1 John 4

1Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

2By this is the spirit of God known. Every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

2in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

3And every spirit that dissolveth Jesus is not of God. And this is Antichrist, of whom you have heard that he cometh: and he is now already in the world.

3and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

4You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

4Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

5They are of the world. Therefore of the world they speak: and the world heareth them.

5They--of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

6We are of God. He that knoweth God heareth us. He that is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

6we--of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

7Dearly beloved, let us love one another: for charity is of God. And every one that loveth is born of God and knoweth God.

7Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

8He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is charity.

8he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

9By this hath the charity of God appeared towards us, because God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we may live by him.

9In this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son--the only begotten--hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

10In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

10in this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

11My dearest, if God hath so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

11Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us: and his charity is perfected in us.

12God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

13In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he hath given us of his spirit.

13in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.

14And we have seen and do testify that the Father hath sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world.

14And we--we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son--Saviour of the world;

15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

15whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;

16And we have known and have believed the charity which God hath to us. God is charity: and he that abideth in charity abideth in God, and God in him.

16and we--we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

17In this is the charity of God perfected with us, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment: because as he is, we also are in this world.

17In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we--we also are in this world;

18Fear is not in charity: but perfect charity casteth out fear, because fear hath sin. And he that feareth is not perfected in charity.

18fear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

19Let us therefore love God: because God first hath loved us.

19we--we love him, because He--He first loved us;

20If any man say: I love God, and hateth his brother; he is a liar. For he that loveth not his brother whom he seeth, how can he love God whom he seeth not?

20if any one may say--`I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God--whom he hath not seen--how is he able to love?

21And this commandment we have from God, that he who loveth God love also his brother.

21and this <FI>is<Fi> the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.