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Advertencia contra los falsos profetas

Estimados hermanos, actualmente hay muchos falsos profetas en el mundo. Por eso, no le crean a todo el que dice estar inspirado por el Espíritu. Mejor pongan a prueba a todo que dice ser profeta[a] para comprobar si viene de Dios. Así es como reconocerán al Espíritu de Dios. Todo profeta[b] que diga: «Yo creo que Jesús es el Mesías que vino al mundo y vino como ser humano», es de Dios. Y todo profeta que no confiese a Jesús, no es de Dios sino del enemigo de Cristo. Ustedes ya han oído que el enemigo de Cristo viene, y ya está en el mundo.

Hijitos, ustedes son de Dios y por esto ya han derrotado a los enemigos de Cristo porque el que está en ustedes es más grande que el que está en el mundo. Ellos son del mundo, hablan de lo del mundo y el mundo les hace caso. Pero nosotros somos de Dios, y el que conoce a Dios hace caso de lo que decimos; pero el que no conoce a Dios no nos hace caso. Así es como podemos distinguir entre el que habla por el Espíritu de la verdad[c] y el profeta que habla por un espíritu que engaña a la gente.

El amor viene de Dios

Estimados hermanos, amémonos unos a otros porque el amor viene de Dios. Todo el que ama tiene a Dios como su Padre y conoce a Dios. El que no ama no ha conocido a Dios, pues Dios es amor. En esto Dios nos demostró su amor: en que envió a su único Hijo al mundo para que tuviéramos vida por medio de él. 10 El verdadero amor de Dios no es que nosotros hayamos amado a Dios, sino el amor que Dios demostró al enviar a su Hijo como sacrificio para quitar nuestros pecados.

11 Estimados hermanos, si Dios nos demostró su amor de esa manera, debemos amarnos unos a otros. 12 Nadie ha visto jamás a Dios. Sin embargo, si nos amamos unos a otros, Dios permanece en nosotros y su amor se ha manifestado plenamente en nosotros.

13 Así es como podemos saber que nosotros permanecemos en Dios y él en nosotros: porque él nos ha dado su Espíritu. 14 Nosotros vimos y damos testimonio de que el Padre envió a su Hijo para ser el Salvador del mundo. 15 Si alguien reconoce que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios, permanece en Dios y Dios en él. 16 Así sabemos que Dios nos ama y confiamos en el amor que él nos tiene.

Dios es amor. El que permanece en el amor, permanece en Dios y Dios en él. 17 De esta manera, el amor alcanza su plenitud en nosotros, y así podremos estar seguros en el día del juicio. Tenemos esa confianza porque como Jesús[d] es, así somos nosotros en este mundo. 18 El amor no sufre del miedo. Por el contrario, el amor que es maduro echa fuera el miedo, pues el miedo tiene que ver con el castigo. Así que el que sufre del miedo, todavía tiene que madurarse en el tema del amor.

19 Nosotros amamos porque Dios nos amó primero. 20 Si alguno dice que ama a Dios, pero odia a su hermano, es un mentiroso. Porque si no ama a su hermano, a quien puede ver, mucho menos va a amar a Dios, a quien no puede ver. 21 Dios[e] nos dio este mandamiento: el que ama a Dios, ame también a su hermano.

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 que dice ser profeta Textualmente espíritu.
  2. 4:2 profeta Textualmente espíritu. También en el versículo 3.
  3. 4:6 Espíritu de la verdad Ver Jn 14:16.
  4. 4:17 Jesús Textualmente aquel.
  5. 4:21 Dios o Jesucristo. Textualmente él.

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

On Denying the Incarnation

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) 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) 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)

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) They are from the world(L) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 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

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) Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(S) 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. 1 John 4:6 Or spirit