aBeloved, do not believe
every
bspirit
, but test
the spirits
to see whether
they are from God
, because
cmany
false
prophets
have gone
out into the world
.
By this you know
the Spirit
of God
: aevery
spirit
that bconfesses
that cJesus
Christ
has come
in the flesh
is from God
;
and every spirit
that adoes not confess
Jesus
is not from God
; this
is the spirit of the bantichrist
, of which
you have heard
that it is coming
, and cnow
it is already
in the world
.
You are from God, alittle
children
, and bhave overcome
them; because
cgreater
is He who is in you than
dhe who is in the world
.
aThey are from the world; therefore
they speak
as from the world
, and the world
listens
to them.
aWe are from God; bhe who knows
God
listens
to us; che who
is not from God
does not listen
to us. By this
we know
dthe spirit
of truth
and ethe spirit
of error
.
aBeloved, let us blove
one
another
, for love
is from God
; and ceveryone
who loves
is 1 dborn
of God
and eknows
God
.
The one who does not love does not know
God
, for aGod
is love
.
By this the love
of God
was manifested
1 ain us, that bGod
has sent
His 2only
begotten
Son
into the world
so
that we might live
through
Him.
In this is love
, anot that we loved
God
, but that bHe loved
us and sent
His Son
to be cthe propitiation
for our sins
.
aBeloved, if
God
so
loved
us, bwe also
ought
to love
one
another
.
aNo one
has seen
God
at any
time
; if
we love
one
another
, God
abides
in us, and His blove
is perfected
in us.
aBy this we know
that we abide
in Him and He in us, because
He has given
us of His Spirit
.
We have seen and atestify
that the Father
has bsent
the Son
to be the Savior
of the world
.
aWhoever confesses
that bJesus
is the Son
of God
, God
cabides
in him, and he in God
.
aWe have come to know
and have believed
the love
which
God
has
1 bfor us. cGod
is love
, and the one who dabides
in love
abides
in God
, and God
abides
in him.
By this, alove
is perfected
with us, so that we may have
bconfidence
in cthe day
of judgment
; because
das He is, so also
are we in this
world
.
There is no fear
in love
; but aperfect
love
casts
out fear
, because
fear
1involves
punishment
, and the one who fears
is not bperfected
in love
.
aWe love, because
He first
loved
us.
aIf someone
says
, "I love
God
," and bhates
his brother
, he is a cliar
; for dthe one who does not love
his brother
whom
he has seen
, ecannot
love
God
whom
he has not seen
.
And athis commandment
we have
from Him, that the one who loves
God
bshould love
his brother
also
.