- 1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.Ἀγαπητοί μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα εἰ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὅτι πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον
- 2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:ἐν τούτῳ ⸀γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν
- 3And 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.καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ ⸀τὸν ⸀Ἰησοῦν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι ἔρχεται καὶ νῦν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη
- 4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε τεκνία καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ
- 5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσίν διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου λαλοῦσιν καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτῶν ἀκούει
- 6We 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.ἡμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐσμεν ὁ γινώσκων τὸν θεὸν ἀκούει ἡμῶν ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἀκούει ἡμῶν ἐκ τούτου γινώσκομεν τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς πλάνης
- 7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.Ἀγαπητοί ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγέννηται καὶ γινώσκει τὸν θεόν
- 8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν θεόν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν
- 9In 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.ἐν τούτῳ ἐφανερώθη ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν ὅτι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἀπέσταλκεν ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα ζήσωμεν δι’ αὐτοῦ
- 10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.ἐν τούτῳ ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγάπη οὐχ ὅτι ἡμεῖς ⸀ἠγαπήκαμεν τὸν θεόν ἀλλ’ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἱλασμὸν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν
- 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.ἀγαπητοί εἰ ὁ θεὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν
- 12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ ⸂ἐν ἡμῖν τετελειωμένη ἐστιν⸃
- 13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν
- 14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκεν τὸν υἱὸν σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου
- 15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.ὃς ⸀ἐὰν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι ⸀Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ θεῷ
- 16And 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.καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐγνώκαμεν καὶ πεπιστεύκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχει ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν Ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν καὶ ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐν τῷ θεῷ μένει καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ ⸀μένει
- 17Herein 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.ἐν τούτῳ τετελείωται ἡ ἀγάπη μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἵνα ἔχωμεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως ὅτι καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ
- 18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.φόβος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἀλλ’ ἡ τελεία ἀγάπη ἔξω βάλλει τὸν φόβον ὅτι ὁ φόβος κόλασιν ἔχει ὁ δὲ οὐ τετελείωται ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ
- 19We love him, because he first loved us.ἡμεῖς ⸀ἀγαπῶμεν ὅτι αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς
- 20If 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?ἐάν εἴπῃ ὅτι Ἀγαπῶ τὸν θεόν καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῇ ψεύστης ἐστίν ὁ γὰρ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ὃν ἑώρακεν τὸν θεὸν ὃν οὐχ ἑώρακεν ⸀οὐ δύναται ἀγαπᾶν
- 21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔχομεν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἵνα ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν θεὸν ἀγαπᾷ καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ
1 John 4 KJV
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445 tagged Greek tokens77 distinct lexical entries21 of 21 verses source-tagged
θεόςG2316
a deity, especially (with G3588) the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; exceedingly (by Hebraism)
εἰμίG1510
I exist (used only when emphatic)
ἀγαπάωG25
to love (in a social or moral sense)
ἀγάπηG26
love, i.e., affection or benevolence; specially (plural) a love-feast
οὗτοςG3778
the he (she or it), i.e., this or that (often with article repeated)
κόσμοςG2889
orderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
οὐG3756
the absolute negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not
πνεῦμαG4151
a current of air, i.e., breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e., (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
γινώσκωG1097
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
μένωG3306
to stay (in a given place, state, relation or expectancy)
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