pneuma) whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 Derpaa kende I Guds Aand: Enhver Aand, der bekender Jesus som Kristus, kommen i Kød, er af Gud.

Hereby know all of you the Spirit (pneuma) of God: Every spirit (pneuma) that 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 (pneuma) that confesses not that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof all of you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it 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.

All of you are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

5 De ere af Verden; derfor tale de af Verden, og Verden hører dem.

They are of the world: therefore speak they 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: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit (pneuma) of truth, and the spirit (pneuma) 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: for love (agape) is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God.

8 Den, som ikke elsker, kender ikke Gud, thi Gud er Kærlighed.

He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. (agape)

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 was manifested the love (agape) of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, 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.

Herein is love, (agape) not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation 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, we ought also 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 man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love (agape) 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.

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. (pneuma)

14 Og vi have skuet og vidne, at Faderen har udsendt Sønnen til Frelser for Verden.

And we have seen and do testify that the Father 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.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells 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 known and believed the love (agape) that God has to us. God is love; (agape) and he that dwells in love (agape) dwells in God, and God 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.

Herein is our love (agape) made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of 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 love; (agape) but perfect love (agape) casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. (agape)

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?

If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not 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 commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also.