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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=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>1 John 4 KJV</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/kjv/1_john/4.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/5001.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 4800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 4800px)" href="/4801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1550px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1550px)" href="/1551.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1250px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1250px)" href="/1251.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 1050px), only screen and (max-device-width: 1050px)" href="/1051.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 900px), only screen and (max-device-width: 900px)" href="/901.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 800px), only screen and (max-device-width: 800px)" href="/801.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-width: 575px), only screen and (max-device-width: 575px)" href="/501.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link media="handheld, only screen and (max-height: 450px), only screen and (max-device-height: 450px)" href="/h451.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="/combine/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="/">Bible</a> > <a href="../">KJV</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">King James Bible</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 try 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 that 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 that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that <i>spirit</i> of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They are of the world: therefore speak they 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 that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we 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 born 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>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. <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 <i>to be</i> 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 ought also to love one another. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth 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 dwell 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 seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son <i>to be</i> 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 dwelleth in him, and he in God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <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 torment. 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 him, 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, how can he 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">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="//www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="//intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<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="/scan/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 width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchap.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></body></html>