1 John 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Beloved, 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.
1Carissimi, nolite omni spiritui credere, sed probate spiritus si ex Deo sint: quoniam multi pseudoprophetæ exierunt in mundum.
2By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
2In hoc cognoscitur Spiritus Dei: omnis spiritus qui confitetur Jesum Christum in carne venisse, ex Deo est:
3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
3et omnis spiritus qui solvit Jesum, ex Deo non est, et hic est antichristus, de quo audistis quoniam venit, et nunc jam in mundo est.
4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
4Vos ex Deo estis filioli, et vicistis eum, quoniam major est qui in vobis est, quam qui in mundo.
5They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
5Ipsi de mundo sunt: ideo de mundo loquuntur, et mundus eos audit.
6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
6Nos ex Deo sumus. Qui novit Deum, audit nos; qui non est ex Deo, non audit nos: in hoc cognoscimus Spiritum veritatis, et spiritum erroris.
7Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
7Carissimi, diligamus nos invicem: quia caritas ex Deo est. Et omnis qui diligit, ex Deo natus est, et cognoscit Deum.
8Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.
8Qui non diligit, non novit Deum: quoniam Deus caritas est.
9This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
9In hoc apparuit caritas Dei in nobis, quoniam Filium suum unigenitum misit Deus in mundum, ut vivamus per eum.
10And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
10In hoc est caritas: non quasi nos dilexerimus Deum, sed quoniam ipse prior dilexit nos, et misit Filium suum propitiationem pro peccatis nostris.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
11Carissimi, si sic Deus dilexit nos: et nos debemus alterutrum diligere.
12No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
12Deum nemo vidit umquam. Si diligamus invicem, Deus in nobis manet, et caritas ejus in nobis perfecta est.
13By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
13In hoc cognoscimus quoniam in eo manemus, et ipse in nobis: quoniam de Spiritu suo dedit nobis.
14And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
14Et nos vidimus, et testificamur quoniam Pater misit Filium suum Salvatorem mundi.
15If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
15Quisquis confessus fuerit quoniam Jesus est Filius Dei, Deus in eo manet, et ipse in Deo.
16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
16Et 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.
17In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
17In hoc perfecta est caritas Dei nobiscum, ut fiduciam habeamus in die judicii: quia sicut ille est, et nos sumus in hoc mundo.
18There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.
18Timor non est in caritate: sed perfecta caritas foras mittit timorem, quoniam timor pœnam habet: qui autem timet, non est perfectus in caritate.
19We love because He first loved us.
19Nos ergo diligamus Deum, quoniam Deus prior dilexit nos.
20If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.
20Si 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?
21And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
21Et hoc mandatum habemus a Deo: ut qui diligit Deum, diligat et fratrem suum.
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