1 John 4

1 Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test 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 if they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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

In this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

3 and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of antichrist, which you have heard that he is coming; and now he is already in the world.

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

You are of God, little children, and you have conquered them; because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

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

They are of the world: on this account they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

We are of God: the one 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.

7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

Beloved, let us love one another with divine love: because divine love is of God; and the one loving with divine love has been born of God, and knows God.

8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

The one not loving with divine love does not know God; because God is divine love.

9 By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.

In this the divine love of God has been made manifest in us, because God has sent his only begotten Son into the world that we may live through him.

10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

In him is divine love, not because we loved God with divine love, but because he loved us with divine love, and sent his Son an expiation for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

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

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another with divine love, God abides in us, and his divine love has been made perfect in us.

13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his spirit.

14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent forth his Son the Saviour of the world.

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

Whosoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, in him God abides, and he in God.

16 We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

And we have known and we have believed the divine love which God has in us. God is divine love; and the one abiding in divine love abides in God, and God abides in him.

17 In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.

In this the divine love has been made perfect in us, that we may have boldness in the day of the 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 has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

There is no fear in divine love; but perfect divine love casts out the fear: because the fear has torment; and the one fearing has not been made perfect in the divine love.

19 We love him, because he first loved us.

Let us love with divine love, because he himself first loved us with divine love.

20 If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

If any one may say, I love God with divine love, and may hate his brother, he is a liar: for the one not loving his brother whom he has seen, with divine love, is not able to love God, whom he has not seen, with divine love.

21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

And we have this precept from him, that the one loving God with divine love also loves his brother with divine love.