Chapter 4
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
believe not
Deuteronomy 13:1-5 Proverbs 14:15 Jeremiah 5:31 29:8,9 Matthew 7:15,16 24:4,5 Romans 16:18 2 Peter 2:1
try
Luke 12:57 Acts 17:11 Romans 16:19 1 Corinthians 14:29 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Revelation 2:2
many
2:18 Matthew 24:5,23-26 Mark 13:21 Luke 21:8 Acts 20:29 1 Timothy 4:1 2 Timothy 3:13 2 Peter 2:1 2 John 1:7
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Every
5:1 John 16:13-15 1 Corinthians 12:3
come
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.
and this
2:18,22 2 Thessalonians 2:7,8 2 John 1:7
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.
are
and have
2:13 5:4 Romans 8:37 Ephesians 6:10,13 Revelation 12:11
greater
13,16 3:24 John 10:28-30 14:17-23 17:23 Romans 8:10,11 1 Corinthians 6:13 2 Corinthians 6:16 Ephesians 3:17
than
5:19 *Gr: ; John 12:31 14:30 16:11 1 Corinthians 2:12 2 Corinthians 4:4 Ephesians 2:2 6:12
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
are
Psalms 17:4 Luke 16:8 John 3:31 7:6,7 8:23 15:19,20 17:14,16 Revelation 12:9
and
Isaiah 30:10,11 Jeremiah 5:31 29:8 Micah 2:11 John 15:19 17:14 2 Timothy 4:3 2 Peter 2:2,3
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.
We are
4 Micah 3:8 Romans 1:1 1 Corinthians 2:12-14 2 Peter 3:2 Jude 1:17
he that knoweth
8 Luke 10:22 John 8:19,45-50 10:27 13:20 18:37 20:21 1 Corinthians 14:37 2 Corinthians 10:7 2 Thessalonians 1:8
Hereby
the spirit of truth
and
Isaiah 29:10 Hosea 4:12 Micah 2:11 Romans 11:8 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
let
love is
8 Deuteronomy 30:6 Galatians 5:22 1 Thessalonians 4:9,10 2 Timothy 1:7 1 Peter 1:22
every
and knoweth
John 17:3 2 Corinthians 4:6 Galatians 4:9
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
knoweth
God is
1:5 Exodus 34:6,7 Psalms 86:5,15 2 Corinthians 13:11 Ephesians 2:4 Hebrews 12:29
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.
was
3:16 John 3:16 Romans 5:8-10 8:32
God sent
10 Luke 4:18 John 5:23 6:29 8:29,42
only
Psalms 2:7 Mark 12:6 John 1:14-18 3:18 Hebrews 1:5
we
5:11 John 6:51,57 10:10,28-30 11:25,26 14:6 Colossians 3:3,4
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Herein
not
19 Deuteronomy 7:7,8 John 15:16 Romans 5:8-10 8:29,30 2 Corinthians 5:19-21 Ephesians 2:4,5 Titus 3:3-5
and sent
2:2 Daniel 9:24 Romans 3:25,26 1 Peter 2:24 3:18
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
3:16,17,23 Matthew 18:32,33 Luke 10:37 John 13:34 15:12,13 2 Corinthians 8:8,9 Ephesians 4:31,32 5:1,2 Colossians 3:13
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
seen
20 Genesis 32:30 Exodus 33:20 Numbers 12:8 John 1:18 1 Timothy 1:17 6:16 Hebrews 11:27
love one
and his
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
15,16 3:24 John 14:20-26 Romans 8:9-17 1 Corinthians 2:12 3:16,17 6:19 Galatians 5:22-25 Ephesians 2:20-22
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
we have
1:1-3 5:9 John 1:14 3:11,32 5:39 15:26,27 Acts 18:5 1 Peter 5:12
the Father
the Saviour
2:1,2 John 1:29 3:16,17 4:42 12:47
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
confess
2 5:1,5 Matthew 10:32 Luke 12:8 Romans 10:9 Philippians 2:11 2 John 1:7
God dwelleth
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.
we
9,10 3:1,16 Psalms 18:1-3 31:19 36:7-9 Isaiah 64:4 1 Corinthians 2:9
God is love
and he
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.
our love
Gr. love with us. made.
we may
the day
Matthew 10:15 11:22,24 12:36 2 Peter 2:9 3:7
as
3:3 Matthew 10:25 John 15:20 Romans 8:29 Hebrews 12:2,3 1 Peter 3:16-18 1 Peter 4:1-3,13,14
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.
is no
Luke 1:74,75 Romans 8:15 2 Timothy 1:7 Hebrews 12:28
fear hath
Job 15:21 Psalms 73:19 88:15,16 119:120 James 2:19
He that
We love him, because he first loved us.
10 Luke 7:47 John 3:16 15:16 2 Corinthians 5:14,15 Galatians 5:22 Ephesians 2:3-5 Titus 3:3-5
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?
a man
not
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
11 3:11,14,18,23 Leviticus 19:18 Matthew 22:37-39 Mark 12:29-33 Luke 10:37 John 13:34,35 15:12 Romans 12:9,10 13:9,10 Galatians 5:6,14 1 Thessalonians 4:9 1 Peter 3:8 4:8