1 Juan 4
Palabra de Dios para Todos
Advertencia contra los falsos profetas
4 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. 2 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. 3 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.
4 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. 5 Ellos son del mundo, hablan de lo del mundo y el mundo les hace caso. 6 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
7 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. 8 El que no ama no ha conocido a Dios, pues Dios es amor. 9 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.
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
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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