<vn='1'><sn="27">Beloved</s>, <sn="4100">believe</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1381">try</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">spirits</s><sn="1487">whether</s> they <sn="2076">are</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="3754">because</s><sn="4183">many</s> false <sn="5578">prophets</s> are gone <sn="1831">out</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1722 5129">Hereby</s><sn="1097">know</s> ye <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="3956">Every</s><sn="4151">spirit</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="3670">confesseth</s> that <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> is <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>: </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="4151">spirit</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="3670">confesseth</s><sn="3361">not</s> that <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> is <sn="2064">come</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>: <sn="2532">and</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">that</s> spirit of <sn="500">antichrist</s>, <sn="3739">whereof</s> ye have <sn="191">heard</s><sn="3754">that</s> it should <sn="2064">come</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> even <sn="3568">now</s><sn="2235">already</s><sn="2076">is</s> it <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="5210">Ye</s><sn="2075">are</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, little <sn="5040">children</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> have <sn="3528">overcome</s><sn="846">them</s>: <sn="3754">because</s><sn="3187">greater</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">he</s> that is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="2228">than</s><sn="3588">he</s> that is <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="846">They</s><sn="1526">are</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>: <sn="1223 5124">therefore</s><sn="2980">speak</s> they <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s><sn="191">heareth</s><sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2249">We</s><sn="2070">are</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>: he that <sn="1097">knoweth</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="191">heareth</s><sn="2257">us</s>; he <sn="3739">that</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="191">heareth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2257">us</s>. <sn="1537 5127">Hereby</s><sn="1097">know</s> we <sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">spirit</s> of <sn="225">truth</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">spirit</s> of <sn="4106">error</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="27">Beloved</s>, let us <sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>: <sn="3754">for</s><sn="26">love</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> every <sn="3956">one</s> that <sn="25">loveth</s> is <sn="1080">born</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1097">knoweth</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>He that <sn="25">loveth</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1097">knoweth</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2316">God</s>; <sn="3754">for</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="26">love</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="1722">In</s><sn="5129">this</s> was <sn="5319">manifested</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s> of <sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">toward</s><sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> that <sn="2316">God</s><sn="649">sent</s><sn="848">his</s> only <sn="3439">begotten</s><sn="5207">Son</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we might <sn="2198">live</s><sn="1223">through</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="1722 5129">Herein</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="26">love</s>, <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="25">loved</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="25">loved</s><sn="2248">us</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="649">sent</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="5207">Son</s> to be the <sn="2434">propitiation</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="266">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="27">Beloved</s>, <sn="1487">if</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="3779">so</s><sn="25">loved</s><sn="2248">us</s>, <sn="2249">we</s><sn="3784">ought</s><sn="2532">also</s> to <sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>No <sn="3762">man</s> hath <sn="2300">seen</s><sn="2316">God</s> at any <sn="4455">time</s>. <sn="1437">If</s> we <sn="25">love</s> one <sn="240">another</s>, <sn="2316">God</s><sn="3306">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="26">love</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5048">perfected</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2254">us</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1722 5129">Hereby</s><sn="1097">know</s> we <sn="3754">that</s> we <sn="3306">dwell</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2254">us</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> he hath <sn="1325">given</s><sn="2254">us</s><sn="1537">of</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2249">we</s> have <sn="2300">seen</s><sn="2532">and</s> do <sn="3140">testify</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3962">Father</s><sn="649">sent</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> to be the <sn="4990">Savior</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3739 302">Whosoever</s> shall <sn="3670">confess</s><sn="3754">that</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2316">God</s><sn="3306">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="846">he</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2249">we</s> have <sn="1097">known</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="4100">believed</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="26">love</s><sn="3739">that</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="1722">to</s><sn="2254">us</s>. <sn="2316">God</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="26">love</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he that <sn="3306">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="26">love</s><sn="3306">dwelleth</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1722 5129">Herein</s><sn="*3326">is</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="26">love</s> made <sn="5048">perfect</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> we may <sn="2192">have</s><sn="3954">boldness</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2250">day</s> of <sn="2920">judgment</s>: <sn="3754">because</s><sn="2531">as</s><sn="1565">he</s><sn="2076">is</s>, <sn="2532">so</s><sn="2070">are</s><sn="2249">we</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="5129">this</s><sn="2889">world</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>There <sn="2076">is</s><sn="3756">no</s><sn="5401">fear</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="26">love</s>; <sn="235">but</s><sn="5046">perfect</s><sn="26">love</s><sn="906">casteth</s><sn="1854">out</s><sn="5401">fear</s>: <sn="3754">because</s><sn="5401">fear</s><sn="2192">hath</s><sn="2851 *1161">torment</s>. He that <sn="5399">feareth</s> is <sn="3756">not</s> made <sn="5048">perfect</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="26">love</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="1437">If</s> a <sn="5100">man</s><sn="2036">say</s>, I <sn="25">love</s><sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3404">hateth</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s>, he <sn="2076">is</s> a <sn="5583">liar</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> he that <sn="25">loveth</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="3739">whom</s> he hath <sn="3708">seen</s>, <sn="4459">how</s><sn="1410">can</s> he <sn="25">love</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="3739">whom</s> he hath <sn="3756">not</s><sn="3708">seen</s>? </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="5026">this</s><sn="1785">commandment</s><sn="2192">have</s> we <sn="575">from</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2443">That</s> he who <sn="25">loveth</s><sn="2316">God</s><sn="25">love</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="2532">also</s>. </v>