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1 John 4:4-21

4You are from GodG2316, 1littleG5040 childrenG5040, and 2have overcomeG3528 them; becauseG3754 3greaterG3173 is He who is in you thanG2228 4he who is in the worldG2889. 55They are from the worldG2889, thereforeG1223G3778 they speakG2980 as from the worldG2889, and the worldG2889 listensG191 to them. 66We are from GodG2316. 7The one who knowsG1097 GodG2316 listensG191 to us; 8the one whoG3739 is not from GodG2316 does not listenG191 to us. By thisG3778 we knowG1097 9the spiritG4151 of truthG225 and 10the spiritG4151 of errorG4106.

711BelovedG27, let’s 12loveG25 oneG240 anotherG240; for loveG26 is from GodG2316, and 13everyoneG3956 who lovesG25 has been 14bornG1080 of GodG2316 and 15knowsG1097 GodG2316. 8The one who does not loveG25 does not knowG1097 GodG2316, becauseG3754 16GodG2316 is loveG26. 9By thisG3778 the loveG26 of GodG2316 was revealedG5319 1718in us, that 19GodG2316 has sentG649 His onlyG3439 SonG5207 into the worldG2889 soG2443 thatG2443 we may liveG2198 throughG1223 Him. 10In thisG3778 is loveG26, 20not that we lovedG25 GodG2316, but that 21He lovedG25 us and sentG649 His SonG5207 to be 22the 23propitiationG2434 for our sinsG266. 1124BelovedG27, ifG1487 GodG2316 soG3779 lovedG25 us, 25we alsoG2532 oughtG3784 to loveG25 oneG240 anotherG240. 1226NoG3762 oneG3762 has everG4455 seenG2300 GodG2316; ifG1437 we loveG25 oneG240 anotherG240, GodG2316 remainsG3306 in us, and His 27loveG26 is perfectedG5048 in us. 1328By 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 29testifyG3140 that the FatherG3962 has 30sentG649 the SonG5207 to be the SaviorG4990 of the worldG2889.

1531WhoeverG3739G1437 confessesG3670 that 32JesusG2424 is the SonG5207 of GodG2316, GodG2316 33remainsG3306 in him, and he in GodG2316. 1634We have comeG1097 to knowG1097 and have believedG4100 the loveG26 whichG3739 GodG2316 hasG2192 3536for us. 37GodG2316 is loveG26, and the one who 38remainsG3306 in loveG26 remainsG3306 in GodG2316, and GodG2316 remainsG3306 in him. 17By thisG3778, 39loveG26 is perfectedG5048 with us, soG2443 thatG2443 we may haveG2192 40confidenceG3954 in 41the dayG2250 of judgmentG2920; becauseG3754 42as He is, we alsoG2532 are in thisG3778 worldG2889. 18There is noG3756 fearG5401 in loveG26, but 43perfectG5046 loveG26 drivesG906 out fearG5401, becauseG3754 fearG5401 44involvesG2192 punishmentG2851, and the one who fearsG5399 is not 45perfectedG5048 in loveG26. 1946We loveG25, becauseG3754 He firstG4413 lovedG25 us. 2047IfG1437 someoneG5100 saysG3004, “I loveG25 GodG2316,” and yet he 48hatesG3404 his brotherG80 or sister, he is a 49liarG5583; for 50the one who does not loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister whomG3739 he has seenG3708, 51cannotG1410G3756 loveG25 GodG2316, whomG3739 he has not seenG3708. 21And 52thisG3778 commandmentG1785 we haveG2192 from Him, that the one who lovesG25 GodG2316 53must alsoG2532 loveG25 his brotherG80 and sister.

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Notes

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

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