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Dearly beloved, do not believe every spirit. But test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

By this you shall know the Spirit of God: Every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.

And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is not of God. But this is the spirit of Antichrist, of whom you have heard; how that he would come and is now already in this world.

Little children, you are of God; and have overcome them! For greater is He Who is in you than he who is in this world.

They are of this world. Therefore, they speak of this world. And this world hears them.

We are of God. The one who knows God hears us. The one who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error.

Beloved, let us love one another. For love comes from God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

The one who does not love does not know God. For God is love.

In this was that love of God revealed amongst us: because God sent His only begotten Son into this world, so that we might live through Him.

10 In this is that love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be a reconciliation for our sins.

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

12 No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us. And His love is perfected in us.

13 By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us: because He has given us of His Spirit.

14 And we have seen (and do testify) that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God - God dwells in him and he in God.

16 And we have known and believed the love that God has in us. God is love. And the one who dwells in love, dwells in God, and God in him.

17 In this is that love perfected in us: that we should have boldness on the Day of Judgment. For as He is, even so are we in this world.

18 There is no fear in love. But perfect love casts out fear. For fear has painfulness. And the one who fears has not been perfected in love.

19 We love Him because He loved us first.

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For how can one who does not love his brother - whom he has seen - love God, Whom he has not seen?

21 And this Commandment we have from Him: that the one who loves God should love his brother also.

El espíritu de verdad y el espíritu de error

Amados(A), no creáis a todo espíritu(B), sino probad los espíritus para ver si son de Dios(C), porque muchos falsos profetas han salido al mundo. En esto conocéis el Espíritu de Dios: todo espíritu(D) que confiesa(E) que Jesucristo ha venido en carne(F), es[a] de Dios; y todo espíritu que no confiesa a Jesús[b](G), no es[c] de Dios; y este es el espíritu del anticristo(H), del cual habéis oído que viene, y que ahora ya está en el mundo(I). Hijos(J) míos[d], vosotros sois[e] de Dios y los habéis vencido(K), porque mayor es el que está en vosotros(L) que el que está en el mundo(M). Ellos son del mundo(N); por eso hablan de parte del mundo, y el mundo los oye. Nosotros somos de Dios(O); el que conoce a Dios, nos oye(P); el que no es de Dios, no nos oye(Q). En esto conocemos el espíritu de la verdad(R) y el espíritu del error(S).

Dios es amor

Amados(T), amémonos unos a otros(U), porque el amor es[f] de Dios, y todo el que ama(V) es nacido[g] de Dios(W) y conoce a Dios(X). El que no ama no conoce a Dios, porque Dios es amor(Y). En esto se manifestó el amor de Dios en nosotros[h](Z): en que Dios ha enviado a su Hijo unigénito[i] al mundo para que vivamos por medio de Él(AA). 10 En esto consiste[j] el amor: no en que nosotros hayamos amado[k] a Dios(AB), sino en que Él nos amó a nosotros(AC) y envió a su Hijo como propiciación por nuestros pecados(AD). 11 Amados(AE), si Dios así nos amó, también nosotros debemos amarnos unos a otros(AF). 12 A Dios nadie le ha visto jamás(AG). Si nos amamos unos a otros, Dios permanece en nosotros y su amor se perfecciona en nosotros(AH). 13 En esto sabemos que permanecemos en Él y Él en nosotros: en que nos ha dado de su Espíritu(AI). 14 Y nosotros hemos visto y damos testimonio(AJ) de que el Padre envió al Hijo(AK) para ser el Salvador del mundo. 15 Todo aquel que confiesa(AL) que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios(AM), Dios permanece en él y él en Dios(AN). 16 Y nosotros hemos llegado a conocer(AO) y hemos creído el amor que Dios tiene para[l] nosotros(AP). Dios es amor(AQ), y el que permanece en amor permanece en Dios(AR) y Dios permanece en él. 17 En esto se perfecciona el amor en nosotros(AS), para que tengamos confianza(AT) en el día del juicio(AU), pues como Él es(AV), así somos también nosotros en este mundo. 18 En el amor no hay temor, sino que el perfecto amor echa fuera el temor(AW), porque el temor involucra[m] castigo, y el que teme no es hecho perfecto en el amor(AX). 19 Nosotros amamos[n], porque Él nos amó primero(AY). 20 Si alguno dice: Yo amo a Dios(AZ), y aborrece a su hermano(BA), es un mentiroso(BB); porque el que no ama a su hermano(BC), a quien ha visto, no puede[o] amar a Dios a quien no ha visto(BD). 21 Y este mandamiento tenemos de Él(BE): que el que ama a Dios, ame también a su hermano(BF).

Footnotes

  1. 1 Juan 4:2 O, procede
  2. 1 Juan 4:3 Algunos mss. dicen: que Jesús ha venido en carne
  3. 1 Juan 4:3 O, no procede
  4. 1 Juan 4:4 O, Hijitos
  5. 1 Juan 4:4 O, procedéis
  6. 1 Juan 4:7 O, procede
  7. 1 Juan 4:7 O, engendrado
  8. 1 Juan 4:9 O, en nuestro caso
  9. 1 Juan 4:9 O, único; i.e., el único en su género
  10. 1 Juan 4:10 Lit., está
  11. 1 Juan 4:10 Algunos mss. dicen: amamos
  12. 1 Juan 4:16 Lit., en
  13. 1 Juan 4:18 Lit., tiene
  14. 1 Juan 4:19 Algunos mss. agregan: a Él; otros: a Dios
  15. 1 Juan 4:20 Algunos mss. dicen: ¿cómo puede

Love for God and One Another

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but (A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because (B)many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: (C)Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess [a]that Jesus [b]Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than (D)he who is in the world. (E)They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and (F)the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. (G)By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Knowing God Through Love(H)

(I)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who (J)loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. (K)In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten (L)Son into the world, that we might live through Him. 10 In this is love, (M)not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son (N)to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, (O)if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

Seeing God Through Love

12 (P)No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. 13 (Q)By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. 14 And (R)we have seen and testify that (S)the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. 15 (T)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and (U)he who abides in love abides in God, and God (V)in him.

The Consummation of Love

17 Love has been perfected among us in this: that (W)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 casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. 19 (X)We love [c]Him because He first loved us.

Obedience by Faith

20 (Y)If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, [d]how can he love God (Z)whom he has not seen? 21 And (AA)this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:3 NU omits that
  2. 1 John 4:3 NU omits Christ has come in the flesh
  3. 1 John 4:19 NU omits Him
  4. 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

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.

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.

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

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.

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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.