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1 John 4 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:1 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:2 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:3 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:5 - They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:6 - 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.

God Is Love

(cf. Jhn 3:16 )

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:7 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:8 - He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:9 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:10 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:11 - Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:12 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:13 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:14 - And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:15 - Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:16 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:17 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:19 - We love him, because he first loved us.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:20 - 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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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:21 - And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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KJV

The Authorized Version or King James Version (KJV), 1611, 1769.
Outside of the United Kingdom, the KJV is in the public domain. Within the United Kingdom, the rights to the KJV are vested in the Crown.

For more information on this translation, see the KJV Preface.

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Pericope taken from the NASB95 and has been graciously provided by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved.

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1 John Chapter 4 — Additional Translations:

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