1 John 4

1 Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

BELOVED, believe not every pretender to inspiration, but bring these spirits to the trial whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone forth into the world.

2 The Spirit of God may be known in this way. Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh is of God;

By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesseth that Jesus the Messiah is come in the flesh, is from God.

3 and every spirit who contradicts Jesus is not of God. And this one is the Antichrist, the one that you have heard is coming, and even now he is in the world.

And every spirit who confesseth not that Jesus the Messiah is come into the world, is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist which ye have heard that it is coming, and now is already in the world.

4 Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Ye are of God, my dear children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.

5 They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them.

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

6 We are of God. Whoever knows God, listens to us. Whoever is not of God, does not listen to us. In this way, we know the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.

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

7 Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

Beloved, let us love one another; because love is from God, and every one who loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

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

He that loveth not, never knew God; for God is love.

9 The love of God was made apparent to us in this way: that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, so that we might live through him.

By this was the love of God manifested to us, that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might have life by him.

10 In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins.

Herein is love, not that we have loved God, but that he hath loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiatory sacrifice for our sins.

11 Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

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

12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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

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

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

And we have seen and bear testimony, that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 Whoever has confessed 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 have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love. And he who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.

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

17 In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world.

By this is his love towards us perfected, that we might have confidence at the day of judgment; because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love.

Fear is not in this love; but the perfect love casteth out fear: for fear hath anguish. He that is afraid is not made perfect in love.

19 Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us.

We love him, because he first loved us.

20 If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see?

If any person say, I love God, yet hateth his brother, he is a liar; for he who loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love the God whom he hath not seen?

21 And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother.

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