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.
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
Cakchiquel Occidental
Can yekˈalajin ri ye riche (rixin) ri Dios y chukaˈ yekˈalajin ri ma ye riche (rixin) ta ri Dios
4 Wachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, ma queˈinimaj ta quinojel ri yebin chi ya ri Espíritu kˈalajsayon chique ri chˈabel ri niquibij. Can tiwacˈaxaj na jabel y tichˈoboˈ na wi kitzij chi ya ri Espíritu riche (rixin) ri Dios ri kˈalajsayon chique ri chˈabel ri niquibij. Ruma ye qˈuiy winek yecˈo chuwech re ruwachˈulef ri niquibij chi ya ri ruchˈabel ri Dios ri niquikˈalajsaj y xa ma kitzij ta. 2 Y reˈ niwetamaj cˈa, wi can riqˈui ri Lokˈolaj Espíritu riche (rixin) ri Dios ri ye petenak wi, o xa ma que ta riˈ. Wi niquibij chi ri Jesucristo xoc winek achiˈel riyoj, nikˈalajin cˈa chi ya ri Lokˈolaj Espíritu riche (rixin) ri Dios yayon ri chˈabel chique. 3 Yacˈa wi niquibij chi ri Jesucristo tek xpe waweˈ chuwech re ruwachˈulef ma xoc ta winek achiˈel riyoj, nikˈalajin chi ma ya ta ri Lokˈolaj Espíritu riche (rixin) ri Dios ri yayon ri chˈabel chique. Xa ya ri espíritu riche (rixin) ri itzel ri yayon ri chˈabel chique. Ri espíritu ri netzelan riche (rixin) ri Cristo y nuben chi can ya riyaˈ ri Cristo. Ya cˈa espíritu reˈ ri iwacˈaxan ri cˈo chi nipe na, y wacami xoka yan cˈa chuwech re ruwachˈulef.
4 Riyix cˈa ri can yix achiˈel tak walcˈual, yix riche (rixin) chic ri Dios, y xixchˈacon yan chiquij ri winek. Ruma ri Lokˈolaj Espíritu ri cˈo pa tak iwánima riyix can más wi nim ruchukˈaˈ que chuwech ri cˈo pa tak cánima ri winek ri xa riqˈui re ruwachˈulef quicukuban wi quicˈuˈx. 5 Ri yekˈolon can ye riche (rixin) wi re ruwachˈulef. Y rumariˈ ri tzij ri niquibij, xa tzij riche (rixin) re ruwachˈulef. Y quinojel ri winek ri xa riqˈui re ruwachˈulef quicukuban wi quicˈuˈx can niquicˈaxaj ri niquibij. 6 Yacˈa riyoj can yoj riche (rixin) chic ri Dios. Ri retaman chic ruwech ri Dios utz nracˈaxaj ri nikabij chare. Yacˈa ri ma riche (rixin) ta ri Dios ma utz ta nracˈaxaj ri nikabij chare. Y riqˈui riˈ nikˈalajin achique winek ri cˈo ri Espíritu riche (rixin) ri kitzij riqˈui. Y chukaˈ nikˈalajin ri winek ri xa espíritu riche (rixin) ri kˈoloj ri cˈo riqˈui.
Ri Dios sibilaj yojrajoˈ
7 Riyix kachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, nbij cˈa chiwe: Tikajoˈ cˈa kiˈ. Ruma ri ajowabel can riqˈui ri Dios petenak wi. Xabachique winek ri cˈo ajowabel riqˈui, nikˈalajin chi rucˈuan ri cˈacˈacˈ alaxic. Y chukaˈ retaman chic ruwech ri Dios. 8 Yacˈa ri majun ajowabel riqˈui, nikˈalajin chi ma retaman ta ruwech ri Dios. Ruma ri Dios can ajowabel wi. 9 Y ri Dios xucˈut chkawech chi can yojrajoˈ wi, ruma xutek pe ri Rucˈajol chuwech re ruwachˈulef. Y ri Dios can xu (xe wi) ri jun Rucˈajol cˈo, pero xutek pe riche (rixin) chi xuyaˈ ri cˈacˈacˈ cˈaslen chake. 10 Y can xkˈalajin cˈa chi ri Dios sibilaj yojrajoˈ. Y can ya cˈa ri Dios ri xojajowan nabey y ma yoj ta riyoj xojajowan riche (rixin) ri Dios nabey, y ruma chi sibilaj yojrajoˈ, rumariˈ xutek pe ri Rucˈajol riche (rixin) chi ya Riyaˈ ri xcom kuma, riche (rixin) chi nicuyutej ri kamac.
11 Riyix wachˈalal ri sibilaj yixinwajoˈ, wi ri Dios can queriˈ kajowaxic ri xuben, riyoj can cˈo cˈa chukaˈ chi nikajoˈ kiˈ chikachibil kiˈ. 12 Majun winek tzˈeteyon ta ruwech ri Dios. Pero wi nikajoˈ kiˈ, nikˈalajin chi ri Dios can cˈo pa tak kánima. Y ri ajowabel riche (rixin) ri Dios can tzˈaket ri cˈo kiqˈui.
13 Y chukaˈ ketaman chi xa jun chic kabanon riqˈui ri Dios y Riyaˈ can cˈo pa tak kánima, ruma can ruyaˈon ri Rulokˈolaj Espíritu chake. 14 Y riyoj can xkatzˈet ri Rucˈajol ri Dios, y rumariˈ nikatzijoj chique quinojel ri winek chi can kitzij wi chi ri Katataˈ Dios xutek pe ri Rucˈajol ri Colonel quiche (quixin) quinojel ri winek ri yecˈo chuwech re ruwachˈulef. 15 Y xabachique cˈa winek ri nikˈalajsan chi ri Jesús Rucˈajol ri Dios, ri winek riˈ can cˈo wi ri Dios pa ránima, y riyaˈ chukaˈ xa jun rubanon riqˈui ri Dios.
16 Y riyoj can ketaman y kacukuban kacˈuˈx riqˈui ri Dios, chi can cˈo wi ri rajowabel pa kawiˈ. Ruma ri Dios can ajowabel wi. Y xabachique winek ri cˈo ajowabel pa ránima, xa can jun chic rubanon riqˈui ri Dios y ri Dios can cˈo wi chukaˈ pa ránima. 17 Y riqˈui riˈ nikˈalajin chi tzˈaket ri ajowabel riche (rixin) ri Dios ri cˈo kiqˈui riche (rixin) chi queriˈ ma xtikaxibij ta kiˈ tek xtapon ri kˈij tek ri Dios xtukˈet tzij. Ma xtikaxibij ta kiˈ ri cˈa yojcˈo na chuwech re ruwachˈulef ruma kacˈuan cˈa jun cˈaslen achiˈel rubanic ri rucˈaslen ri Jesucristo. 18 Y wi can nikajoˈ cˈa ri Dios, majun achique ta ruma nikaxibij kiˈ chuwech. Ruma jun ajowabel ri can tzˈaket nrelesaj el xibinriˈil pa tak kánima. Yacˈa ri nuxibij riˈ chuwech ri Dios, ma tzˈaket ta ri ajowabel ri cˈo pa ránima, y reˈ nucˈom pe rucˈayewal chare.
19 Riyoj can nikajoˈ ri Dios, ruma chi Riyaˈ can xojrajoˈ nabey. 20 Y wi cˈo jun nibin chi nrajoˈ ri Dios y xa nretzelaj jun rachˈalal, ma kitzij ta ri nubij. Ruma wi ma nrajoˈ ta ri rachˈalal ri can nutzˈet, ¿la nicowin cami nrajoˈ ri Dios ri xa ma nutzˈet ta? 21 Rumacˈariˈ ri Dios ruyaˈon ca ri pixaˈ chi quekajoˈ ri kachˈalal. Y wi nikajoˈ ri Dios, can quekajoˈ cˈa chukaˈ ri kachˈalal. Queriˈ nubij ri pixaˈ riˈ.
1 John 4
English Standard Version
Test the Spirits
4 Beloved, (A)do not believe every spirit, but (B)test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for (C)many (D)false prophets (E)have gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: (F)every spirit that confesses that (G)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit (H)that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and (I)now is in the world already. 4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for (J)he who is in you is greater than (K)he who is in the world. 5 (L)They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and (M)the world listens to them. 6 We are from God. (N)Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know (O)the Spirit of truth and (P)the spirit of error.
God Is Love
7 Beloved, (Q)let us love one another, for love is from God, and (R)whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 (S)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because (T)God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that (U)God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, (V)not that we have loved God (W)but that he loved us and sent his Son to be (X)the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 (Y)No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and (Z)his love is perfected in us.
13 (AA)By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And (AB)we have seen and testify that (AC)the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of (AD)the world. 15 (AE)Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. 16 So (AF)we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. (AG)God is love, and (AH)whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. 17 By this (AI)is love perfected with us, so that (AJ)we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because (AK)as he is so also are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but (AL)perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not (AM)been perfected in love. 19 (AN)We love because he first loved us. 20 (AO)If anyone says, “I love God,” and (AP)hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot[a] love God (AQ)whom he has not seen. 21 And (AR)this commandment we have from him: (AS)whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Footnotes
- 1 John 4:20 Some manuscripts how can he
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