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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 MSB</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" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">MSB</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/msb/menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Majority Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/1_john/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Testing the Spirits<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>By this you will know<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> 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. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>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. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>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<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> of truth and the spirit of deception. <A name="8"></a><p class="hdg">Love Comes from God<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> Son into the world, so that we might live through Him. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> for our sins. <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><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. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>If anyone confesses that Jesus<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> in him. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>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. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>We love Him<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> because He first loved us. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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, how can he love God, whom he has not seen?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_john/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Literally <i>By this is known</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> CT <i>does not confess Jesus</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>spirit</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>only begotten</i> or <i>unique</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Or <i>as a propitiation</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> WH <i>Jesus Christ</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Literally <i>and God abides</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> CT does not include <i>Him</i>.<br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> CT <i>whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href="https://majoritybible.com">Holy Bible, Majority Standard Bible (MSB)</a> by <a href="https://biblehub.com">Bible Hub</a> and <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean.Bible</a>. 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