1John:4

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* Beloved , do not believe every spirit , but examine the spirits , whether they are of God , because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world . * By this ye know the Spirit of God : every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ having come in flesh is of God , * and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God . And this is that of the antichrist , which ye have heard that it comes , and is now in the world already . * Ye are of God , little children , and ye have overcome them , because greater is he in you than he in the world . * They are of the world . Because of this they speak of the world , and the world hears them . * We are of God . He who knows God hears us . He who is not of God does not hear us . From this we know the spirit of truth , and the spirit of error . * Beloved , we should love each other . Because love is of God , and every man who loves has been begotten of God , and knows God . * He who does not love does not know God , because God is love . * By this the love of God was made known in us , because God sent his Son , the only begotten , into the world so that we might live through him . * In this is love , not that we loved God , but that he loved us , and sent his Son , an atonement for our sins . * Beloved , if God so loved us , we also are obligated to love each other . * No man has ever seen God . If we love each other , God abides in us , and his love is in us , having been fully perfected . * In this we know that we abide in him and he in us , because he has given us from his Spirit . * And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son , a Savior of the world . * Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God , God abides in him , and he in God . * And we know , and have believed the love that God has in us . God is love , and he who abides in love abides in God , and God abides in him . * By this love has been fully perfected with us , so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment , because just as that man is , we also are in this world . * Fear is not in love , but perfect love casts out fear , because fear holds punishment , and he who is afraid has not been fully perfected in love . * We love him , because he first loved us . * If any man says , I love God , and hates his brother , he is a liar . For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen , how can he love God whom he has not seen ? * And we have this commandment from him , so that he who loves God will also love his brother .

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