1 B eloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Dear Christian friends, do not believe every spirit. But test the spirits to see if they are from God for there are many false preachers in the world.

2 H ereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

You can tell if the spirit is from God in this way: Every spirit that says Jesus Christ has come in a human body is from God.

3 A nd 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.

And every spirit that does not say Jesus has come in a human body is not from God. It is the teaching of the false-christ. You have heard that this teaching is coming. It is already here in the world.

4 Y e are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

My children, you are a part of God’s family. You have stood against these false preachers and had power over them. You had power over them because the One Who lives in you is stronger than the one who is in the world.

5 T hey are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Those false teachers are a part of the world. They speak about the things of the world. The world listens to them.

6 W e 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.

We are a part of God’s family. The person who knows God will listen to us. The person who is not a part of God’s family will not listen to us. In this way, we can tell what is the spirit of truth and what is the spirit of false teaching. Loving God Makes Us Love Our Christian Brothers

7 B eloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Dear friends, let us love each other, because love comes from God. Those who love are God’s children and they know God.

8 H e that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Those who do not love do not know God because God is love.

9 I n 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.

God has shown His love to us by sending His only Son into the world. God did this so we might have life through Christ.

10 H erein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

This is love! It is not that we loved God but that He loved us. For God sent His Son to pay for our sins with His own blood.

11 B eloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

Dear friends, if God loved us that much, then we should love each other.

12 N o man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

No person has ever seen God at any time. If we love each other, God lives in us. His love is made perfect in us.

13 H ereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

He has given us His Spirit. This is how we live by His help and He lives in us. Love Gives Us More Faith in Christ

14 A nd we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

We have seen and are able to say that the Father sent His Son to save the world from the punishment of sin.

15 W hosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

The person who tells of Him in front of men and says that Jesus is the Son of God, God is living in that one and that one is living by the help of God.

16 A nd 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.

We have come to know and believe the love God has for us. God is love. If you live in love, you live by the help of God and God lives in you. The Love of God Has Power Over Fear and Hate

17 H erein 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.

Love is made perfect in us when we are not ashamed as we stand before Him on the day He judges. For we know that our life in this world is His life lived in us.

18 T here is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.

There is no fear in love. Perfect love puts fear out of our hearts. People have fear when they are afraid of being punished. The man who is afraid does not have perfect love.

19 W e love him, because he first loved us.

We love Him because He loved us first.

20 I f 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?

If a person says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. If a person does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God Whom he has not seen?

21 A nd this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.

We have these words from Him. If you love God, love your brother also.