1 John 4

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Moost dere britheren, nyle ye bileue to ech spirit, but preue ye spiritis, if thei ben of God; for many false prophetis wenten out in to the world.

2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

In this thing the spirit of God is knowun; ech spirit that knowlechith that Jhesu Crist hath come in fleisch, is of God;

3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

and ech spirit that fordoith Jhesu, is not of God. And this is antecrist, of whom ye herden, that he cometh; and riyt now he is in the world.

4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

Ye, litle sones, ben of God, and ye han ouercome hym; for he that is in you is more, than he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

Thei ben of the world, therfor thei speken of the world, and the world herith hem.

6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

We ben of God; he that knowith God, herith vs; he that is not of God, herith not vs. In this thing we knowen the spirit of treuthe, and the spirit of errour.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Moost dere britheren, loue we togidere, for charite is of God; and ech that loueth his brother, is borun of God, and knowith God.

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

He that loueth not, knowith not God; for God is charite.

9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

In this thing the charite of God apperide in vs, for God sente hise oon bigetun sone in to the world, that we lyue bi hym.

10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

In this thing is charite, not as we hadden loued God, but for he firste louede vs, and sente hise sone foryyuenesse for oure synnes.

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

Ye moost dere britheren, if God louede vs, we owen to loue ech other.

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

No man say euer God; if we louen togidre, God dwellith in vs, and the charite of hym is perfit in vs.

13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

In this thing we knowen, that we dwellen in hym, and he in vs; for of his spirit he yaf to vs.

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

And we sayen, and witnessen, that the fadir sente his sone sauyour of the world.

15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

Who euer knowlechith, that Jhesu is the sone of God, God dwellith in him, and he in God.

16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

And we han knowun, and bileuen to the charite, that God hath in vs. God is charite, and he that dwellith in charite, dwellith in God, and God in hym.

17 In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

In this thing is the perfit charite of God with vs, that we haue trist in the dai of dom; for as he is, also we ben in this world.

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

Drede is not in charite, but perfit charite puttith out drede; for drede hath peyne. But he that dredith, is not perfit in charite.

19 We love because He first loved us.

Therfor loue we God, for he louede vs bifore.

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

If ony man seith, that `Y loue God, and hatith his brother, he is a liere. For he that loueth not his brothir, which he seeth, hou mai he loue God, whom he seeth not?

21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

And we han this comaundement of God, that he that loueth God, loue also his brothir.