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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>1 John 4 ERV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_john/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_john/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ERV</a> > 1 John 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_john/3.htm" title="1 John 3">◄</a> 1 John 4 <a href="../1_john/5.htm" title="1 John 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">English Revised Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Testing the Spirits</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and every spirit which confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.</p> <p class="hdg">Love Comes from God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us: <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>hereby know we that we abide in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We love, because he first loved us. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">English Revised Version, 1885<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_john/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 John 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 John 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_john/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 John 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 John 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_john/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>