Testing the Spirits 3 ULT and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. And this is that of the antichrist, which you have heard about, that it is coming, and it is now already 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 ULT You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them because greater is the one in you than the one 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 ULT They are from the world. Because of this, they speak from 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 ULT We are from God. The one knowing God listens to us. Whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and 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 ULT Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and everyone loving has been begotten from 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 ULT In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son{ as the} 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 ULT Beloved, if God thus 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 ULT No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains 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 ULT In this we know that we remain in him and he in us: that he has given us of 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 ULT Indeed, we have seen and we testify that the Father sent the Son{ as 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 ULT Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains 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 ULT In this, love has been perfected with us so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment because, just as that one is, we also are 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 ULT Fear is not in love, but perfect love throws fear outside, because fear has punishment. So the one fearing has not been 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 ULT We love because he first loved us. BSB BSB: We love because He first loved us.
20 ULT If anyone says,“I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar. For the one not loving his brother, whom he has seen, is not able to love God, whom he has not seen. 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 ULT Indeed, we have this commandment from him, that the one loving God should 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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