Dual Panel1Dear friends <27>, do <4100> not <3361> believe <4100> every <3956> spirit <4151>, but <235> test <1381> the spirits <4151> to determine <1381> if <1487> they are <1510> from <1537> God <2316>, because <3754> many <4183> false prophets <5578> have gone out <1831> into <1519> the world <2889>.
2By <1722> this <5129> you know <1097> the Spirit <4151> of God <2316>: Every <3956> spirit <4151> that <3739> confesses <3670> Jesus <2424> as the Christ <5547> who has come <2064> in <1722> the flesh <4561> is <1510> from <1537> God <2316>,
3but <2532> every <3956> spirit <4151> that <3739> does <3670> not <3361> confess <3670> Jesus <2424> is <1510> not <3756> from <1537> God <2316>, and <2532> this <5124> is <1510> the spirit of the antichrist <500>, which <3739> you have heard <191> is coming <2064>, and <2532> now <3568> is <1510> already <2235> in <1722> the world <2889>.
4You <5210> are <1510> from <1537> God <2316>, little children <5040>, and <2532> have conquered <3528> them <846>, because <3754> the one who is in <1722> you <5213> is <1510> greater than <3187> the one who is in <1722> the world <2889>.
5They are <1510> from <1537> the world <2889>; therefore they speak <2980> from the world’s perspective <2889> and <2532> the world <2889> listens <191> to them <846>.
6We <2249> are <1510> from <1537> God <2316>; the person who knows <1097> God <2316> listens <191> to us <2257>, but whoever <3739> is <1510> not <3756> from <1537> God <2316> does <191> not <3756> listen <191> to us <2257>. By <1537> this <5127> we know <1097> the Spirit <4151> of truth <225> and <2532> the spirit <4151> of deceit <4106>.
7Dear friends <27>, let us love <25> one another <240>, because <3754> love <26> is <1510> from <1537> God <2316>, and <2532> everyone <3956> who loves <25> has been fathered <1080> by <1537> God <2316> and <2532> knows <1097> God <2316>.
8The person who does <25> not <3361> love <25> does <1097> not <3756> know <1097> God <2316>, because <3754> God <2316> is <1510> love <26>.
9By <1722> this <5129> the love <26> of God <2316> is revealed <5319> in <1722> us <2254>: that <3754> God <2316> has sent <649> his <846> one and only <3439> Son <5207> into <1519> the world <2889> so that <2443> we may live <2198> through <1223> him <846>.
10In <1722> this <5129> is <1510> love <26>: not <3756> that <3754> we <2249> have loved <25> God <2316>, but <235> that <3754> he <846> loved <25> us <2248> and <2532> sent <649> his <846> Son <5207> to be the atoning sacrifice <2434> for <4012> our <2257> sins <266>.
11Dear friends <27>, if <1487> God <2316> so <3779> loved <25> us <2248>, then <2532> we <2249> also ought <3784> to love <25> one another <240>.
12No one <3762> has seen <2300> God <2316> at any time <4455>. If <1437> we love <25> one another <240>, God <2316> resides <3306> in <1722> us <2254>, and <2532> his <846> love <26> is perfected <5048> in <1722> us <2254>.
13By <1722> this <5129> we know <1097> that <3754> we reside <3306> in <1722> God <846> and <2532> he <846> in <1722> us <2254>: in that <3754> he has given <1325> us <2254> of <1537> his <846> Spirit <4151>.
14And <2532> we <2249> have seen <2300> and <2532> testify <3140> that <3754> the Father <3962> has sent <649> the Son <5207> to be the Savior <4990> of the world <2889>.
15If <1437> anyone <3739> confesses <3670> that <3754> Jesus <2424> is <1510> the Son <5207> of God <2316>, God <2316> resides <3306> in <1722> him <846> and <2532> he <846> in <1722> God <2316>.
16And <2532> we <2249> have come to know <1097> and <2532> to believe <4100> the love <26> that <3739> God <2316> has <2192> in <1722> us <2254>. God <2316> is <1510> love <26>, and <2532> the one who resides <3306> in <1722> love <26> resides <3306> in <1722> God <2316>, and <2532> God <2316> resides <3306> in <1722> him <846>.
17By <1722> this <5129> love <26> is perfected <5048> with <3326> us <2257>, so that <2443> we may have <2192> confidence <3954> in <1722> the day <2250> of judgment <2920>, because <3754> just as <2531> Jesus <1565> is <1510>, so also <2532> are <1510> we <2249> in <1722> this <5129> world <2889>.
18There is <1510> no <3756> fear <5401> in <1722> love <26>, but <235> perfect <5046> love <26> drives <906> out <1854> fear <5401>, because <3754> fear <5401> has <2192> to do with punishment <2851>. The one who fears <5399> punishment has <5048> not <3756> been perfected <5048> in <1722> love <26>.
19We <2249> love <25> because <3754> he <846> loved <25> us <2248> first <4413>.
20If <1437> anyone <5100> says <2036> “I love <25> God <2316>” and <2532> yet hates <3404> his <846> fellow Christian <80>, he is <1510> a liar <5583>, because <1063> the one who does <25> not <3361> love <25> his <846> fellow Christian <80> whom <3739> he has seen <3708> cannot <3756> <1410> love <25> God <2316> whom <3739> he has <3708> not <3756> seen <3708>.
21And <2532> the commandment <1785> we have <2192> from <575> him <846> is this <3778>: that <2443> the one who loves <25> God <2316> should love <25> his <846> fellow Christian <80> too <2532>.