1 John 4:3-9
New International Version
3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(A) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.(B)
4 You, dear children,(C) are from God and have overcome them,(D) because the one who is in you(E) is greater than the one who is in the world.(F) 5 They are from the world(G) 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.(H) This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth(I) and the spirit of falsehood.(J)
God’s Love and Ours
7 Dear friends, let us love one another,(K) for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God(L) and knows God.(M) 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.(N) 9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son(O) into the world that we might live through him.(P)
Footnotes
- 1 John 4:6 Or spirit
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.
Bible Gateway Recommends
![NIV, The Story, Hardcover, Comfort Print: The Bible as One Continuing Story of God and His People](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0044/1309/6047/files/9780310458197.jpg?v=1715891100)
![NIV, Artisan Collection Bible, Gilded Edges, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0044/1309/6047/products/9780310453345.jpg?v=1717017749)
![NIV, Biblical Theology Study Bible, Comfort Print: Follow God’s Redemptive Plan as It Unfolds throughout Scripture](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0044/1309/6047/products/9780310450405.jpg?v=1660679392)
![NIV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Red Letter Edition: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0044/1309/6047/products/431583.jpg?v=1660758265)
![NIV, The Woman's Study Bible, Full-Color, Red Letter: Receiving God's Truth for Balance, Hope, and Transformation](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0044/1309/6047/products/9780785212379.jpg?v=1645115959)
![NIV, Lucado Encouraging Word Bible, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New International Version](https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0044/1309/6047/products/9780718075453.jpg?v=1659560990)