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1 Beloved, be­lieve not ev­ery spir­it, but try the spir­its whether they are of God: be­cause many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Here­by know ye the Spir­it of God: Ev­ery spir­it that con­fes­seth that Je­sus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And ev­ery spir­it that con­fes­seth not that Je­sus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of an­tichrist, where­of ye have heard that it should come; and even now al­ready is it in the world. 4 Ye are of God, lit­tle chil­dren, and have over­come them: be­cause greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: there­fore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Here­by know we the spir­it of truth, and the spir­it of er­ror. 7 Beloved, let us love one an­oth­er: for love is of God; and ev­ery one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was man­i­fest­ed the love of God to­ward us, be­cause that God sent his only be­got­ten Son into the world, that we might live through him. 10 Here­in is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son ­to be the pro­pi­ti­a­tion for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one an­oth­er. 12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one an­oth­er, God dwelleth in us, and his love is per­fect­ed in us. 13 Here­by know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, be­cause he hath giv­en us of his Spir­it. 14 And we have seen and do tes­ti­fy that the Fa­ther sent the Son ­to be the Saviour of the world. 15 Whoso­ev­er shall con­fess that Je­sus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. 16 And we have known and be­lieved the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 17 Here­in is our love made per­fect, that we may have bold­ness in the day of judg­ment: be­cause as he is, so are we in this world. 18 There is no fear in love; but per­fect love casteth out fear: be­cause fear hath tor­ment. He that feareth is not made per­fect in love. 19 We love him, be­cause he first loved us. 20 If a man say, I love God, and hateth his broth­er, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his broth­er whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this com­mand­ment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his broth­er al­so.