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1 John 4
New International Version
1 John 4
New International Version
On Denying the Incarnation
4 Dear friends,(A) do not believe every spirit,(B) but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.(C) 2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(D) is from God,(E) 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(F) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.(G)
4 You, dear children,(H) are from God and have overcome them,(I) because the one who is in you(J) is greater than the one who is in the world.(K) 5 They are from the world(L) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.(M) This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth(N) and the spirit of falsehood.(O)
God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another,(P) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(Q) and knows God.(R) 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(S) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(T) into the world that we might live through him.(U) 10 This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(V) and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.(W) 11 Dear friends,(X) since God so loved us,(Y) we also ought to love one another.(Z) 12 No one has ever seen God;(AA) but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.(AB)
13 This is how we know(AC) that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(AD) 14 And we have seen and testify(AE) that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.(AF) 15 If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God,(AG) God lives in them and they in God.(AH) 16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us.
God is love.(AI) Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.(AJ) 17 This is how love is made complete(AK) among us so that we will have confidence(AL) on the day of judgment:(AM) In this world we are like Jesus. 18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear,(AN) because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
19 We love because he first loved us.(AO) 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister(AP) is a liar.(AQ) For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen,(AR) cannot love God, whom they have not seen.(AS) 21 And he has given us this command:(AT) Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.(AU)
Footnotes
- 1 John 4:6 Or spirit
1 John 4
Christian Standard Bible
1 John 4
Christian Standard Bible
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits(A) to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(B) is from God,(C) 3 but every spirit that does not confess Jesus[a] is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(D) which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.
4 You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you(E) is greater than the one who is in the world.(F) 5 They are from the world.(G) Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us;(H) anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.(I)
Knowing God through Love
7 Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God(J) and knows God. 8 The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 God’s love was revealed among us[b] in this way: God sent(K) his one and only Son(L) into the world so that we might live(M) through him. 10 Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us(N) and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice[c](O) for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God loved us in this way, we also must love one another.(P) 12 No one has ever seen God.(Q) If we love one another, God remains in[d] us and his love is made complete in us. 13 This is how we know that we remain in him(R) and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.(S) 14 And we have seen and we testify that the Father has sent his Son(T) as the world’s Savior. 15 Whoever confesses(U) that Jesus is the Son of God—God remains in him and he in God. 16 And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us.
God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him. 17 In this, love is made complete with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment,(V) because as he is, so also are we in this world.(W) 18 There is no fear in love; instead, perfect love drives out fear,(X) because fear involves punishment.[e] So the one who fears is not complete in love.(Y) 19 We love[f] because he first loved us.(Z) 20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and yet hates his brother or sister,(AA) he is a liar.(AB) For the person who does not love his brother or sister(AC) whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen.[g] 21 And we have this command from him: The one who loves God must also love his brother and sister.
1 Juan 4
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
1 Juan 4
Ang Bagong Tipan: Filipino Standard Version
Ang Espiritu ng Diyos at ang Espiritu ng Anti-Cristo
4 Mga minamahal, huwag kayong maniwala sa bawat espiritu, sa halip ay subukin ninyo ang mga espiritu, kung ang mga ito'y sa Diyos, sapagkat maraming huwad na propeta ang naririto na sa sanlibutan. 2 Makikilala ninyo ang Espiritu ng Diyos sa ganitong paraan: ang bawat espiritung nagpapahayag na si Jesu-Cristo ay dumating bilang tao ay sa Diyos. 3 Ang bawat espiritung hindi kumikilala kay Jesus ay hindi sa Diyos. Ito ay espiritu ng anti-Cristo na inyong narinig na darating; at ngayo'y nasa sanlibutan na. 4 Mga anak, kayo'y sa Diyos, at napagtagumpayan na ninyo sila, sapagkat higit na makapangyarihan siya na nasa inyo kaysa kanya na nasa sanlibutan. 5 Sila ay mula sa sanlibutan, kaya't ang sinasabi nila ay mula sa sanlibutan, at pinakikinggan sila nito. 6 Tayo ay sa Diyos. Ang sinumang nakakakilala sa Diyos ay nakikinig sa atin, at sinumang hindi sa Diyos ay hindi nakikinig sa atin. Sa pamamagitan nito ay makikilala natin ang espiritu ng katotohanan at ang espiritu ng kasinungalingan.
Ang Diyos ay Pag-ibig
7 Mga minamahal, ibigin natin ang isa't isa, sapagkat ang pag-ibig ay mula sa Diyos. Ang sinumang umiibig ay anak na ng Diyos at nakikilala niya ang Diyos. 8 Ang sinumang hindi umiibig ay hindi nakikilala ang Diyos, sapagkat ang Diyos ay pag-ibig. 9 Sa ganitong paraan, nahayag ang pag-ibig ng Diyos sa atin: isinugo ng Diyos sa sanlibutan ang kanyang kaisa-isang Anak upang tayo'y mabuhay sa pamamagitan niya. 10 Ganito ipinamalas ang pag-ibig: hindi dahil inibig natin ang Diyos, kundi siya ang umibig sa atin at isinugo niya ang kanyang Anak bilang alay para sa pagpapatawad ng ating mga kasalanan. 11 Mga minamahal, yamang lubos tayong iniibig ng Diyos, dapat din nating ibigin ang isa't isa. 12 Walang (A) sinumang nakakita sa Diyos, ngunit kung iniibig natin ang isa't isa, nananatili ang Diyos sa atin, at nagiging ganap sa atin ang kanyang pag-ibig.
13 Sa ganito natin nalalaman na tayo nga'y nananatili sa kanya at siya'y sa atin, na ibinigay niya sa atin ang kanyang Espiritu. 14 Nakita namin at kami'y nagpapatotoo na isinugo ng Ama ang kanyang Anak bilang Tagapagligtas ng sanlibutan. 15 Ang sinumang nagpapahayag na si Jesus ang Anak ng Diyos, ang Diyos ay nananatili sa kanya at siya ay nananatili sa Diyos. 16 Tayo ang nakaalam at sumampalataya sa pag-ibig na iniuukol ng Diyos para sa atin.
Ang Diyos ay pag-ibig, at ang nananatili sa pag-ibig ay nananatili sa Diyos, at ang Diyos ay nananatili sa kanya. 17 Sa ganitong paraan naging ganap sa atin ang pag-ibig, upang tayo'y magkaroon ng katiyakan sa araw ng paghuhukom, sapagkat kung ano siya ay gayon din tayo sa sanlibutang ito. 18 Walang anumang takot sa pag-ibig. Sa halip, ang ganap na pag-ibig ay nag-aalis ng takot, sapagkat ang takot ay mayroong kaparusahan. Ang sinumang natatakot ay hindi pa lubusang umiibig. 19 Tayo ay umiibig sapagkat siya ang unang umibig sa atin. 20 Ang sinumang nagsasabing iniibig niya ang Diyos ngunit napopoot naman sa kanyang kapatid ay sinungaling. Sapagkat ang hindi umiibig sa kanyang kapatid na kanyang nakikita ay hindi maaaring umibig sa Diyos na hindi niya nakikita. 21 Ito ang utos na ibinigay niya sa atin: dapat ding umibig sa kanyang kapatid ang umiibig sa Diyos.
1 John 4
King James Version
1 John 4
King James Version
4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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