Iohannis I 4
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
World English Bible
1Carissimi, nolite omni spiritui credere, sed probate spiritus si ex Deo sint: quoniam multi pseudoprophetæ exierunt in mundum.
1Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2In hoc cognoscitur Spiritus Dei: omnis spiritus qui confitetur Jesum Christum in carne venisse, ex Deo est:
2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
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.
3and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
4Vos ex Deo estis filioli, et vicistis eum, quoniam major est qui in vobis est, quam qui in mundo.
4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
5Ipsi de mundo sunt: ideo de mundo loquuntur, et mundus eos audit.
5They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
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.
6We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7Carissimi, diligamus nos invicem: quia caritas ex Deo est. Et omnis qui diligit, ex Deo natus est, et cognoscit Deum.
7Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8Qui non diligit, non novit Deum: quoniam Deus caritas est.
8He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9In hoc apparuit caritas Dei in nobis, quoniam Filium suum unigenitum misit Deus in mundum, ut vivamus per eum.
9By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.
10In hoc est caritas: non quasi nos dilexerimus Deum, sed quoniam ipse prior dilexit nos, et misit Filium suum propitiationem pro peccatis nostris.
10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
11Carissimi, si sic Deus dilexit nos: et nos debemus alterutrum diligere.
11Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12Deum nemo vidit umquam. Si diligamus invicem, Deus in nobis manet, et caritas ejus in nobis perfecta est.
12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
13In hoc cognoscimus quoniam in eo manemus, et ipse in nobis: quoniam de Spiritu suo dedit nobis.
13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14Et nos vidimus, et testificamur quoniam Pater misit Filium suum Salvatorem mundi.
14We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
15Quisquis confessus fuerit quoniam Jesus est Filius Dei, Deus in eo manet, et ipse in Deo.
15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
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.
16We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
17In hoc perfecta est caritas Dei nobiscum, ut fiduciam habeamus in die judicii: quia sicut ille est, et nos sumus in hoc mundo.
17In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.
18Timor non est in caritate: sed perfecta caritas foras mittit timorem, quoniam timor pœnam habet: qui autem timet, non est perfectus in caritate.
18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
19Nos ergo diligamus Deum, quoniam Deus prior dilexit nos.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
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?
20If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21Et hoc mandatum habemus a Deo: ut qui diligit Deum, diligat et fratrem suum.
21This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
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