1 John 4

1 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.

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

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 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.

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

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

6 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.

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 Moost dere britheren, loue we togidere, for charite is of God; and ech that loueth his brother, is borun of God, and knowith 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 that loueth not, knowith not God; for God is charite.

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

9 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 Who euer knowlechith, that Jhesu is the sone of God, God dwellith 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 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.

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 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.

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

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 Therfor loue we God, for he louede vs bifore.

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

20 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?

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

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