1 John 4:1-21 NIV
On Denying the Incarnation
1Dear
friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they
are from GOD, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Every spirit that acknowledges that JESUS CHRIST Has Come in the flesh is from GOD, 3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge JESUS is not from GOD.
This is the spirit of the
antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the
world.
4You,
dear children, are from GOD and have overcome them, because The One Who Is in
you Is Greater than the one who is in the world. 5They
are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the
world listens to them. 6We are
from GOD, and whoever knows GOD listens to us; but whoever is not from GOD does
not listen to us. This is how we recognize The SPIRIT of Truth and the spirit of
falsehood.
God’s Love and Ours
7Dear
friends, let us love one another, for love comes from GOD. Everyone who loves
has been born of GOD and knows GOD. 8Whoever
does not love does not know GOD, because God Is Love. 9This is
how GOD Showed His Love among us: HE Sent His One and Only SON into the world
that we might live through HIM .10This Is Love: not that we loved GOD, but that HE Loved us and Sent His SON as An Atoning Sacrifice for our sins.
11Dear friends, since GOD So Loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen GOD; but if we love one another, GOD Lives in us and His Love Is Made Complete in us.
11Dear friends, since GOD So Loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12No one has ever seen GOD; but if we love one another, GOD Lives in us and His Love Is Made Complete in us.
HE Has Given us of His SPIRIT. 14And we have seen and testify that The FATHER Has Sent His SON To Be The SAVIOR of the world.
16And so
we know and rely on The Love GOD Has for us.
God Is Love. Whoever lives in
love lives in GOD, and GOD in them.
17This is
how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the Day
of Judgment: In this world we are like JESUS. 18There
is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do
with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
20Whoever
claims to love GOD yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does
not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love GOD, Whom
they have not seen. 21And HE Has Given us this Command:
Anyone who loves GOD must
also love their brother and sister.
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