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1 John 4
New Living Translation
1 John 4
New Living Translation
Discerning False Prophets
4 Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the Spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world. 2 This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet[a] acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. 3 But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.
4 But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. 5 Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. 6 But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.
Loving One Another
7 Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. 8 But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.
9 God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. 10 This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.
11 Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God. But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us.
13 And God has given us his Spirit as proof that we live in him and he in us. 14 Furthermore, we have seen with our own eyes and now testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 All who declare that Jesus is the Son of God have God living in them, and they live in God. 16 We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love.
God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. 17 And as we live in God, our love grows more perfect. So we will not be afraid on the day of judgment, but we can face him with confidence because we live like Jesus here in this world.
18 Such love has no fear, because perfect love expels all fear. If we are afraid, it is for fear of punishment, and this shows that we have not fully experienced his perfect love. 19 We love each other[b] because he loved us first.
20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer,[c] that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? 21 And he has given us this command: Those who love God must also love their fellow believers.[d]
1 John 4
New King James Version
1 John 4
New King James Version
Love for God and One Another
4 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. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: (C)Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3 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.
4 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. 5 (E)They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and (F)the world hears them. 6 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)
7 (I)Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who (J)loves is born of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. 9 (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 John 4:3 NU omits that
- 1 John 4:3 NU omits Christ has come in the flesh
- 1 John 4:19 NU omits Him
- 1 John 4:20 NU he cannot
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
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
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