1 John 4
1 Beloved! not in every spirit, believe ye, but test the spirits, whether they are, of God; because, many false prophets, have gone out into the world.
亲爱的朋友，不要相信所有灵，而是要对灵进行考验，看看这些灵是否出于上帝，因为已有许多假先知来到这世界。
2 Hereby, do ye perceive the Spirit of God: —every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ as having come, in flesh, is, of God;
你们如何识别上帝的灵？凡是承认耶稣基督以人类的身形来到这世界，那灵就是来自上帝。
3 And, every spirit that doth not confess Jesus, of God, is not. And, this, is the [spirit] of the Antichrist, touching which ye have heard that it cometh: even now, is it, in the world, already.
那些不接受耶稣的灵，就不是来自上帝。事实上，这样的灵是反基督的灵，你们听过他要来，现在他已经来到这世界。
4 Ye, are, of God, dear children, and have overcome them; because, greater, is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
但你们属于上帝，并且已经胜过他们，因为在你们之中的那一位，远比已在这世上的那一位更伟大。
5 They, are, of the world: For this cause, of the world, they speak, and the world, unto them, doth hearken.
他们属于这个世界，所以都用着这个世界的说话方式，这个世界也就听他们的。
6 We, are, of God: he that is getting to understand God, hearkeneth unto us, —whoso is not of God, hearkeneth not unto us: from this, perceive we—the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
我们属于上帝，认识上帝的就会听我们的，不属于上帝的就不会听我们的。通过这种方式，我们就可以辨别真理的灵和谬误的灵。
7 Beloved! let us be loving one another; because, love, is, of God, and, whosoever loveth, of God, hath been born, and is getting to understand God:
亲爱的朋友们，让我们继续彼此相爱，因为爱来自上帝。爱其他人，你就是上帝所生，就认识上帝。
8 He that doth not love, doth not understand God, because, God, is, love.
不爱其他人，就不认识上帝，因为上帝就是爱。
9 Herein, hath the love of God in us, been made manifest, that, his only-begotten Son, God sent into the world, in order that we might live through him.
上帝如何向我们显明爱？上帝派他唯一的独子来到这个世界，要让我们可以借着他而活；
10 Herein, is love: not that, we, have loved God, but that, he, loved us, and sent forth his Son, as a propitiation concerning our sins.
这就是爱！不是我们爱上帝，而是上帝爱我们，派他的儿子与我们的罪达成和解，
11 Beloved! If, in this way, God, loved us, we also, ought to love, one another.
朋友们，如果上帝就是通过这种方式爱我们，我们也应当以这种方式彼此相爱。
12 Upon God, hath no one, at any time, gazed: If we love one another, God, in us, abideth, and, his love, hath been perfected within us.
没有人曾见过上帝。但如果我们彼此相爱，上帝就住在我们之中，他的爱就会在我们中得以实现。
13 Hereby, perceive we—that, in him, are we abiding, and, he, in us, —in that, of his Spirit, hath he given unto us.
我们如何知道我们住在他之中，他也住在我们之中？因为他给了我们通过他的灵去爱的能力。
14 And, we, for ourselves have gazed, and are bearing witness—that, the Father, sent forth the Son, as Saviour of the world.
因为我们就是我们所见之事的见证人，见证父派子作为这世界的救世主。
15 Whosoever shall confess, that, Jesus [Christ] is the Son of God, God, in him, abideth, and, he, in God.
凡是宣称耶稣是上帝之子的人，上帝就住在他们之中，他们也住在上帝之中。
16 And, we, have come to understand and to trust the love which, God, hath, in us. God, is, love; and, he that abideth in love, in God, abideth, and, God, in him [abideth].
我们已经经历并相信上帝对我们的爱。上帝就是爱，活在爱之中的人，活在上帝之中的人，上帝也活在他们之中。
17 Herein, hath love with us, been made perfect, —in order that, boldness, we might have in the day of judging, —in that, just as, He, is, we also, are, in this world.
这就是爱让我们完整的方式，这样我们就可以在审判日充满信心：因为我们在这个世界上的生活，就像他一样。
18 Fear, existeth not, in love, but, perfect love, casteth fear, outside; because, fear, hath correction: he that feareth, hath not been made perfect, in love.
有爱的地方就没有恐惧。上帝给了我们全部的爱，这种爱驱散了我们所有恐惧。如果我们害怕，那是因为我们害怕受到惩罚，这表明我们还没有完全被上帝全部的爱所改造。
19 We, love, because, he, first loved us: —
我们爱，是因为上帝先爱我们。
20 If one should say, I love God, and should be hating, his brother, false, is he; for, he that doth not love his brother, whom he hath seen, God, whom he hath not seen, he cannot love!
如果有人说“我爱上帝”，却恨其他基督徒兄弟姐妹，那这个人就是在说谎。如果不爱他们所看到的兄弟，就无法爱那看不见的上帝。
21 And, this commandment, have we from him, —that, he who loveth God, love, his brother also.
爱上帝的人，也应当爱他的兄弟姐妹，这就是上帝给我们的命令。
