1 John 4

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1 John 4

Testing the Spirits

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1} ^(A)Beloved, do not believe every ^(B)spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because ^(C)many false prophets have gone out into the world. ^{Tools
2} By this you know the Spirit of God: ^(D)every spirit that ^(E)confesses that ^(F)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; ^{Tools
3} and every spirit that ^(G)does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the ^(H)antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and ^(I)now it is already in the world. ^{Tools
4} You are from God, ^(J)little children, and ^(K)have overcome them; because ^(L)greater is He who is in you than ^(M)he who is in the world. ^{Tools
5} ^(N)They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. ^{Tools
6} ^(O)We are from God; ^(P)he who knows God listens to us; ^(Q)he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^(R)the spirit of truth and ^(S)the spirit of error.

God Is Love

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7} ^(T)Beloved, let us ^(U)love one another, for love is from God; and ^(V)everyone who loves is ^(a)^(W)born of God and ^(X)knows God. ^{Tools
8} The one who does not love does not know God, for ^(Y)God is love. ^{Tools
9} By this the love of God was manifested ^(b)^(Z)in us, that ^(AA)God has sent His ^(c)only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. ^{Tools
10} In this is love, ^(AB)not that we loved God, but that ^(AC)He loved us and sent His Son to be ^(AD)the propitiation for our sins. ^{Tools
11} ^(AE)Beloved, if God so loved us, ^(AF)we also ought to love one another. ^{Tools
12} ^(AG)No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His ^(AH)love is perfected in us. ^{Tools
13} ^(AI)By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. ^{Tools
14} We have seen and ^(AJ)testify that the Father has ^(AK)sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

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15} ^(AL)Whoever confesses that ^(AM)Jesus is the Son of God, God ^(AN)abides in him, and he in God. ^{Tools
16} ^(AO)We have come to know and have believed the love which God has ^(d)^(AP)for us. ^(AQ)God is love, and the one who ^(AR)abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. ^{Tools
17} By this, ^(AS)love is perfected with us, so that we may have ^(AT)confidence in ^(AU)the day of judgment; because ^(AV)as He is, so also are we in this world. ^{Tools
18} There is no fear in love; but ^(AW)perfect love casts out fear, because fear ^(e)involves punishment, and the one who fears is not ^(AX)perfected in love. ^{Tools
19} ^(AY)We love, because He first loved us. ^{Tools
20} ^(AZ)If someone says, “I love God,” and ^(BA)hates his brother, he is a ^(BB)liar; for ^(BC)the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, ^(BD)cannot love God whom he has not seen. ^{Tools
21} And ^(BE)this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God ^(BF)should love his brother also.

Footnotes:

a. 1 John 4:7: ['Or ', begotten]

b. 1 John 4:9: ['Or ', in our case]

c. 1 John 4:9: ['Or ', unique, ', only one of His kind']

d. 1 John 4:16: ['Lit ', in]

e. 1 John 4:18: ['Lit ', has]

Cross references:

A. 1 John 4:1: 3 John 1:11

B. 1 John 4:1: Jeremiah 29:8; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:2

C. 1 John 4:1: Jeremiah 14:14; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:18

D. 1 John 4:2: 1 Corinthians 12:3

E. 1 John 4:2: 1 John 2:23

F. 1 John 4:2: John 1:14; 1 John 1:2

G. 1 John 4:3: 1 John 2:22; 2 John 1:7

H. 1 John 4:3: 1 John 2:18; 1 John 2:22

I. 1 John 4:3: 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7; 1 John 2:18

J. 1 John 4:4: 1 John 2:1

K. 1 John 4:4: 1 John 2:13

L. 1 John 4:4: Romans 8:31; 1 John 3:20

M. 1 John 4:4: John 12:31

N. 1 John 4:5: John 15:19; John 17:14; John 17:16

O. 1 John 4:6: John 8:23; 1 John 4:4

P. 1 John 4:6: John 8:47; John 18:37

Q. 1 John 4:6: 1 Corinthians 14:37

R. 1 John 4:6: John 14:17

S. 1 John 4:6: 1 Timothy 4:1

T. 1 John 4:7: 1 John 2:7

U. 1 John 4:7: 1 John 3:11

V. 1 John 4:7: 1 John 5:1

W. 1 John 4:7: 1 John 2:29

X. 1 John 4:7: 1 Corinthians 8:3; 1 John 2:3

Y. 1 John 4:8: 1 John 4:7; 1 John 4:16

Z. 1 John 4:9: John 9:3; 1 John 4:16

AA. 1 John 4:9: 1 John 4:10; 1 John 5:11

AB. 1 John 4:10: Romans 5:8; Romans 5:10; 1 John 4:19

AC. 1 John 4:10: 1 John 4:9; 1 John 5:11

AD. 1 John 4:10: 1 John 2:2

AE. 1 John 4:11: 1 John 2:7

AF. 1 John 4:11: 1 John 4:7

AG. 1 John 4:12: John 1:18; 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 John 4:20

AH. 1 John 4:12: 1 John 2:5

AI. 1 John 4:13: Romans 8:9; 1 John 3:24

AJ. 1 John 4:14: John 15:27; 1 John 1:2

AK. 1 John 4:14: John 3:17; John 4:42; 1 John 2:2

AL. 1 John 4:15: 1 John 2:23

AM. 1 John 4:15: Romans 10:9; 1 John 3:23; 1 John 4:2; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 5:5

AN. 1 John 4:15: 1 John 2:24; 1 John 3:24

AO. 1 John 4:16: John 6:69

AP. 1 John 4:16: John 9:3; 1 John 4:9

AQ. 1 John 4:16: 1 John 4:7; 1 John 4:8

AS. 1 John 4:17: 1 John 2:5; 1 John 4:12

AT. 1 John 4:17: 1 John 2:28

AU. 1 John 4:17: Matthew 10:15

AV. 1 John 4:17: John 17:22; 1 John 2:6; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:7; 1 John 3:16

AW. 1 John 4:18: Romans 8:15

AX. 1 John 4:18: 1 John 4:12

AY. 1 John 4:19: 1 John 4:10

AZ. 1 John 4:20: 1 John 1:6; 1 John 1:8; 1 John 1:10; 1 John 2:4

BA. 1 John 4:20: 1 John 2:9; 1 John 2:11

BB. 1 John 4:20: 1 John 1:6

BC. 1 John 4:20: 1 John 3:17

BD. 1 John 4:20: 1 Peter 1:8; 1 John 4:12

BE. 1 John 4:21: Leviticus 19:18; John 13:34

BF. 1 John 4:21: 1 John 3:11