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

¶ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

2 B y this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

In this know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ, is come in flesh is of God:

3 a nd every spirit that does not confess that Jesus 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.

And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ, is come in flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come, and that now it is already in the world.

4 Y ou are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is 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.

5 T hey are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

They are of the world; therefore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

6 W e are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. Knowing God Through Love

We are of God; he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

7 B eloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

¶ Beloved, let us love one another, for charity is of God. Anyone that loves is born of God and knows God.

8 H e who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

He that does not love does not know God, for God is charity.

9 I n this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

In this was the charity of God demonstrated in us, in that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

10 I n this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

In this does the charity consist, not because we had loved God, but because he loved us and has sent his Son to be the reconciliation for our sins.

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

Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

12 N o one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us.

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his charity is completed in us.

13 B y this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.

In this we know that we abide in him, and he in us, in that he has given us of his Spirit.

14 A nd we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

¶ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 W hoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

16 A nd we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. The Consummation of Love

And we have known and believed the charity that God has in us. God is charity, and he that abides in charity abides in God, and God in him.

17 L ove has been perfected among us in this: that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world.

¶ In this the charity with us is made perfect, that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, that as he is, so are we in this world.

18 T here 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.

In charity there is no fear; but charity that is perfect casts out fear; because fear has torment; from which he that fears is not complete in charity.

19 W e love Him because He first loved us. Obedience by Faith

We love him, because he first loved us.

20 I f 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, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

If anyone says, I love God and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

21 A nd this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also.

And we have this commandment from him, That he who loves God loves his brother also.