| Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. | 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. |
| By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world. | By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. And this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming; and now it is already in the world. |
| You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. | Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. |
| Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. | Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. |
| He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. | Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. |
| In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him. | God's love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. |
| In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. | In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. |
| Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. | Beloved, since God loved us so much, we also ought to love one another. |
| No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and His love has been perfected in us. | No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us. |
| By this we know that we abide in Him, and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. | By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. |
| Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. | God abides in those who confess that Jesus is the Son of God, and they abide in God. |
| And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God in him. | So we have known and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and those who abide in love abide in God, and God abides in them. |
| There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love. | There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. |
| We love Him because He first loved us. | We love because he first loved us. |
| If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? | Those who say, “I love God,” and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen. |
| And this commandment we have from Him: that he who loves God must love his brother also. | The commandment we have from him is this: those who love God must love their brothers and sisters also. |
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