1 John 4

1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are ofGod; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

2Hereby ye know the Spirit ofGod: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is ofGod;

2By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

3and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not ofGod: and this is that [power] of the antichrist, [of] which ye have heard that it comes, and now it is already in the world.

3And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.

4Ye are ofGod, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.

4You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

5They are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] of the world, and the world hears them.

5They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

6We are ofGod; he that knowsGod hears us; he who is not ofGod does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

6We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is ofGod, and every one that loves has been begotten ofGod, and knowsGod.

7My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

8He that loves not has not knownGod; forGod is love.

8He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

9Herein as to us has been manifested the love ofGod, thatGod has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

9And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

10Herein is love, not that we lovedGod, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.

10And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.

11Beloved, ifGod has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

11My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.

12No one has seenGod at any time: if we love one another,God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.

12No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

13Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.

13And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

14And we have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son [as] Saviour of the world.

14And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son ofGod,God abides in him, and he inGod.

15Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

16And we have known and have believed the love whichGod has to us.God is love, and he that abides in love abides inGod, andGod in him.

16And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

17Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as he is, we also are in this world.

17In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.

18There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.

19We love because he has first loved us.

19We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.

20If any one say, I loveGod, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he loveGod whom he has not seen?

20If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?

21And this commandment have we from him, That he that lovesGod love also his brother.

21And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.