1 John 4
The Spirit of God and
the Spirit of Antichrist |
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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but
try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets
are gone out into the world.
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Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every
spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of
God:
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and 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.
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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.
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They are of the world: therefore speak
they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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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.
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God Is
Love |
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Beloved, let us love one another: for
love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and
knoweth God.
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He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for
God is love.
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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.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God,
but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation
for our sins.
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought
also to love one another.
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No man hath seen God at any time. Joh.
1.18 If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his
love is perfected in us.
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Hereby know we that we dwell in him,
and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
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And we have seen and do testify that the
Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
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Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the
Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We love him, because he first loved
us.
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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?
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And this commandment have we from him,
That he who loveth God love his brother
also.
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