1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world.
2 By this ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God,
3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and ye have overcome them, because greater is he in you than he in the world.
5 They are of the world. Because of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, we should love each other. Because love is of God, and every man who loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
8 He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
9 By this the love of God was made known in us, because God sent his Son, the only begotten, into the world so that we might live through him.
10 In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son, an atonement for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also are obligated to love each other.
12 No man has ever seen God. If we love each other, God abides in us, and his love is in us, having been fully perfected.
13 In this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us from his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son, a Savior of the world.
15 Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16 And we know, and have believed the love that God has in us. God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
17 By this love has been fully perfected with us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because just as that man is, we also are in this world.
18 Fear is not in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear holds punishment, and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If any man 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?
21 And we have this commandment from him, so that he who loves God will also love his brother.
1 Ye beloved beleve not every sprete: but prove the spretes whether they are of God or no: for many falce Prophetes are gone out into the worlde.
2 Herby shall ye knowe the sprete of God. Every sprete that confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesshe is of God.
3 And every sprete which cofesseth not yt Iesus Christ is come in the flesshe is not of God. And this is that sprete of Antichrist of whom ye have hearde howe that he shuld come: and even now alredy is he in the worlde.
4 Lytell chyldre ye are of God and have overcome them: for greater is he yt is in you then he that is in the worlde.
5 They are of the worlde and therfore speake they of the worlde and the worlde heareth them.
6 We are of God. He yt knoweth God heareth vs: he that is not of God heareth vs not. Herby knowe we ye sprete of veritie and the sprete of erroure.
7 Beloved let vs love one another: for love cometh of God. And every one that loveth is borne of God and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God: for God is love.
9 In this appered ye love of god to vs ward because that god sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght live thorow him.
10 Herin is love not that we loved god but that he loved vs and sent his sonne to make agrement for oure sinnes.
11 Beloved yf god so loved vs we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath sene god at enytyme. Yf we love one another god dwelleth in vs and his love is parfect in vs.
13 Herby know we that we dwell in him and he in vs: because he hath geven vs of his sprete.
14 And we have sene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne which is the saveour of the worlde.
15 Whosoever confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of god in him dwelleth god and he in god.
16 And we have knowen and beleved the love that god hath to vs. God is love and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in god and god in him.
17 Herin is the love perfect in vs that we shuld have trust in the daye of iudgement: For as he is even so are we in this worlde.
18 Ther is no feare in love but parfect love casteth out all feare for feare hath paynfulnes. He yt feareth is not parfect in love.
19 We love him for he loved vs fyrst.
20 Yf a man saye I love god and yet hate his brother he is a lyar. For how can he yt loveth not his brother whom he hath sene love god whom he hath not sene?
21 And this commaundemet have we of him: that he which loveth God shuld love his brother also.