1John:4
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Beloved ,
do not believe every spirit ,
but test the spirits ,
whether they are of God ;
because many false prophets have gone out into the world .
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By this you know the Spirit of God :
Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God ,
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and every spirit that 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 was coming ,
and is now already in the world .
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You are of God ,
little children ,
and have overcome them ,
because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world .
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They are of the world .
Therefore they speak as of the world ,
and the world hears them .
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We are of God .
He who knows God hears us ;
he who is not of God does not hear us .
By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error .
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Beloved ,
let us love one another ,
for love is of God ;
and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God .
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He who does not love does not know God ,
for God is love .
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In this the love of God was manifested toward us ,
that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world ,
that we might live through Him .
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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 .
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Beloved ,
if God so loved us ,
we also ought to love one another .
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No one has seen God at any time .
If we love one another ,
God abides in us ,
and His love has been perfected in us .
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By this we know that we abide in Him ,
and He in us ,
because He has given us of His Spirit .
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And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world .
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Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God ,
God abides in him ,
and he in God .
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And we have known and believed the love that God has for us .
God is love ,
and he who abides in love abides in God ,
and God in him .
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Love has been perfected among us in this :
that we may have boldness in the day of judgment ;
because as He is ,
so are we in this world .
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There is no fear in love ;
but perfect love casts out fear ,
because fear involves torment .
But he who fears has not been made perfect in love .
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We love Him because He first loved us .
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If someone 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 ?
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And this commandment we have from Him :
that he who loves God must love his brother also .