1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. 13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. 19 We love him, because he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 carissimi nolite omni spiritui credere
sed probate spiritus si ex Deo sint
quoniam multi pseudoprophetae exierunt in mundum
2 in hoc cognoscitur Spiritus Dei
omnis spiritus qui confitetur Iesum Christum in carne venisse
ex Deo est
3 et omnis spiritus qui solvit Iesum ex Deo non est
et hoc est antichristi
quod audistis quoniam venit
et nunc iam in mundo est
4 vos ex Deo estis filioli et vicistis eos
quoniam maior est qui in vobis est quam qui in mundo
5 ipsi de mundo sunt ideo de mundo loquuntur et mundus eos audit
6 nos ex Deo sumus
qui novit Deum audit nos qui non est ex Deo non audit nos
in hoc cognoscimus Spiritum veritatis et spiritum erroris
7 carissimi diligamus invicem
quoniam caritas ex Deo est
et omnis qui diligit ex Deo natus est et cognoscit Deum
8 qui non diligit non novit Deum quoniam Deus caritas est
9 in hoc apparuit caritas Dei in nobis
quoniam Filium suum unigenitum misit Deus in mundum
ut vivamus per eum
10 in hoc est caritas non quasi nos dilexerimus Deum
sed quoniam ipse dilexit nos
et misit Filium suum propitiationem pro peccatis nostris
11 carissimi si sic Deus dilexit nos
et nos debemus alterutrum diligere
12 Deum nemo vidit umquam
si diligamus invicem Deus in nobis manet
et caritas eius in nobis perfecta est
13 in hoc intellegimus
quoniam in eo manemus et ipse in nobis
quoniam de Spiritu suo dedit nobis
14 et nos vidimus et testificamur
quoniam Pater misit Filium salvatorem mundi
15 quisque confessus fuerit
quoniam Iesus est Filius Dei
Deus in eo manet et ipse in Deo
16 et nos cognovimus et credidimus caritati
quam habet Deus in nobis
Deus caritas est
et qui manet in caritate in Deo manet et Deus in eo
17 in hoc perfecta est caritas nobiscum
ut fiduciam habeamus in die iudicii
quia sicut ille est et nos sumus in hoc mundo
18 timor non est in caritate
sed perfecta caritas foras mittit timorem
quoniam timor poenam habet
qui autem timet non est perfectus in caritate
19 nos ergo diligamus
quoniam Deus prior dilexit nos
20 si quis dixerit quoniam diligo Deum
et fratrem suum oderit mendax est
qui enim non diligit fratrem suum quem vidit
Deum quem non vidit quomodo potest diligere
21 et hoc mandatum habemus ab eo
ut qui diligit Deum diligat et fratrem suum