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1 John 4 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Testing the Spirits

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:1 -

Beloved, do not believe every spirit [speaking through a self-proclaimed prophet]; instead test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets and teachers have gone out into the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:2 - By this you know and recognize the Spirit of God: every spirit that acknowledges and confesses [the fact] that Jesus Christ has [actually] come in the flesh [as a man] is from God [God is its source];

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:3 - and every spirit that does not confess Jesus [acknowledging that He has come in the flesh, but would deny any of the Son’s true nature] is not of God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and is now already in the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:4 - Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:5 - They [who teach twisted doctrine] are of the world and belong to it; therefore they speak from the [viewpoint of the] world [with its immoral freedom and baseless theories—demanding compliance with their opinions and ridiculing the values of the upright], and the [gullible people of the] world listen closely and pay attention to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:6 - We [who teach God’s word] are from God [energized by the Holy Spirit], and whoever knows God [through personal experience] listens to us [and has a deeper understanding of Him]. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know [without any doubt] the spirit of truth [motivated by God] and the spirit of error [motivated by Satan].

God Is Love

(cf. Jhn 3:16 )

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Beloved, let us [unselfishly] [fn]love and seek the best for one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves [others] is born of God and knows God [through personal experience].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:8 - The one who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. [He is the originator of love, and it is an enduring attribute of His nature.]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:9 - By this the love of God was displayed in us, in that God has sent His [One and] only begotten Son [the One who is truly unique, the only One of His kind] into the world so that we might live through Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:10 - In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation [that is, the atoning sacrifice, and the satisfying offering] for our sins [fulfilling God’s requirement for justice against sin and placating His wrath].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:11 - Beloved, if God so loved us [in this incredible way], we also ought to love one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:12 - No one has seen God at any time. But if we love one another [with unselfish concern], God abides in us, and His love [the love that is His essence abides in us and] is completed and perfected in us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:13 - By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 4:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:14 - We [who were with Him in person] have seen and testify [as eye-witnesses] that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:15 -

Whoever confesses and acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:16 - We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:17 - In this [union and fellowship with Him], love is completed and perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him]; because as He is, so are we in this world.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:18 - There is no fear in love [dread does not exist]. But perfect (complete, full-grown) love drives out fear, because fear involves [the expectation of divine] punishment, so the one who is afraid [of God’s judgment] is not perfected in love [has not grown into a sufficient understanding of God’s love].

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:19 - We love, because [fn]He first loved us.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:20 - If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates (works against) his [Christian] brother he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 4:21 - And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should also [unselfishly] love his brother and seek the best for him.
See the AMP Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
AMP Footnotes
See note 2:10.
Because God bestowed on humanity a free will, man is not forced to love Him, but rather consciously and freely chooses the response he makes to God’s love.
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