1John:4

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* Beloved , do not believe every spirit , but test the spirits , whether they are from God ; because many false prophets have gone out into the world . * By this the Spirit of God is known : Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God , * and every spirit which does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God . And this is the [spirit ] of the Antichrist , which you have heard that it is coming , and now is already in the world . * You are of God , little children , and you have overcome them , because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world . * They are of the world : on account of this they speak of the world , and the world hears them . * We are of God . He that knows God hears us ; [he ] that is not of God does not hear us . By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error . * Beloved , let us love one another , because love is of God ; and everyone that loves has been born of God and knows God . * He that does not love does not know God , because God is love . * By this the love of God is manifested in us , that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world , in order that we might live through Him . * In this is love , not that we loved God , but that He loved us and sent His Son [to be ]the propitiation for our sins . * Beloved , if in this way God loved us , indeed we ought to love one another . * No one has ever seen God . If we love one another , God abides in us , and His love has been perfected in us . * (By this we know that we abide in Him , and He in us , because He has given us of His Spirit .) * And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world . * Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God , God abides in him , and he in God . * And we have come to know and believe the love which God has in us . God is love , and he that abides in love abides in God , and God abides in him . * By this love has been perfected with us : that we may have confidence in the day of judgment ; because just as He is , we also are in this world . * There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casts out fear , because fear involves punishment . But he that fears has not been made perfect in love . * We love Him because He first loved us . * If anyone claims , "I love God ,"and hates his brother , he is a liar ; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen , how is it possible [for him ] to love God whom he has not seen ? * And this commandment we have from Him : that he who loves God should love his brother also .

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