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1 John 4

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    WEBBeloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
    KJVBeloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
  2. 2
    WEBBy this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
    KJVHereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
  3. 3
    WEBand every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
    KJVAnd every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
  4. 4
    WEBYou are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
    KJVYe are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
  5. 5
    WEBThey are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
    KJVThey are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
  6. 6
    WEBWe are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
    KJVWe 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.
  7. 7
    WEBBeloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
    KJVBeloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
  8. 8
    WEBHe who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
    KJVHe that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
  9. 9
    WEBBy this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.
    KJVIn 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.
  10. 10
    WEBIn this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.
    KJVHerein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
  11. 11
    WEBBeloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
    KJVBeloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
  12. 12
    WEBNo one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.
    KJVNo man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
  13. 13
    WEBBy this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
    KJVHereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
  14. 14
    WEBWe have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
    KJVAnd we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
  15. 15
    WEBWhoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
    KJVWhosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
  16. 16
    WEBWe know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.
    KJVAnd 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.
  17. 17
    WEBIn this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.
    KJVHerein 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.
  18. 18
    WEBThere is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
    KJVThere is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
  19. 19
    WEBWe love him, because he first loved us.
    KJVWe love him, because he first loved us.
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    WEBIf a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
    KJVIf 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?
  21. 21
    WEBThis commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
    KJVAnd this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.