1 B eloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

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

2 i n this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

3 a nd every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

4 Y e -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who in you, than he who is in the world.

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

5 T hey -- of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

6 w e -- of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 B eloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

8 h e who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

9 I n this was manifested the love of God in us, because His Son -- the only begotten -- hath God sent to the world, that we may live through him;

Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

10 i n this is the love, not that we loved God, but that He did love us, and did send His Son a propitiation for our sins.

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 B eloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

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

12 G od no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

13 i n this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.

hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

14 A nd we -- we have seen and do testify, that the Father hath sent the Son -- Saviour of the world;

And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

15 w hoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;

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

16 a nd we -- we have known and believed the love, that God hath in us; God is love, and he who is remaining in the love, in God he doth remain, and God in him.

And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

17 I n this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we -- we also are in this world;

Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

18 f ear is not in the love, but the perfect love doth cast out the fear, because the fear hath punishment, and he who is fearing hath not been made perfect in the love;

There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

19 w e -- we love him, because He -- He first loved us;

We love, because he first loved us.

20 i f any one may say -- `I love God,' and his brother he may hate, a liar he is; for he who is not loving his brother whom he hath seen, God -- whom he hath not seen -- how is he able to love?

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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.

21 a nd this the command we have from Him, that he who is loving God, may also love his brother.

And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.