| Chapter 4 |
1 | agaphtoi mh panti pneumati pisteuete alla dokimazete ta pneumata ei ek tou qeou estin oti polloi yeudoprofhtai exelhluqasin eiV ton kosmon |
2 | en toutw ginwskete to pneuma tou qeou pan pneuma o omologei ihsoun criston en sarki elhluqota ek tou qeou estin |
3 | kai pan pneuma o mh omologei ton ihsoun criston en sarki elhluqota ek tou qeou ouk estin kai touto estin to tou anticristou o akhkoate oti ercetai kai nun en tw kosmw estin hdh |
4 | umeiV ek tou qeou este teknia kai nenikhkate autouV oti meizwn estin o en umin h o en tw kosmw |
5 | autoi ek tou kosmou eisin dia touto ek tou kosmou lalousin kai o kosmoV autwn akouei |
6 | hmeiV ek tou qeou esmen o ginwskwn ton qeon akouei hmwn oV ouk estin ek tou qeou ouk akouei hmwn ek toutou ginwskomen to pneuma thV alhqeiaV kai to pneuma thV planhV |
7 | agaphtoi agapwmen allhlouV oti h agaph ek tou qeou estin kai paV o agapwn ek tou qeou gegennhtai kai ginwskei ton qeon |
8 | o mh agapwn ouk egnw ton qeon oti o qeoV agaph estin |
9 | en toutw efanerwqh h agaph tou qeou en hmin oti ton uion autou ton monogenh apestalken o qeoV eiV ton kosmon ina zhswmen di autou |
10 | en toutw estin h agaph ouc oti hmeiV hgaphsamen ton qeon all oti autoV hgaphsen hmaV kai apesteilen ton uion autou ilasmon peri twn amartiwn hmwn |
11 | agaphtoi ei outwV o qeoV hgaphsen hmaV kai hmeiV ofeilomen allhlouV agapan |
12 | qeon oudeiV pwpote teqeatai ean agapwmen allhlouV o qeoV en hmin menei kai h agaph autou teteleiwmenh estin en hmin |
13 | en toutw ginwskomen oti en autw menomen kai autoV en hmin oti ek tou pneumatoV autou dedwken hmin |
14 | kai hmeiV teqeameqa kai marturoumen oti o pathr apestalken ton uion swthra tou kosmou |
15 | oV an omologhsh oti ihsouV estin o uioV tou qeou o qeoV en autw menei kai autoV en tw qew |
16 | kai hmeiV egnwkamen kai pepisteukamen thn agaphn hn ecei o qeoV en hmin o qeoV agaph estin kai o menwn en th agaph en tw qew menei kai o qeoV en autw |
17 | en toutw teteleiwtai h agaph meq hmwn ina parrhsian ecwmen en th hmera thV krisewV oti kaqwV ekeinoV estin kai hmeiV esmen en tw kosmw toutw |
18 | foboV ouk estin en th agaph all h teleia agaph exw ballei ton fobon oti o foboV kolasin ecei o de foboumenoV ou teteleiwtai en th agaph |
19 | hmeiV agapwmen auton oti autoV prwtoV hgaphsen hmaV |
20 | ean tiV eiph oti agapw ton qeon kai ton adelfon autou mish yeusthV estin o gar mh agapwn ton adelfon autou on ewraken ton qeon on ouc ewraken pwV dunatai agapan |
21 | kai tauthn thn entolhn ecomen ap autou ina o agapwn ton qeon agapa kai ton adelfon autou |