1 Armsad, ärge uskuge igat vaimu, vaid katsuge vaimud läbi, kas nad on Jumalast; sest palju valeprohveteid on välja läinud maailma.
2 Sellest te tunnetate Jumala Vaimu: iga vaim, kes tunnistab Jeesust Kristust lihas tulnud olevat, see on Jumalast.
3 Ja ükski vaim, kes ei tunnista seda Jeesust, ei ole Jumalast; ja see on kristusevastase vaim, kelle te olete kuulnud tulemas olevat ja nüüd juba on maailmas.
4 Teie, lapsukesed, olete Jumalast ja olete nad ära võitnud; sest suurem on See, Kes on teie sees, kui see, kes on maailmas.
5 Nemad on maailmast; sellepärast nad räägivad maailmast ja maailm kuuleb neid.
6 Meie oleme Jumalast; kes tunneb Jumalat, võtab meid kuulda; kes ei ole Jumalast, ei võta meid kuulda. Sellest me tunneme tõe Vaimu ja eksituse vaimu.
7 Armsad, armastagem üksteist, sest armastus on Jumalast, ja igaüks, kes armastab, on Jumalast sündinud ja tunneb Jumalat.
8 Kes ei armasta, ei ole Jumalat ära tundnud; sest Jumal on armastus.
9 Selles on Jumala armastus meie vastu avalikuks saanud, et Jumal Oma ainusündinud Poja on läkitanud maailma, et me Tema läbi elaksime.
10 Selles on armastus — ei mitte selles, et meie oleme armastanud Jumalat, vaid selles, et Tema meid on armastanud ja on läkitanud Oma Poja lepituseks meie pattude eest.
11 Armsad, kui Jumal meid nõnda on armastanud, siis peame ka meie üksteist armastama.
12 Jumalat ei ole iialgi ükski näinud. Kui me üksteist armastame, siis jääb Jumal meisse ja Tema armastus on saanud täiuslikuks meie sees.
13 Sellest, et Ta meile on andnud osa Oma Vaimust, me tunneme, et me jääme Temasse ja Tema meisse.
14 Ja me oleme näinud ja tunnistame, et Isa on läkitanud Poja maailma Õnnistegijaks.
15 Kes tunnistab, et Jeesus on Jumala Poeg, sellesse jääb Jumal ning tema Jumalasse.
16 Ja me oleme tundma õppinud ja uskunud armastust, mis Jumalal on meie vastu. Jumal on armastus, ja kes jääb armastusse, see jääb Jumalasse ning Jumal jääb temasse.
17 Selles on armastus saanud täiuslikuks meie sees, et meil oleks julgust kohtupäeval; sest otsekui Tema on, nõnda oleme ka meie selles maailmas.
18 Kartust ei ole armastuses, vaid täiuslik armastus ajab kartuse välja, sest kartuses on nuhtlust; aga kes kardab, ei ole saanud täiuslikuks armastuses.
19 Me armastame, sest Tema on meid enne armastanud.
20 Kui keegi ütleb: „Mina armastan Jumalat", ja vihkab oma venda, siis ta on valelik. Sest kes ei armasta oma venda, keda ta on näinud, ei või armastada Jumalat, Keda ta ei ole näinud.
21 Ja meil on Temalt see käsk, et kes armastab Jumalat, see armastab ka oma venda.
1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.
2 By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.
4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.
6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.
7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
10 And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.
11 My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.
12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:
13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.
14 And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.
16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.
17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.
19 We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.
20 If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?
21 And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.