'Beloved,1donot2believe5every3spirit,4but6test7the8spirits9to seewhether10they are14from11God,13for15many16false prophets17have gone out18into19the20world.21 By1this2you know3the4Spirit5of God:7every8spirit9that10confesses11thatJesus12Christ13has come16in14the flesh15is20from17God,19 and1every2spirit3that4doesnot5confess6Jesus8is13not12from9God.11This15is16the [spirit]17of the18antichrist,19which20you heard21was coming23and24now25is29in26the27world28already.30 Little children,6you1are5from2God4and7have overcome8them,9for10he who13is12in14you15isgreater11than16he17who isin18the19world.20 They1are5from2the3world;4therefore67they speak11from8the9world,10and12the13world14listens to16them.15 We1are5from2God.4Whoever knows67God9listens to10us;11whoever12is14not13from15God17doesnot18listen to19us.20By21this22we know23the24Spirit25of truth27and28the29spirit30of error.32 Beloved,1let us love2one another,3for4love6is10from7God,9and11whoever1213loves14has been born18of15God17and19knows20God.22 Anyone1who does3not2love3doesnot4know5God,7because8God10is12love.11 In1this2the4love5of God7was made manifest3among8us,9that10God18sent16his13only15Son12into19the20world,21so that22we might live23through24him.25 In1this2is3love,5not6that7we8have loved9God11but12that13he14loved15us16and17sent18his21Son20[to be] the propitiation22for23our26sins.25 Beloved,1if2God5so3loved6us,7we9also8ought10to love12one another.11 No one2has4ever3seen4God;1if5we love6one another,7God9abides12in10us11and13his16love15is20perfected19in17us.18 By1this2we know3that4we abide7in5him6and8he9in10us,11because12he has given17us18of13his16Spirit.15 And1we2have seen3and4testify5that6the8Father8has sent9hisSon11[to be] the Savior12of the13world.14 Whoever12confesses3that4Jesus5is6the7Son8of God,10God12abides15in13him,14and16he17in18God.20 So1we2have come to know3and4to believe5the6love7that8God11has9for12us.13God15is17love,16and18whoever abides1920in21love23abides27in24God,26and28God30abides33in31him.32 By1this2is3love5perfected3with6us,7so that8we may have10confidence9for11the12day13of judgment,15because16as17he18is19so also20are22we21in23this26world.25 There is3no2fear1in4love,6but7perfect9love10casts12out11fear.14For15fear17has [to do with]19punishment,18and21whoever fears2022has24not23been perfected24in25love.27 We1love2because3he4first5loved6us.7 If1anyone2says,3“I love5God,”7and8hates12his11brother,10he is14a liar;13for16he15who does18not17love18his21brother20whom22he has seen23cannot2930love31God25whom26he has28not27seen.28 And1this2commandment4we have5from6him:7whoever loves910God12must13also14love13his17brother.16