1 John 4

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God,

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already.

and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

4 Ye are of God, little children, and ye have overcome them, because greater is he in you than he in the world.

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

5 They are of the world. Because of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

6 We are of God. He who knows 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.

We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

8 He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so that we might live through him.

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, an atonement for our sins.

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

13 In this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us from his Spirit.

hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, a Savior of the world.

And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.

15 Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

16 And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

17 By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world.

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

18 Fear is not in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love.

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 We love him, because he first loved us.

We love, because he first loved us.

20 If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

21 And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.