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4:1 |
eloued, beleeue not euery spirit, but trie the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. |
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4:2 |
Hereby know ye the spirit of God: euery spirit that confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God. |
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4:3 |
And euery Spirit that confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God: and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof you haue heard, that it should come, and euen now already is it in the world. |
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4:4 |
Ye are of God, little children, and haue ouercome them: because greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the world. |
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4:5 |
They are of the world: therefore speake they of the world, and the world heareth them. |
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4:6 |
We are of God: hee that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God heareth not vs, hereby know wee the spirit of trueth, and the spirit of errour. |
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4:7 |
Beloued, let vs loue one another; for loue is of God: and euery one that loueth, is borne of God and knoweth God. |
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4:8 |
Hee that loueth not, knoweth not God: for God is loue. |
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4:9 |
In this was manifested the loue of God towards vs, because that God sent his only begotten Sonne into the world, that we might liue through him. |
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4:10 |
Herein is loue, not that wee loued God, but that he loued vs, and sent his Sonne to be ye propitiation for our sins. |
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4:11 |
Beloued, if God so loued vs, wee ought also to loue one another. |
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4:12 |
No man hath seene God at any time. If wee loue one another, God dwelleth in vs, and his loue is perfected in vs. |
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4:13 |
Hereby know wee that we dwell in him and he in vs, because hee hath giuen vs of his Spirit. |
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4:14 |
And we haue seene, and doe testifie, that the Father sent the Sonne to be the Sauiour of the world. |
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4:15 |
Whosoeuer shall confesse that Iesus is the Sonne of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. |
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4:16 |
And we haue knowen and beleeued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue, and hee that dwelleth in loue, dwelleth in God, and God in him. |
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4:17 |
Herein is our loue made perfect, that wee may haue boldnesse in the day of Iudgement, because as hee is, so are we in this world. |
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4:18 |
There is no feare in loue, but perfect loue casteth out feare: because feare hath torment: hee that feareth, is not made perfect in loue. |
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4:19 |
We loue him: because hee first loued vs. |
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4:20 |
If a man say, I loue God, and hateth his brother, he is a lyar. For hee that loueth not his brother whom hee hath seene, how can he loue God whom he hath not seene? |
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4:21 |
And this commandement haue we from him, that he who loueth God, loue his brother also. |
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