Beloved <G0027>, believe <G4100> <G5720> not <G3361> every <G3956> spirit <G4151>, but <G0235> try <G1381> <G5720> the spirits <G4151> whether <G1487> they are <G2076> <G5748> of <G1537> God <G2316>: because <G3754> many <G4183> false prophets <G5578> are gone out <G1831> <G5758> into <G1519> the world <G2889>.
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Hereby <G1722> <G5129> know ye <G1097> <G5719> <G5720> the Spirit <G4151> of God <G2316>: Every <G3956> spirit <G4151> that confesseth <G3670> <G5719> that Jesus <G2424> Christ <G5547> is come <G2064> <G5756> in <G1722> the flesh <G4561> is <G2076> <G5748> of <G1537> God <G2316>:
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And <G2532> every <G3956> spirit <G4151> that <G3739> confesseth <G3670> <G5719> not <G3361> that Jesus <G2424> Christ <G5547> is come <G2064> <G5756> in <G1722> the flesh <G4561> is <G2076> <G5748> not <G3756> of <G1537> God <G2316>: and <G2532> this <G5124> is <G2076> <G5748> that [spirit] of antichrist <G0500>, whereof <G3739> ye have heard <G0191> <G5754> that <G3754> it should come <G2064> <G5736>; and even <G2532> now <G3568> already <G2235> is it <G2076> <G5748> in <G1722> the world <G2889>.
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Ye <G5210> are <G2075> <G5748> of <G1537> God <G2316>, little children <G5040>, and <G2532> have overcome <G3528> <G5758> them <G0846>: because <G3754> greater <G3187> is he that is <G2076> <G5748> in <G1722> you <G5213>, than <G2228> he that is in <G1722> the world <G2889>.
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They <G0846> are <G1526> <G5748> of <G1537> the world <G2889>: therefore <G1223> <G5124> speak they <G2980> <G5719> of <G1537> the world <G2889>, and <G2532> the world <G2889> heareth <G0191> <G5719> them <G0846>.
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We <G2249> are <G2070> <G5748> of <G1537> God <G2316>: he that knoweth <G1097> <G5723> God <G2316> heareth <G0191> <G5719> us <G2257>; he that <G3739> is <G2076> <G5748> not <G3756> of <G1537> God <G2316> heareth <G0191> <G5719> not <G3756> us <G2257>. Hereby <G1537> <G5127> know we <G1097> <G5719> the spirit <G4151> of truth <G0225>, and <G2532> the spirit <G4151> of error <G4106>.
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Beloved <G0027>, let us love <G0025> <G5725> one another <G0240>: for <G3754> love <G0026> is <G2076> <G5748> of <G1537> God <G2316>; and <G2532> every one <G3956> that loveth <G0025> <G5723> is born <G1080> <G5769> of <G1537> God <G2316>, and <G2532> knoweth <G1097> <G5719> God <G2316>.
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He that loveth <G0025> <G5723> not <G3361> knoweth <G1097> <G5627> not <G3756> God <G2316>; for <G3754> God <G2316> is <G2076> <G5748> love <G0026>.
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In <G1722> this <G5129> was manifested <G5319> <G5681> the love <G0026> of God <G2316> toward <G1722> us <G2254>, because <G3754> that God <G2316> sent <G0649> <G5758> his <G0848> only begotten <G3439> Son <G5207> into <G1519> the world <G2889>, that <G2443> we might live <G2198> <G5661> through <G1223> him <G0846>.
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Herein <G1722> <G5129> is <G2076> <G5748> love <G0026>, not <G3754> that <G3756> we <G2249> loved <G0025> <G5656> God <G2316>, but <G0235> that <G3754> he loved <G0025> <G5656> us <G2248>, and <G2532> sent <G0649> <G5656> his <G0848> Son <G5207> [to be] the propitiation <G2434> for <G4012> our <G2257> sins <G0266>.
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Beloved <G0027>, if <G1487> God <G2316> so <G3779> loved <G0025> <G5656> us <G2248>, we <G2249> ought <G3784> <G5719> also <G2532> to love <G0025> <G5721> one another <G0240>.
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No man <G3762> hath seen <G2300> <G5766> God <G2316> at any time <G4455>. If <G1437> we love <G0026> one another <G0240>, God <G2316> dwelleth <G3306> <G5719> in <G1722> us <G2254>, and <G2532> his <G0846> love <G0025> <G5725> is <G2076> <G5748> perfected <G5048> <G5772> in <G1722> us <G2254>.
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Hereby <G1722> <G5129> know we <G1097> <G5719> that <G3754> we dwell <G3306> <G5719> in <G1722> him <G0846>, and <G2532> he <G0846> in <G1722> us <G2254>, because <G3754> he hath given <G1325> <G5758> us <G2254> of <G1537> his <G0848> Spirit <G4151>.
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And <G2532> we <G2249> have seen <G2300> <G5766> and <G2532> do testify <G3140> <G5719> that <G3754> the Father <G3962> sent <G0649> <G5758> the Son <G5207> [to be] the Saviour <G4990> of the world <G2889>.
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Whosoever <G3739> <G0302> shall confess <G3670> <G5661> that <G3754> Jesus <G2424> is <G2076> <G5748> the Son <G5207> of God <G2316>, God <G2316> dwelleth <G3306> <G5719> in <G1722> him <G0846>, and <G2532> he <G0846> in <G1722> God <G2316>.
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And <G2532> we <G2249> have known <G1097> <G5758> and <G2532> believed <G4100> <G5758> the love <G0026> that <G3739> God <G2316> hath <G2192> <G5719> to <G1722> us <G2254>. God <G2316> is <G2076> <G5748> love <G0026>; and <G2532> he that dwelleth <G3306> <G5723> in <G1722> love <G0026> dwelleth <G3306> <G5719> in <G1722> God <G2316>, and <G2532> God <G2316> in <G1722> him <G0846>.
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Herein <G1722> <G5129> is our <G3326> <G2257> love <G0026> made perfect <G5048> <G5769>, that <G2443> we may have <G2192> <G5725> boldness <G3954> in <G1722> the day <G2250> of judgment <G2920>: because <G3754> as <G2531> he <G1565> is <G2076> <G5748>, so <G2532> are <G2070> <G5748> we <G2249> in <G1722> this <G5129> world <G2889>.
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There is <G2076> <G5748> no <G3756> fear <G5401> in <G1722> love <G0026>; but <G0235> perfect <G5046> love <G0026> casteth <G0906> <G5719> out <G1854> fear <G5401>: because <G3754> fear <G5401> hath <G2192> <G5719> torment <G2851>. <G1161> He that feareth <G5399> <G5740> is <G5048> <G0000> not <G3756> made perfect <G5048> <G5769> in <G1722> love <G0026>.
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We <G2249> love <G0025> <G5719> <G5725> him <G0846>, because <G3754> he <G0846> first <G4413> loved <G0025> <G5656> us <G2248>.
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If <G1437> a man <G5100> say <G2036> <G5632>, <G3754> I love <G0025> <G5719> God <G2316>, and <G2532> hateth <G3404> <G5725> his <G0848> brother <G0080>, he is <G2076> <G5748> a liar <G5583>: for <G1063> he that loveth <G0025> <G5723> not <G3361> his <G0848> brother <G0080> whom <G3739> he hath seen <G3708> <G5758>, how <G4459> can <G1410> <G5736> he love <G0025> <G5721> God <G2316> whom <G3739> he hath <G3708> <G0000> not <G3756> seen <G3708> <G5758>?
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And <G2532> this <G5026> commandment <G1785> have we <G2192> <G5719> from <G0575> him <G0846>, That <G2443> he who loveth <G0025> <G5723> God <G2316> love <G0025> <G5725> his <G0848> brother <G0080> also <G2532>.