Chapter 4
1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Ἀγαπητοί,AgapētoiBeloved,G0027A-VPM παντὶpantieveryG3956A-DSN πνεύματιpneumatispiritG4151GN-DSN πιστεύετεpisteuetedo believeG4100V-PAM-2P δοκιμάζετεdokimazetedo testG1381V-PAM-2P πνεύματαpneumataspiritsG4151GN-APN ἐστιν,estinthey are,G1510V-PAI-3S πολλοὶpolloimanyG4183A-NPM ψευδοπροφῆταιpseudoprophētaifalse prophetsG5578N-NPM ἐξεληλύθασινexelēluthasinhave gone outG1831V-2RAI-3P κόσμον.kosmonworld.G2889N-ASM 2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
γινώσκετεginōsketeyou knowG1097V-PAI-2P θεοῦ·theouof God:G2316N-GSM-T ὁμολογεῖhomologeiconfessesG3670V-PAI-3S ἸησοῦνIēsounJesusG2424GN-ASM-P ΧριστὸνChristonChristG5547N-ASM-T σαρκὶsarki[the] fleshG4561N-DSF ἐληλυθόταelēluthotahaving comeG2064V-2RAP-ASM ἐστιν.estinis.G1510V-PAI-3S 3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus1 is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
ὁμολογεῖhomologeiconfessesG3670V-PAI-3S ἸησοῦνIēsounJesusG2424GN-ASM-P ΧριστὸνChristonChristG5547N-ASM-T σαρκὶsarkifleshG4561N-DSF ἐληλυθόταelēluthotahaving comeG2064V-2RAP-ASM ἔστιν·estinis;G1510V-PAI-3S ἐστινestinisG1510V-PAI-3S ἀντιχρίστουantichristouantichristG0500N-GSM ἀκηκόατεakēkoateyou have heardG0191V-2RAI-2P ἔρχεταιerchetaiis comingG2064V-PNI-3S κόσμῳkosmōworldG2889N-DSM ἐστὶνestinisG1510V-PAI-3S - BYZ and TR that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh
4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
ὑμεῖςhumeisyou yourselvesG4771P-2NP ἐστε,esteare,G1510V-PAI-2P τεκνία,teknialittle children,G5040N-VPN νενικήκατεnenikēkatehave overcomeG3528V-RAI-2P αὐτούς,autousthem,G0846P-APM μείζωνmeizōngreaterG3173A-NSM-C ἐστὶνestinisG1510V-PAI-3S κόσμῳ.kosmōworld.G2889N-DSM 5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
αὐτοὶautoiThey themselvesG0846P-NPM κόσμουkosmouworldG2889N-GSM εἰσίν·eisinare;G1510V-PAI-3P διὰdiabecause ofG1223PREP κόσμουkosmouworldG2889N-GSM λαλοῦσινlalousinthey speakG2980V-PAI-3P κόσμοςkosmosworldG2889N-NSM αὐτῶνautōnto themG0846P-GPM ἀκούει.akoueilistens.G0191V-PAI-3S 6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit1 of truth and the spirit of deception.
ἡμεῖςhēmeisWe ourselvesG3165P-1NP ἐσμεν·esmenare;G1510V-PAI-1P γινώσκωνginōskōnknowingG1097V-PAP-NSM ἀκούειakoueilistens toG0191V-PAI-3S ἔστινestinisG1510V-PAI-3S ἀκούειakoueilistens toG0191V-PAI-3S τούτουtoutouthisG3778D-GSN γινώσκομενginōskomenwe knowG1097V-PAI-1P ἀληθείαςalētheiasof truthG0225N-GSF πλάνης.¶planēsof falsehood.G4106N-GSF - Or spirit
Love Comes from God
7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
Ἀγαπητοί,AgapētoiBeloved,G0027A-VPM ἀγαπῶμενagapōmenwe may loveG0025V-PAS-1P ἀλλήλους,allēlousone another,G0240C-APM ἐστινestinisG1510V-PAI-3S ἀγαπῶνagapōnis lovingG0025V-PAP-NSM γεγέννηταιgegennētaihas been bornG1080V-RPI-3S γινώσκειginōskeiknowsG1097V-PAI-3S θεόν·theonGod;G2316N-ASM-T 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
ἀγαπῶνagapōnlovingG0025V-PAP-NSM ἔγνωegnōhas knownG1097V-2AAI-3S θεόν,theonGod,G2316N-ASM-T ἐστίν.estinis.G1510V-PAI-3S 9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only1 Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
ἐφανερώθηephanerōthēhas been revealedG5319V-API-3S θεοῦtheouof GodG2316N-GSM-T αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM μονογενῆmonogenēone and onlyG3439A-ASM ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenhas sentG0649V-RAI-3S κόσμονkosmonworldG2889N-ASM ζήσωμενzēsōmenwe may liveG2198V-AAS-1P αὐτοῦ.autouHim.G0846P-GSM - Or only begotten or unique
10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice1 for our sins.
ἐστὶνestinisG1510V-PAI-3S ἀγάπη,agapēlove,G0026N-NSF ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165P-1NP ἠγαπήκαμενēgapēkamenhave lovedG0025V-RAI-1P θεόν,theonGod,G2316N-ASM-T αὐτὸςautosHe himselfG0846P-NSM ἠγάπησενēgapēsenlovedG0025V-AAI-3S ἀπέστειλενapesteilenHe sentG0649V-AAI-3S αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM ἱλασμὸνhilasmon[as] a propitiationG2434N-ASM ἁμαρτιῶνhamartiōnsinsG0266N-GPF ἡμῶν.¶hēmōnof us.G3165P-1GP - Or as a propitiation
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Ἀγαπητοί,AgapētoiBeloved,G0027A-VPM ἠγάπησενēgapēsenlovedG0025V-AAI-3S ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165P-1NP ὀφείλομενopheilomenoughtG3784V-PAI-1P ἀλλήλουςallēlousone anotherG0240C-APM ἀγαπᾶν·agapanto love;G0025V-PAN 12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
οὐδεὶςoudeisno [one]G3762A-NSM πώποτεpōpoteat any timeG4455ADV τεθέαται·tetheataihas seen;G2300V-RNI-3S ἀγαπῶμενagapōmenwe shall loveG0025V-PAS-1P ἀλλήλους,allēlousone another,G0240C-APM μένειmeneiabidesG3306V-PAI-3S αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM τετελειωμένηteteleiōmenēperfectedG5048V-RPP-NSF ἐστίν.estinis.G1510V-PAI-3S 13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
γινώσκομενginōskomenwe knowG1097V-PAI-1P μένομενmenomenwe abideG3306V-PAI-1P πνεύματοςpneumatosSpiritG4151GN-GSN αὐτοῦautouof HimG0846P-GSM δέδωκενdedōkenHe has givenG1325V-RAI-3S ἡμῖν.hēminto us.G3165P-1DP 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165P-1NP τεθεάμεθαtetheamethahave seenG2300V-RNI-1P μαρτυροῦμενmarturoumentestifyG3140V-PAI-1P πατὴρpatērFatherG3962N-NSM-T ἀπέσταλκενapestalkenhas sentG0649V-RAI-3S υἱὸνhuionSon [as]G5207N-ASM σωτῆραsōtēraSaviorG4990N-ASM κόσμου.kosmouworld.G2889N-GSM 15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
ὁμολογήσῃhomologēsēshall confessG3670V-AAS-3S ἸησοῦςIēsousJesusG2424GN-NSM-P ΧριστόςChristosChristG5547N-NSM-T ἐστινestinisG1510V-PAI-3S θεοῦ,theouof God,G2316N-GSM-T μένειmeneiabidesG3306V-PAI-3S 16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165P-1NP ἐγνώκαμενegnōkamenhave come to knowG1097V-RAI-1P πεπιστεύκαμενpepisteukamenwe have come to believeG4100V-RAI-1P ἀγάπηνagapēnloveG0026N-ASF ἔχειecheihasG2192V-PAI-3S ἐστίν,estinis,G1510V-PAI-3S μένωνmenōnabidingG3306V-PAP-NSM μένει,meneiabides,G3306V-PAI-3S μένει.meneiabides.G3306V-PAI-3S 17 In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
τετελείωταιteteleiōtaihas been perfectedG5048V-RPI-3S παρρησίανparrēsianconfidenceG3954N-ASF ἔχωμενechōmenwe may haveG2192V-PAS-1P κρίσεως,kriseōsof judgment,G2920N-GSF καθὼςkathōseven asG2531CONJ ἐκεῖνόςekeinosHeG1565D-NSM ἐστινestinisG1510V-PAI-3S ἡμεῖςhēmeiswe ourselvesG3165P-1NP ἐσμενesmenareG1510V-PAI-1P κόσμῳkosmōworldG2889N-DSM τούτῳ.toutōthis.G3778D-DSM 18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
φόβοςphobosFearG5401N-NSM ἔστινestinthere isG1510V-PAI-3S ἀγάπῃ,agapēlove,G0026N-DSF τελείαteleiaperfectG5046A-NSF βάλλειballeicastsG0906GV-PAI-3S φόβον,phobonfear,G5401N-ASM φόβοςphobosfearG5401N-NSM κόλασινkolasinpunishmentG2851N-ASF ἔχει·echeihas;G2192V-PAI-3S φοβούμενοςphoboumenosfearingG5399V-PNP-NSM τετελείωταιteteleiōtaihas been perfectedG5048V-RPI-3S ἀγάπῃ.agapēlove.G0026N-DSF 19 We love1 because He first loved us.
ἡμεῖςhēmeisWe ourselvesG3165P-1NP ἀγαπῶμενagapōmenloveG0025V-PAI-1P αὐτὸςautosHe himselfG0846P-NSM ἠγάπησενēgapēsenlovedG0025V-AAI-3S - BYZ and TR We love Him
20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
εἴπῃeipēshall sayG2036V-2AAS-3S ἀγαπῶagapōI loveG0025V-PAI-1S ἀδελφὸνadelphonbrotherG0080N-ASM αὐτοῦautouof himG0846P-GSM μισῇ,misēamay hate,G3404V-PAS-3S ψεύστηςpseustēsa liarG5583N-NSM ἐστίν·estinhe is;G1510V-PAI-3S ἀγαπῶνagapōnlovingG0025V-PAP-NSM ἀδελφὸνadelphonbrotherG0080N-ASM αὐτοῦautouof himG0846P-GSM ἑώρακεν,he'ōrakenhe has seen,G3708V-RAI-3S ἑώρακενhe'ōrakenhe has seenG3708V-RAI-3S δύναταιdunataiis he ableG1410V-PNI-3S ἀγαπᾶν·agapanto love;G0025V-PAN 21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
ταύτηνtautēnthisG3778D-ASF ἐντολὴνentolēncommandmentG1785N-ASF ἔχομενechomenwe haveG2192V-PAI-1P αὐτοῦ,autouHim,G0846P-GSM ἀγαπῶνagapōnlovingG0025V-PAP-NSM ἀγαπᾷagapamay loveG0025V-PAS-3S ἀδελφὸνadelphonbrotherG0080N-ASM αὐτοῦ.¶autouof him.G0846P-GSM