Iohannis I 4
1 Charissimi, nolite omni spiritui credere, sed probate spiritus si ex Deo sint: quoniam multi pseudoprophetae exierunt in mundum.
Beloved, do not believe every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 in hoc cognoscitur spiritus Dei: omnis spiritus qui confitetur Iesum Christum in carne venisse, ex Deo est:
By this you will know the Spirit of God—every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
3 et omnis spiritus, qui solvit Iesum, ex Deo non est, et hic est Antichristus, de quo audistis quoniam venit, et nunc iam in mundo est.
and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
4 Vos ex Deo estis filioli, et vicistis eum, quoniam maior est qui in vobis est, quam qui in mundo.
You are from God, dear children, and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
5 Ipsi de mundo sunt: ideo de mundo loquuntur, et mundus eos audit.
They are from the world; therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.
6 Nos ex Deo sumus. Qui novit Deum, audit nos: qui non est ex Deo, non audit nos: in hoc cognoscimus Spiritum veritatis, et spiritum erroris.
We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us. He who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
7 Charissimi, diligamus nos invicem: quia charitas ex Deo est. Et omnis, qui diligit, ex Deo natus est, et cognoscit Deum.
Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God.
8 Qui non diligit, non novit Deum: quoniam Deus charitas est.
The person who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 In hoc apparuit charitas Dei in nobis, quoniam Filium suum unigenitum misit Deus in mundum, ut vivamus per eum.
Because of this the love of God was revealed among us, that God has sent his only Son into the world so that we would live because of him.
10 In hoc est charitas: non quasi nos dilexerimus Deum, sed quoniam ipse prior dilexit nos, et misit Filium suum propitiationem pro peccatis nostris.
In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and that he sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Charissimi, si sic Deus dilexit nos: et nos debemus alterutrum diligere.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also should love one another.
12 Deum nemo vidit umquam. Si diligamus invicem, Deus in nobis manet, et charitas eius in nobis perfecta est.
No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 In hoc cognoscimus quoniam in eo manemus, et ipse in nobis: quoniam de Spiritu sancto suo dedit nobis.
By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us some of his Spirit.
14 Et nos vidimus, et testificamur quoniam Pater misit Filium suum Salvatorem mundi.
Also, we have seen and have borne witness that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 Quisquis confessus fuerit quoniam Iesus est Filius Dei, Deus in eo manet, et ipse in Deo.
Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God.
16 Et nos cognovimus, et credidimus charitati, quam habet Deus in nobis. Deus charitas est: et qui manet in charitate, in Deo manet, et Deus in eo.
Also, we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who remains in this love remains in God, and God remains in him.
17 In hoc perfecta est charitas Dei nobiscum, ut fiduciam habeamus in die iudicii: quia sicut ille est, et nos sumus in hoc mundo.
Because of this, this love has been made perfect among us, so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment, because as he is, just so are we in this world.
18 Timor non est in charitate: sed perfecta charitas foras mittit timorem, quoniam timor poenam habet. qui autem timet, non est perfectus in charitate.
There is no fear in love. Instead, perfect love throws out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. But the one who fears has not been made perfect in love.
19 Nos ergo diligamus Deum, quoniam Deus prior dilexit nos.
We love because God first loved us.
20 Si quis dixerit quoniam diligo Deum, et fratrem suum oderit, mendax est. Qui enim non diligit fratrem suum quem vidit, Deum, quem non vidit, quomodo potest diligere?
If anyone says, “I love God” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
21 Et hoc mandatum habemus a Deo: ut qui diligit Deum, diligat et fratrem suum.
Also, this is the commandment we have from him: Whoever loves God must also love his own brother.
