Dual Panel1Beloved<27>, do not believe<4100> every<3956> spirit<4151>, but test<1381> the spirits<4151> to see whether<1487> they are from God<2316>, because<3754> many<4183> false<5578> prophets<5578> have gone<1831> out into the world<2889>.
2By this<3778> you know<1097> the Spirit<4151> of God<2316>: every<3956> spirit<4151> that confesses<3670> that Jesus<2424> Christ<5547> has come<2064> in the flesh<4561> is from God<2316>;
3and every<3956> spirit<4151> that does not confess<3670> Jesus<2424> is not from God<2316>; this<3778> is the spirit of the antichrist<500>, of which<3739> you have heard<191> that it is coming<2064>, and now<3568> it is already<2235> in the world<2889>.
4You are from God<2316>, little<5040> children<5040>, and have overcome<3528> them; because<3754> greater<3173> is He who is in you than<2228> he who is in the world<2889>.
5They are from the world<2889>; therefore<1223><3778> they speak<2980> as from the world<2889>, and the world<2889> listens<191> to them.
6We are from God<2316>; he who knows<1097> God<2316> listens<191> to us; he who<3739> is not from God<2316> does not listen<191> to us. By this<3778> we know<1097> the spirit<4151> of truth<225> and the spirit<4151> of error<4106>.
7Beloved<27>, let us love<25> one<240> another<240>, for love<26> is from God<2316>; and everyone<3956> who loves<25> is born<1080> of God<2316> and knows<1097> God<2316>.
8The one who does not love<25> does not know<1097> God<2316>, for God<2316> is love<26>.
9By this<3778> the love<26> of God<2316> was manifested<5319> in us, that God<2316> has sent<649> His only<3439> begotten<3439> Son<5207> into the world<2889> so<2443> that we might live<2198> through<1223> Him.
10In this<3778> is love<26>, not that we loved<25> God<2316>, but that He loved<25> us and sent<649> His Son<5207> to be the propitiation<2434> for our sins<266>.
11Beloved<27>, if<1487> God<2316> so<3779> loved<25> us, we also<2532> ought<3784> to love<25> one<240> another<240>.
12No<3762> one<3762> has seen<2300> God<2316> at any<4455> time<4455>; if<1437> we love<25> one<240> another<240>, God<2316> abides<3306> in us, and His love<26> is perfected<5048> in us.
13By this<3778> we know<1097> that we abide<3306> in Him and He in us, because<3754> He has given<1325> us of His Spirit<4151>.
14We have seen<2300> and testify<3140> that the Father<3962> has sent<649> the Son<5207> to be the Savior<4990> of the world<2889>.
15Whoever<3739><1437> confesses<3670> that Jesus<2424> is the Son<5207> of God<2316>, God<2316> abides<3306> in him, and he in God<2316>.
16We have come<1097> to know<1097> and have believed<4100> the love<26> which<3739> God<2316> has<2192> for us. God<2316> is love<26>, and the one who abides<3306> in love<26> abides<3306> in God<2316>, and God<2316> abides<3306> in him.
17By this<3778>, love<26> is perfected<5048> with us, so that we may have<2192> confidence<3954> in the day<2250> of judgment<2920>; because<3754> as He is, so also<2532> are we in this<3778> world<2889>.
18There is no<3756> fear<5401> in love<26>; but perfect<5046> love<26> casts<906> out fear<5401>, because<3754> fear<5401> involves<2192> punishment<2851>, and the one who fears<5399> is not perfected<5048> in love<26>.
19We love<25>, because<3754> He first<4413> loved<25> us.
20If<1437> someone<5100> says<3004>, "I love<25> God<2316>," and hates<3404> his brother<80>, he is a liar<5583>; for the one who does not love<25> his brother<80> whom<3739> he has seen<3708>, cannot<1410><3756> love<25> God<2316> whom<3739> he has not seen<3708>.
21And this<3778> commandment<1785> we have<2192> from Him, that the one who loves<25> God<2316> should love<25> his brother<80> also<2532>.