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Vivamos en el Espíritu

Queridos hermanos, no creáis a cualquiera que pretenda estar inspirado por el Espíritu,[a] sino sometedlo a prueba para ver si es de Dios, porque han salido por el mundo muchos falsos profetas. En esto podéis discernir quién tiene el Espíritu de Dios: todo profeta[b] que reconoce que Jesucristo ha venido en cuerpo humano es de Dios; todo profeta que no reconoce a Jesús no es de Dios, sino del anticristo. Vosotros habéis oído que este viene; en efecto, ya está en el mundo.

Vosotros, queridos hijos, sois de Dios y habéis vencido a esos falsos profetas, porque el que está en vosotros es más poderoso que el que está en el mundo. Ellos son del mundo; por eso hablan desde el punto de vista del mundo, y el mundo los escucha. Nosotros somos de Dios, y todo el que conoce a Dios nos escucha; pero el que no es de Dios no nos escucha. Así distinguimos entre el Espíritu de la verdad y el espíritu del engaño.

Permanezcamos en el amor

Queridos hermanos, amémonos los unos a los otros, porque el amor viene de Dios, y todo el que ama ha nacido de él y lo conoce. El que no ama no conoce a Dios, porque Dios es amor. Así manifestó Dios su amor entre nosotros: en que envió a su Hijo unigénito al mundo para que vivamos por medio de él. 10 En esto consiste el amor: no en que nosotros hayamos amado a Dios, sino en que él nos amó y envió a su Hijo para que fuera ofrecido como sacrificio por el perdón de[c] nuestros pecados. 11 Queridos hermanos, ya que Dios nos ha amado así, también nosotros debemos amarnos los unos a los otros. 12 Nadie ha visto jamás a Dios, pero, si nos amamos los unos a los otros, Dios permanece entre nosotros, y entre[d] nosotros su amor se ha manifestado plenamente.[e]

13 ¿Cómo sabemos que permanecemos en él, y que él permanece en nosotros? Porque nos ha dado de su Espíritu. 14 Y nosotros hemos visto y declaramos que el Padre envió a su Hijo para ser el Salvador del mundo. 15 Si alguien reconoce que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios, Dios permanece en él, y él en Dios. 16 Y nosotros hemos llegado a saber y creer que Dios nos ama.

Dios es amor. El que permanece en amor permanece en Dios, y Dios en él. 17 Ese amor se manifiesta plenamente[f] entre nosotros para que en el día del juicio comparezcamos con toda confianza, porque en este mundo hemos vivido como vivió Jesús. En el amor no hay temor, 18 sino que el amor perfecto echa fuera el temor. El que teme espera el castigo, así que no ha sido perfeccionado en el amor.

19 Nosotros amamos[g] porque él nos amó primero. 20 Si alguien afirma: «Yo amo a Dios», pero odia a su hermano, es un mentiroso; pues el que no ama a su hermano, a quien ha visto, no puede amar a Dios, a quien no ha visto. 21 Y él nos ha dado este mandamiento: el que ama a Dios, ame también a su hermano.

Footnotes

  1. 4:1 no creáis … por el Espíritu. Lit. no creáis a todo espíritu.
  2. 4:2 profeta. Lit. espíritu; también en v. 3.
  3. 4:10 sacrificio por el perdón de. Lit. propiciación por.
  4. 4:12 entre … entre. Alt. en … en.
  5. 4:12 se ha manifestado plenamente. Lit. se ha perfeccionado.
  6. 4:17 se manifiesta plenamente. Lit. se ha perfeccionado.
  7. 4:19 amamos. Var. amamos a Dios. Otra var. lo amamos.

Testing the spirits

Dear friends, don’t believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see if they are from God because many false prophets have gone into the world. This is how you know if a spirit comes from God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come as a human[a] is from God, and every spirit that doesn’t confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is now already in the world. You are from God, little children, and you have defeated these people because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world. So they speak from the world’s point of view and the world listens to them. We are from God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever is not from God doesn’t listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Love and God

Dear friends, let’s love each other, because love is from God, and everyone who loves is born from God and knows God. The person who doesn’t love does not know God, because God is love. This is how the love of God is revealed to us: God has sent his only Son into the world so that we can live through him. 10 This is love: it is not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son as the sacrifice that deals with our sins.

11 Dear friends, if God loved us this way, we also ought to love each other. 12 No one has ever seen God. If we love each other, God remains in us and his love is made perfect in us. 13 This is how we know we remain in him and he remains in us, because he has given us a measure of his Spirit. 14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the savior of the world. 15 If any of us confess that Jesus is God’s Son, God remains in us and we remain in God. 16 We have known and have believed the love that God has for us.

God is love, and those who remain in love remain in God and God remains in them. 17 This is how love has been perfected in us, so that we can have confidence on the Judgment Day, because we are exactly the same as God is in this world. 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear expects punishment. The person who is afraid has not been made perfect in love. 19 We love because God first loved us. 20 Those who say, “I love God” and hate their brothers or sisters are liars. After all, those who don’t love their brothers or sisters whom they have seen can hardly love God whom they have not seen! 21 This commandment we have from him: Those who claim to love God ought to love their brother and sister also.

Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:2 Or come in the flesh

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.