Testing the Spirits 3 CPDV and every spirit who contradicts Jesus is not of God. And this one is the Antichrist, the one that you have heard is coming, and even now he is in the world. BSB BSB: and 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.
4 CPDV Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. BSB BSB: You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
5 CPDV They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them. BSB BSB: They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
6 CPDV We are of God. Whoever knows God, listens to us. Whoever is not of God, does not listen to us. In this way, we know the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error. BSB BSB: We 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.
Love Comes from God 7 CPDV Most beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God. And everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. BSB BSB: Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
10 CPDV In this is love: not as if we had loved God, but that he first loved us, and so he sent his Son as a propitiation for our sins. BSB BSB: And 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.
11 CPDV Most beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another. BSB BSB: Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12 CPDV No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us. BSB BSB: No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.
13 CPDV In this way, we know that we abide in him, and he in us: because he has given to us from his Spirit. BSB BSB: By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
14 CPDV And we have seen, and we testify, that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. BSB BSB: And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
15 CPDV Whoever has confessed that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. BSB BSB: If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
17 CPDV In this way, the love of God is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment. For as he is, so also are we, in this world. BSB BSB: In 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.
18 CPDV Fear is not in love. Instead, perfect love casts out fear, for fear pertains to punishment. And whoever fears is not perfected in love. BSB BSB: There 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.
19 CPDV Therefore, let us love God, for God first loved us. BSB BSB: We love because He first loved us.
20 CPDV If anyone says that he loves God, but hates his brother, then he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother, whom he does see, in what way can he love God, whom he does not see? BSB BSB: If 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.
21 CPDV And this is the commandment that we have from God, that he who loves God must also love his brother. BSB BSB: And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.
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