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1 John 4

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Testing the Spirits

11BelovedG27, do not believeG4100 everyG3956 2spiritG4151, but testG1381 the spiritsG4151 to see whetherG1487 they are from GodG2316, becauseG3754 3manyG4183 falseG5578 prophetsG5578 have goneG1831 outG1831 into the worldG2889. 2By thisG3778 you knowG1097 the SpiritG4151 of GodG2316: 4everyG3956 spiritG4151 that 5confessesG3670 that 6JesusG2424 ChristG5547 has comeG2064 in the fleshG4561 is from GodG2316; 3and everyG3956 spiritG4151 that 7does not confessG3670 JesusG2424 is not from GodG2316; thisG3778 is the spirit of the 8antichristG500, whichG3739 you have heardG191 is comingG2064, and 9nowG3568 it is alreadyG2235 in the worldG2889. 4You are from GodG2316, 10littleG5040 childrenG5040, and 11have overcomeG3528 them; becauseG3754 12greaterG3173 is He who is in you thanG2228 13he who is in the worldG2889. 514They are from the worldG2889, thereforeG1223G3778 they speakG2980 as from the worldG2889, and the worldG2889 listensG191 to them. 615We are from GodG2316. 16The one who knowsG1097 GodG2316 listensG191 to us; 17the one whoG3739 is not from GodG2316 does not listenG191 to us. By thisG3778 we knowG1097 18the spiritG4151 of truthG225 and 19the spiritG4151 of errorG4106.

God Is Love

720BelovedG27, let’s 21loveG25 oneG240 anotherG240; for loveG26 is from GodG2316, and 22everyoneG3956 who lovesG25 has been 23bornG1080 of GodG2316 and 24knowsG1097 GodG2316. 8The one who does not loveG25 does not knowG1097 GodG2316, becauseG3754 25GodG2316 is loveG26. 9By thisG3778 the loveG26 of GodG2316 was revealedG5319 2627in us, that 28GodG2316 has sentG649 His onlyG3439 SonG5207 into the worldG2889 soG2443 thatG2443 we may liveG2198 throughG1223 Him. 10In thisG3778 is loveG26, 29not that we lovedG25 GodG2316, but that 30He lovedG25 us and sentG649 His SonG5207 to be 31the 32propitiationG2434 for our sinsG266. 1133BelovedG27, ifG1487 GodG2316 soG3779 lovedG25 us, 34we alsoG2532 oughtG3784 to loveG25 oneG240 anotherG240. 1235NoG3762 oneG3762 has everG4455 seenG2300 GodG2316; ifG1437 we loveG25 oneG240 anotherG240, GodG2316 remainsG3306 in us, and His 36loveG26 is perfectedG5048 in us. 1337By thisG3778 we knowG1097 that we remainG3306 in Him and He in us, becauseG3754 He has givenG1325 to us of His SpiritG4151. 14We have seenG2300 and 38testifyG3140 that the FatherG3962 has 39sentG649 the SonG5207 to be the SaviorG4990 of the worldG2889.

1540WhoeverG3739G1437 confessesG3670 that 41JesusG2424 is the SonG5207 of GodG2316, GodG2316 42remainsG3306 in him, and he in GodG2316. 1643We have comeG1097 to knowG1097 and have believedG4100 the loveG26 whichG3739 GodG2316 hasG2192 4445for us. 46GodG2316 is loveG26, and the one who 47remainsG3306 in loveG26 remainsG3306 in GodG2316, and GodG2316 remainsG3306 in him. 17By thisG3778, 48loveG26 is perfectedG5048 with us, soG2443 thatG2443 we may haveG2192 49confidenceG3954 in 50the dayG2250 of judgmentG2920; becauseG3754 51as He is, we alsoG2532 are in thisG3778 worldG2889. 18There is noG3756 fearG5401 in loveG26, but 52perfectG5046 loveG26 drivesG906 out fearG5401, becauseG3754 fearG5401 53involvesG2192 punishmentG2851, and the one who fearsG5399 is not 54perfectedG5048 in loveG26. 1955We loveG25, becauseG3754 He firstG4413 lovedG25 us. 2056IfG1437 someoneG5100 saysG3004, “I loveG25 GodG2316,” and yet he 57hatesG3404 his brotherG80 or sister, he is a 58liarG5583; for 59the one who does not loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister whomG3739 he has seenG3708, 60cannotG1410G3756 loveG25 GodG2316, whomG3739 he has not seenG3708. 21And 61thisG3778 commandmentG1785 we haveG2192 from Him, that the one who lovesG25 GodG2316 62must alsoG2532 loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister.

Notes

  1. 1. 1 John 4:1 3 John 11 ↩
  2. 2. 1 John 4:1 Jer 29:8; 1 Cor 12:10; 1 Thess 5:20f; 2 Thess 2:2 ↩
  3. 3. 1 John 4:1 Jer 14:14; 2 Pet 2:1; 1 John 2:18 ↩
  4. 4. 1 John 4:2 1 Cor 12:3 ↩
  5. 5. 1 John 4:2 1 John 2:23 ↩
  6. 6. 1 John 4:2 John 1:14; 1 John 1:2 ↩
  7. 7. 1 John 4:3 1 John 2:22; 2 John 7 ↩
  8. 8. 1 John 4:3 1 John 2:18, 22 ↩
  9. 9. 1 John 4:3 2 Thess 2:3-7; 1 John 2:18 ↩
  10. 10. 1 John 4:4 1 John 2:1 ↩
  11. 11. 1 John 4:4 1 John 2:13 ↩
  12. 12. 1 John 4:4 Rom 8:31; 1 John 3:20 ↩
  13. 13. 1 John 4:4 John 12:31 ↩
  14. 14. 1 John 4:5 John 15:19; 17:14, 16 ↩
  15. 15. 1 John 4:6 John 8:23; 1 John 4:4 ↩
  16. 16. 1 John 4:6 John 8:47; 10:3ff; 18:37 ↩
  17. 17. 1 John 4:6 1 Cor 14:37 ↩
  18. 18. 1 John 4:6 John 14:17 ↩
  19. 19. 1 John 4:6 1 Tim 4:1 ↩
  20. 20. 1 John 4:7 1 John 2:7 ↩
  21. 21. 1 John 4:7 1 John 3:11 ↩
  22. 22. 1 John 4:7 1 John 5:1 ↩
  23. 23. 1 John 4:7 1 John 2:29 ↩
  24. 24. 1 John 4:7 1 Cor 8:3; 1 John 2:3 ↩
  25. 25. 1 John 4:8 1 John 4:7, 16 ↩
  26. 26. 1 John 4:9 Or among us; or in our case ↩
  27. 27. 1 John 4:9 John 9:3; 1 John 4:16 ↩
  28. 28. 1 John 4:9 John 3:16f; 1 John 4:10; 5:11 ↩
  29. 29. 1 John 4:10 Rom 5:8, 10; 1 John 4:19 ↩
  30. 30. 1 John 4:10 John 3:16f; 1 John 4:9; 5:11 ↩
  31. 31. 1 John 4:10 1 John 2:2 ↩
  32. 32. 1 John 4:10 I.e., means of reconciliation with God by atoning for sins; or sin-offering ↩
  33. 33. 1 John 4:11 1 John 2:7 ↩
  34. 34. 1 John 4:11 1 John 4:7 ↩
  35. 35. 1 John 4:12 John 1:18; 1 Tim 6:16; 1 John 4:20 ↩
  36. 36. 1 John 4:12 1 John 2:5; 4:17f ↩
  37. 37. 1 John 4:13 Rom 8:9; 1 John 3:24 ↩
  38. 38. 1 John 4:14 John 15:27; 1 John 1:2 ↩
  39. 39. 1 John 4:14 John 3:17; 4:42; 1 John 2:2 ↩
  40. 40. 1 John 4:15 1 John 2:23 ↩
  41. 41. 1 John 4:15 Rom 10:9; 1 John 3:23; 4:2; 5:1, 5 ↩
  42. 42. 1 John 4:15 1 John 2:24; 3:24 ↩
  43. 43. 1 John 4:16 John 6:69 ↩
  44. 44. 1 John 4:16 Lit in ↩
  45. 45. 1 John 4:16 John 9:3; 1 John 4:9 ↩
  46. 46. 1 John 4:16 1 John 4:7, 8 ↩
  47. 47. 1 John 4:16 1 John 4:12f ↩
  48. 48. 1 John 4:17 1 John 2:5; 4:12 ↩
  49. 49. 1 John 4:17 1 John 2:28 ↩
  50. 50. 1 John 4:17 Matt 10:15 ↩
  51. 51. 1 John 4:17 John 17:22; 1 John 2:6; 3:1, 7, 16 ↩
  52. 52. 1 John 4:18 Rom 8:15 ↩
  53. 53. 1 John 4:18 Lit has ↩
  54. 54. 1 John 4:18 1 John 4:12 ↩
  55. 55. 1 John 4:19 1 John 4:10 ↩
  56. 56. 1 John 4:20 1 John 1:6, 8, 10; 2:4 ↩
  57. 57. 1 John 4:20 1 John 2:9, 11 ↩
  58. 58. 1 John 4:20 1 John 1:6 ↩
  59. 59. 1 John 4:20 1 John 3:17 ↩
  60. 60. 1 John 4:20 1 Pet 1:8; 1 John 4:12 ↩
  61. 61. 1 John 4:21 Lev 19:18; Matt 5:43f; 22:37ff; John 13:34 ↩
  62. 62. 1 John 4:21 1 John 3:11 ↩

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