I JOHN CHAPTER IV.

[1 He warneth them not to believe all teachers who boast of the Spirit but to 
try them by the rules of the catholic faith; 7 and by many reasons exhorteth 
to brotherly love.]

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 dewelleth 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.