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The First Epistle General of John, Chapter 4
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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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Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
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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.
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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.
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They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the
world heareth them.
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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.
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Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every
one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
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He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
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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.
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Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and
sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
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Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
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No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God
dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
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Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he
hath given us of his Spirit.
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And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to
be the Saviour of the world.
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Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God
dwelleth in him, and he in God.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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We love him, because he first loved us.
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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?
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And this commandment have we from
him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
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