1 John 4
King James Version with ApocryphaTranslation
King James Version with Apocrypha
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Carissimi, nolite omni spiritui credere, sed probate spiritus si ex Deo sint: quoniam multi pseudoprophetæ exierunt in mundum.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
2In hoc cognoscitur Spiritus Dei: omnis spiritus qui confitetur Jesum Christum in carne venisse, ex Deo est:
3And 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.
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.
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that 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: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
5Ipsi de mundo sunt: ideo de mundo loquuntur, et mundus eos audit.
6We 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.
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: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
7Carissimi, diligamus nos invicem: quia caritas ex Deo est. Et omnis qui diligit, ex Deo natus est, et cognoscit Deum.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
8Qui non diligit, non novit Deum: quoniam Deus caritas est.
9In 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.
9In hoc apparuit caritas Dei in nobis, quoniam Filium suum unigenitum misit Deus in mundum, ut vivamus per eum.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation 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 ought also to love one another.
11Carissimi, si sic Deus dilexit nos: et nos debemus alterutrum diligere.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth 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.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath 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 do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
14Et nos vidimus, et testificamur quoniam Pater misit Filium suum Salvatorem mundi.
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth 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 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.
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.
17Herein 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.
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 casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect 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 him, because he first loved us.
19Nos ergo diligamus Deum, quoniam Deus prior dilexit nos.
20If 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?
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 this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
21Et hoc mandatum habemus a Deo: ut qui diligit Deum, diligat et fratrem suum.
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