{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The First Epistle General of John<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 4<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,1,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">B<\/span>eloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,2,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,3,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,4,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,5,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,6,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,7,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,8,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,9,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,10,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,11,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,12,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,13,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,14,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,15,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,16,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,17,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,18,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,19,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">We love him, because he first loved us.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,20,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">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?<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(2,23,4,21,&quot;1 John&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/23\/3\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/kjv\/2\/23\/5\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"The First Epistle General of John, Chapter 4 — King James Version","book_title":"The First Epistle General of John","toolbar_title":"The First Epistle General of John — Ch. 4","prev_url":"\/kjv\/2\/23\/3","next_url":"\/kjv\/2\/23\/5","tid":2,"book_id":23,"chapter":4,"num_chapters":5,"trans":"KJV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"1 John","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/kjv\/2\/23\/4","meta_desc":"Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 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