1 John 4:1 Beloved,27 don't3361 believe4100 every3956 spirit,4151 but235 test1381 the spirits,4151 whether1487 they are2076 of1537 God,2316 because3754 many4183 false prophets5578 have gone out1831 into1519 the world.28892 By1722 this5129 you1097 know the Spirit4151 of God:2316 every3956 spirit4151 who3739 confesses that3670 Jesus2424 Christ5547 has come2064 in1722 the flesh4561 is2076 of1537 God,23163 and2532 every3956 spirit4151 who3739 doesn't3361 confess3670 that Jesus2424 Christ5547 has come2064 in1722 the flesh4561 is2076 not3756 of1537 God,2316 and2532 this5124 is2076 the3588 spirit of the Antichrist,500 of whom3739 you have heard191 that3754 it comes.2064 Now3568 it2076 is2235 in1722 the world2889 already.22354 You5210 are2075 of1537 God,2316 little children,5040 and2532 have overcome3528 them;846 because3754 greater3187 is he2076 who3588 is in1722 you5213 than2228 he who3588 is in1722 the world.28895 They846 are1526 of1537 the world.2889 Therefore12235124 they2980 speak of1537 the world,2889 and2532 the world2889 hears191 them.8466 We2249 are2070 of1537 God.2316 He who knows1097 God2316 listens191 to us.2257 He who3739 is2076 not3756 of1537 God2316 doesn't3756 listen191 to us.2257 By1537 this5127 we1097 know the spirit4151 of truth,225 and2532 the spirit4151 of error.4106
1 John 4:7 Beloved,27 let us love25 one another,240 for3754 love26 is2076 of1537 God;2316 and2532 everyone3956 who3588 loves25 is born1080 of1537 God,2316 and2532 knows1097 God.23168 He who doesn't3361 love25 doesn't3756 know1097 God,2316 for3754 God2316 is2076 love.269 By1722 this5129 God's2316 love26 was revealed5319 in1722 us,2254 that3754 God2316 has sent649 his846 one3439 and only Son5207 into1519 the world2889 that2443 we might live2198 through1223 him.84610 In1722 this5129 is2076 love,26 not3756 that3754 we2249 loved25 God,2316 but235 that3754 he846 loved25 us,2248 and2532 sent649 his846 Son5207 as the atoning sacrifice2434{“atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “ιλασμος”, an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin.} for4012 our2257 sins.26611 Beloved,27 if1487 God2316 loved25 us2248 in this way,3779 we2249 also2532 ought3784 to love25 one another.24012 No one3762 has seen2300 God2316 at any time.4455 If1437 we love25 one another,240 God2316 remains3306 in1722 us,2254 and2532 his846 love26 has been2076 perfected5048 in1722 us.2254
1 John 4:13 By1722 this5129 we1097 know that3754 we remain3306 in1722 him846 and2532 he846 in1722 us,2254 because3754 he has given1325 us2254 of1537 his846 Spirit.4151142532 We2249 have seen2300 and2532 testify3140 that3754 the Father3962 has sent649 the Son5207 as the Savior4990 of the world.288915 Whoever3739302 confesses3670 that3754 Jesus2424 is2076 the Son5207 of God,2316 God2316 remains3306 in1722 him,846 and2532 he846 in1722 God.2316162532 We2249 know1097 and2532 have believed4100 the love26 which3739 God2316 has2192 for us.2254 God2316 is2076 love,26 and2532 he who remains3306 in1722 love26 remains3306 in1722 God,2316 and2532 God2316 remains3306 in1722 him.84617 In1722 this512933262257 love26 has been5048 made perfect5048 among us, that2443 we may have2192 boldness3954 in1722 the day2250 of judgment,2920 because3754 as2531 he1565 is,2076 even so2532 are2070 we2249 in1722 this5129 world.288918 There is2076 no3756 fear5401 in1722 love;26 but235 perfect5046 love26 casts906 out1854 fear,5401 because3754 fear5401 has2192 punishment.2851 He who fears5399 is5048 not3756 made perfect5048 in1722 love.116119 We2249 love2525 him,846 because3754 he846 first4413 loved25 us.224820 If1437 a man5100 says,3754 "I love25 God,"2316 and2532 hates3404 his846 brother,80 he is2076 a liar;5583 for1063 he who doesn't3361 love25 his846 brother80 whom3739 he has seen,3708 how4459 can1410 he love25 God2316 whom3739 he has3708 not3756 seen?3708212532 This3778 commandment1785 we2192 have from575 him,846 that2443 he who loves25 God2316 should also2532 love25 his846 brother.80