1 John 4

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

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

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

By this ye know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ hath come in the flesh is from God:

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

And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not from God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come; and even now already it is in the world.

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

Ye 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 They are of the world, because they speak of this from the world, and the world hears them;

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

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

7 Beloved, may we love one another, because love is of God, and everyone loving has been begotten of God, and knows God;

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

8 he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

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

9 In this was revealed the love of God in us, because God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we may live through Him;

In this was revealed the love of God toward us, because that God 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 [as] the propitiation for our sins.

In this 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 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; if we may love one another, God remains in us, and His love is having been perfected in us;

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

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

By this we know that we dwell 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 [as] Savior of the world;

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God;

Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

16 and we have known and believed the love that God has in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in love, remains in God, and God in him.

And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.

17 In this, love has been perfected with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because even as He is, we also are in this world.

In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and he who is fearing has not been made perfect in love;

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 we love Him, because He first loved us;

We love him, because he first loved us.

20 if anyone may say, “I love God,” and may hate his brother, he is a liar; for he who is not loving his brother whom he has seen, how is he able to love God whom he has not seen?

If a man saith, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

21 And this [is] the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

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