1 John 4

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Test the Spirits

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. (Jer 29:8; 1Co 12:10; 1Co 14:29; 1Th 5:21; 2Pe 2:1; 1Jo 2:18; 2Jo 1:7; Re 2:2) 

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, (1Co 12:3; 2Jo 1:7) 

3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. (2Th 2:3; 1Jo 2:18; 1Jo 2:22; 2Jo 1:7) 

4 Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. (Joh 12:31; Ro 8:31; 1Co 2:12) 

5 They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. (Joh 3:31; Joh 8:23; Joh 15:19) 

6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error. (Joh 8:47; Joh 10:16; Joh 14:17; Joh 15:26; Joh 16:13; Joh 18:37; 1Co 2:12; 1Co 14:37; 1Ti 4:1) 

God Is Love

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. (1Jo 2:29; 1Jo 3:11) 

8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. (Joh 4:24; 2Co 13:11; 1Jo 1:5; 1Jo 3:10; 1Jo 4:16) 

9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. (Joh 3:16) 

10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. (Ro 5:8; Ro 5:10; 1Jo 2:2; 1Jo 4:9) 

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 

12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. (Joh 1:18; 1Ti 6:16; 1Jo 2:5; 1Jo 4:20) 

13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. (1Jo 3:24) 

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. (Joh 3:17; 1Jo 1:1; 1Jo 2:2) 

15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. (Mt 14:33; Ro 10:9; 1Jo 5:5) 

16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. (Joh 6:69; 1Jo 3:24; 1Jo 4:8; 1Jo 4:12) 

17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. (1Jo 2:5; 1Jo 2:28; 1Jo 3:1; 1Jo 3:21) 

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. (Joh 3:18; Ro 8:15; 1Jo 4:17) 

19 We love because he first loved us. (1Jo 4:10) 

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. (1Pe 1:8; 1Jo 2:4; 1Jo 2:9; 1Jo 2:11; 1Jo 3:17; 1Jo 4:12) 

21 And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother. (Ga 6:2; 1Jo 3:11; 1Jo 4:7) 

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1 John 4

الكتاب المقدس

امتحنوا الأرواح

1 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لَا تُصَدِّقُوا كُلَّ رُوحٍ، بَلِ امْتَحِنُوا الأَرْوَاحَ لِتَعْرِفُوا مَا إِذَا كَانَتْ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ أَمْ لا، لأَنَّ عَدَداً كَبِيراً مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ الدَّجَّالِينَ قَدِ انْتَشَرَ فِي الْعَالَمِ. 

2 وَهذِهِ هِيَ الطَّرِيقَةُ الَّتِي تَعْرِفُونَ بِها كَوْنَ الرُّوحِ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ فِعْلاً: إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ الرُّوحُ يَعْتَرِفُ بِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ الْمَسِيحَ قَدْ جَاءَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ فِي الْجَسَدِ، فَهُوَ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ. 

3 وَإِنْ كَانَ يُنْكِرُ ذَلِكَ لَا يَكُونُ مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ، بَلْ مِنْ عِنْدِ ضِدِّ الْمَسِيحِ الَّذِي سَمِعْتُمْ أَنَّهُ سَوْفَ يَأْتِي، وَهُوَ الآنَ مَوْجُودٌ فِي الْعَالَمِ. 

4 أَيُّهَا الأَوْلادُ الصِّغَارُ، أَنْتُمْ مِنَ اللهِ، وَقَدْ غَلَبْتُمُ الَّذِينَ يُقَاوِمُونَ الْمَسِيحَ: لأَنَّ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ السَّاكِنَ فِيكُمْ أَقْوَى مِنَ الرُّوحِ الشِّرِّيرِ الْمُنْتَشِرِ فِي الْعَالَمِ. 

5 هؤُلاءِ الْمُقَاوِمُونَ هُمْ مِنَ الْعَالَمِ، وَلِذَلِكَ يَسْتَمِدُّونَ كَلامَهُمْ مِنَ الْعَالَمِ، فَيُصْغِي أَهْلُ الْعَالَمِ إِلَيْهِمْ. 

6 أَمَّا نَحْنُ، فَإِنَّنَا مِنَ اللهِ، وَلِذلِكَ يُصْغِي إِلَيْنَا فَقَطْ مَنْ يَعْرِفُ اللهَ. أَمَّا الَّذِي لَيْسَ مِنَ اللهِ، فَلا يُصْغِي إِلَيْنَا. وَبِهَذَا، نُمَيِّزُ بَيْنَ رُوحِ الْحَقِّ وَرُوحِ الضَّلالِ. 

محبة الله ومحبتنا

7 أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، لِنُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً: لأَنَّ الْمَحَبَّةَ تَصْدُرُ مِنَ اللهِ. إِذَنْ، كُلُّ مَنْ يُحِبُّ، يَكُونُ مَوْلُوداً مِنَ اللهِ وَيَعْرِفُ اللهَ. 

8 أَمَّا مَنْ لَا يُحِبُّ، فَهُوَ لَمْ يَتَعَرَّفْ بِاللهِ قَطُّ لأَنَّ اللهَ مَحَبَّةٌ! 

9 وَقَدْ أَظْهَرَ اللهُ مَحَبَّتَهُ لَنَا إِذْ أَرْسَلَ ابْنَهُ الْوَحِيدَ إِلَى الْعَالَمِ لِكَيْ نَحْيَا بِهِ. 

10 وَفِي هَذَا نَرَى الْمَحَبَّةَ الْحَقِيقِيَّةَ، لَا مَحَبَّتَنَا نَحْنُ لِلهِ، بَلْ مَحَبَّتَهُ هُوَ لَنَا. فَبِدَافِعِ مَحَبَّتِهِ، أَرْسَلَ ابْنَهُ كَفَّارَةً لِخَطَايَانَا. 

11 وَمَادَامَ اللهُ قَدْ أَحَبَّنَا هَذِهِ الْمَحَبَّةَ الْعَظِيمَةَ، أَيُّهَا الأَحِبَّاءُ، فَعَلَيْنَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً أَنْ نُحِبَّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً. 

12 إِنَّ اللهَ لَمْ يَرَهُ أَحَدٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ قَطُّ. وَلكِنْ، حِينَ نُحِبُّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً، نُبَيِّنُ أَنَّ اللهَ يَحْيَا فِي دَاخِلِنَا، وَأَنَّ مَحَبَّتَهُ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِي دَاخِلِنَا. 

13 وَمَا يُؤَكِّدُ لَنَا أَنَّنَا نَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَأَنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِينَا هُوَ أَنَّهُ وَهَبَ لَنَا مِنْ رُوحِهِ. 

14 وَنَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا نَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الآبَ قَدْ أَرْسَلَ الابْنَ مُخَلِّصاً لِلْعَالَمِ، لأَنَّنَا رَأَيْنَاهُ بِعُيُونِنَا. 

15 مَنْ يَعْتَرِفْ بِأَنَّ يَسُوعَ هُوَ ابْنُ اللهِ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ، وَهُوَ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، 

16 وَنَحْنُ أَنْفُسُنَا اخْتَبَرْنَا الْمَحَبَّةَ الَّتِي خَصَّنَا اللهُ بِها، وَوَضَعْنَا ثِقَتَنَا فِيهَا. إِنَّ اللهَ مَحَبَّةٌ. وَمَنْ يَثْبُتْ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ، فَإِنَّهُ يَثْبُتُ فِي اللهِ، وَاللهُ يَثْبُتُ فِيهِ. 

17 وَتَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِي دَاخِلِنَا حِينَ تُوَلِّدُ فِينَا ثِقَةً كَامِلَةً مِنْ جِهَةِ يَوْمِ الدَّيْنُونَةِ: لأَنَّهُ كَمَا الْمَسِيحُ، هكَذَا نَحْنُ أَيْضاً فِي هَذَا الْعَالَمِ. 

18 لَيْسَ فِي الْمَحَبَّةِ أَيُّ خَوْفٍ. بَلِ الْمَحَبَّةُ الْكَامِلَةُ تَطْرُدُ الْخَوْفَ خَارِجاً. فَإِنَّ الْخَوْفَ يَكُونُ مِنَ الْعِقَابِ. وَالْخَائِفُ لَا تَكُونُ مَحَبَّةُ اللهِ قَدِ اكْتَمَلَتْ فِيهِ. 

19 وَنَحْنُ نُحِبُّ، لأَنَّ اللهَ أَحَبَّنَا أَوَّلاً. 

20 فَإِنْ قَالَ أَحَدٌ: «أَنَا أُحِبُّ اللهَ!» وَلكِنَّهُ يُبْغِضُ أَخاً لَهُ، فَهُوَ كَاذِبٌ، لأَنَّهُ إِنْ كَانَ لَا يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ الَّذِي يَرَاهُ، فَكَيْفَ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يُحِبَّ اللهَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَرَهُ قَطُّ؟ 

21 فَهَذِهِ الْوَصِيَّةُ جَاءَتْنَا مِنَ الْمَسِيحِ نَفْسِهِ: مَنْ يُحِبُّ اللهَ، يُحِبُّ أَخَاهُ! 

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