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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: 1 John 4

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

3 John 1:14 1 Timothy 3:16

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

6,16 3:9,10 5:19

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

1 Isaiah 8:20

the spirit of truth

John 14:17 15:26

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

20,21 2:10 3:10-23 5:1

love is

8 Deuteronomy 30:6 Galatians 5:22 1 Thessalonians 4:9,10 2 Timothy 1:7 1 Peter 1:22

every

12 2:29 3:14 5:1

and knoweth

John 17:3 2 Corinthians 4:6 Galatians 4:9

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

knoweth

2:4,9 3:6 John 8:54,55

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

8,9 3:1

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

6 3:24

and his

17,18 2:5 1 Corinthians 13:13

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

10 John 3:34 5:36,37 10:36

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

12 3:24

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

8,12,13

and he

12 3:24

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.

12 2:5 James 2:22

we may

2:28 3:19-21 James 2:13

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

12

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

2:4 3:17

not

12

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