1 John 4 Cross References - Lamsa

¹ MY beloved, do not believe every prophecy, but examine the prophecies to find out if they are of God: because many false prophets have appeared in the world. ² The Spirit of God is known by this: Every prophecy which declares that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is from God. ³ And every prophecy which does not declare that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God: but it is the prophecy of the false Christ, of whose coming you have heard, and who is even now already in the world. ⁴ But you are of God, my children, and have overcome them: because he who is among you is greater than he who is in the world. ⁵ They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. ⁶ But we are of God: he who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. ⁷ My beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one who loves is born of God, and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love. ⁹ By this was the love of God toward us made known, for God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ My beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ¹² No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us; ¹³ Hereby we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. ¹⁴ And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent his Son to be the Saviour of the world. ¹⁵ Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶ And we have believed and have known the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who dwells in love, abides in God. ¹⁷ Herein is his love made perfect in us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear is tormenting. He who fears is not made perfect in love. ¹⁹ We love God because he first loved us. ²⁰ If a man say, I love God, and yet hates his brother, he is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? ²¹ And this commandment we have from him, That he who loves God loves his brother also.

⁴³ You have heard that it is said, Be kind to your friend, and hate your enemy.

¹⁵ Be careful of false prophets who come to you in lambÆs clothing, but within they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶ You will know them by their fruits. Why, do they gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?

¹⁵ Truly I say to you, that it will be easier for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that city.

²⁵ It is enough for a disciple to be like his teacher, and for a servant to be like his master. If then, they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household.

³² Everyone therefore who will acknowledge me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven.

²² But I say to you, It will be easier for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

²⁴ But I say to you, It will be easier for the land of Sodom in the judgment day, than for you.

³⁶ For I say to you, that for every foolish word which men speak, they will have to answer for it on the day of judgment.

³² Then his master called him and said to him, O wicked servant, I cancelled all your debt because you begged me. ³³ Was it not right for you to have mercy on your fellow-servant, just as I had mercy on you?

³⁷ Jesus said to him, Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your power, and with all your mind. ³⁸ This is the greatest and the first commandment. ³⁹ And the second is like to it, Love your neighbor as yourself.

⁴ Jesus answered and said to them, Be careful that no man deceives you. ⁵ For many will come in my name, and say, I am the Christ, and they will deceive many.

²³ Then if any man should say to you, Behold, here is the Christ, or there, do not believe it. ²⁴ For there will rise false Christs and lying prophets, and they will show signs and great wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the chosen ones. ²⁵ Behold, I have told you in advance. ²⁶ Therefore, if they should say to you, Behold, he is in the desert, do not go out; or, behold, he is in the room, do not believe it.

⁶ But finally, he had a very beloved son, and he sent him to them last of all, for he said, They might feel ashamed before my son.

²⁹ Jesus said to him, The first of all commandments is, Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord; ³⁰ And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your power; this is the first commandment. ³¹ And the second is like to it, You must love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. ³² The scribe said to him, Well, Teacher, you have said the truth, that he is one, and there is no other beside him; ³³ And that a man should love him with all the heart, and with all the mind, and with all the soul, and with all the power, and love his neighbor as himself; this is far more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.

²¹ Then if any man should say to you, Behold, here is the Christ; or, behold, there; do not believe it.

⁷⁴ To grant to us, that we may be saved from the hand of our enemies, and serve before him without fear, ⁷⁵ In justice and righteousness all our days.

¹⁸ The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; because of this he has anointed me, to preach good tidings to the poor; and he has sent me to heal the broken-hearted, and to proclaim release to the captives, and sight to the blind; to strengthen with forgiveness those who are bruised

⁴⁷ For this reason, I say to you, Her many sins are forgiven, because she loved much; but he to whom little is forgiven, loves little.

²² And he turned to his disciples and said to them, Everything has been entrusted to me by my Father; and no man knows who is the Son, except the Father; and who is the Father except the Son, and to whomever the Son wishes to reveal him.

³⁷ He said, The one who had compassion on him. Jesus said to him, You go also, and do the same.

⁸ I say to you, Whoever will acknowledge me before men, the Son of man will also acknowledge him before the angels of God.

⁵⁷ Why do you not of yourselves judge what is right?

⁸ And the lord praised the unjust steward because he had done wisely; for the children of this world are wiser in their generation than the children of light.

⁸ He said to them, Be careful that you may not be deceived; for many will come in my name, and say, I am the Christ; and the time is near; but do not follow them.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, a glory like that of the firstborn of the Father, full of grace and truth.

¹⁴ And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw his glory, a glory like that of the firstborn of the Father, full of grace and truth. ¹⁵ John witnessed concerning him and cried and said, This is the one of whom I said, He is coming after me, and yet he is ahead of me, because he was before me. ¹⁶ And of his fulness we have all received, grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given by Moses; but truth and grace came into being by Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No man has ever seen God; but the firstborn of God, who is in the bosom of his Father, he has declared him.

¹⁸ No man has ever seen God; but the firstborn of God, who is in the bosom of his Father, he has declared him.

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and he said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

¹¹ Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak only what we know, and we testify only to what we have seen; and yet you do not accept our testimony.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he even gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he even gave his only begotten Son, so that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. ¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world, to condemn the world; but that the world should be saved by him. ¹⁸ He who believes in him will not be condemned; and he who does not believe has already been condemned, for not believing in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

³¹ For he who has come from above is above all; and he who is of the earth is of the earth, and he speaks of earthly things; but he who has come from heaven is above all. ³² And he testifies of what he has seen and heard, and yet no man accepts his testimony.

³⁴ For he whom God has sent, speaks the words of God; for God did not give the Spirit by measure.

⁴² And they were saying to the woman, Henceforth it is not because of your word that we believe him; for we ourselves have heard and know, that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.

²³ So that every man should honor the Son, just as he honors the Father. He who does not honor the Son, does not honor the Father who sent him.

³⁶ But I have a greater testimony than that of John; for the works which my Father has given me to finish, the same works which I do, testify concerning me, that the Father has sent me. ³⁷ And the Father who sent me has testified concerning me. But you have never heard his voice, nor seen his appearance.

³⁹ Examine the scriptures, in which you trust that you have eternal life; and even they testify concerning me.

²⁹ Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you should believe in him whom he has sent.

⁵¹ I am the living bread because I came down from heaven; if any man eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread which I will give, is my body, which I am giving for the sake of the life of the world.

⁵⁷ Just as the living Father sent me, and I am living because of the Father, so whoever eats me, will also live because of me.

⁶⁹ And we have believed and known that you are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

⁶ Jesus said to them, My time has not yet come; but your time is always ready. ⁷ The world cannot hate you; but it hates me, because I testify against it, that its works are evil.

¹⁹ They said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered and said to them, You know neither me, nor my Father; if you knew me, you would know my Father also.

²³ And he said to them, You are from be- low, and I am from above; you are of this world, but I am not of this world.

²⁹ And he who sent me is with me; and my Father has never left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.

⁴² Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me, for I proceeded and came from God; I did not come of my own accord, but he sent me.

⁴⁵ But because I speak the truth, you do not believe me. ⁴⁶ Which one of you can rebuke me because of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe me? ⁴⁷ He who is of God, hears GodÆs words; for this reason you do not hear, because you are not of God. ⁴⁸ The Jews answered and said to him, Did we not say well, that you are a Samaritan, and that you are crazy? ⁴⁹ Jesus said to them, I am not crazy; but I honor my Father, and you curse me. ⁵⁰ I do not seek my glory; there is one who seeks and judges.

⁵⁴ Jesus said to them, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing; but it is my Father who honors me, the one of whom you say, He is our God. ⁵⁵ Yet you have not known him, but I do know him; and if I should say, I do not know him, I would be a liar like yourselves; but I do know him, and I obey his word.

¹⁰ A thief does not come, except to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly.

¹⁶ I have other sheep also, which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear my voice; and all the sheep will become one flock and one shepherd.

²⁷ My own sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; ²⁸ And I give to them eternal life; and they will never perish, and no man will snatch them from my hands. ²⁹ For my Father who gave them to me is greater than all; and no man can snatch anything from my FatherÆs hand. ³⁰ I and my Father are one in accord.

³⁶ Yet to the one whom the Father sanctified and sent to the world, you say, You blaspheme, just because I said to you, I am the Son of God.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, even though he die, he shall live. ²⁶ And whoever is alive and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?

³¹ Now is the judgment of this world; now the leader of this world will be cast out.

⁴⁷ And he who hears my words, and does not obey them, I will not judge him; for I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.

²⁰ Truly, truly, I say to you, He who receives him whom I send, receives me; and he who receives me receives him who sent me.

³⁴ A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another.

³⁴ A new commandment I give you, that you love one another; just as I have loved you, that you also love one another. ³⁵ By this every man shall know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

⁶ Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no man comes to my Father except by me.

¹⁷ Even the Spirit of the truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it has not seen him, and does not know him; but you know him because he abides with you, and is in you.

¹⁷ Even the Spirit of the truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it has not seen him, and does not know him; but you know him because he abides with you, and is in you. ¹⁸ I will not leave you orphans, for I will come to you after a little while. ¹⁹ And the world will not see me, but you will see me; because I live, you also shall live. ²⁰ In that day you will know that I am with my Father, and you are with me, and I am with you.

²⁰ In that day you will know that I am with my Father, and you are with me, and I am with you. ²¹ He who has my commandments with him and obeys them, he is the one who loves me; he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and reveal myself to him.

²¹ He who has my commandments with him and obeys them, he is the one who loves me; he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and reveal myself to him. ²² Judas (not of Iscariot) said to him, My Lord, why is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?

²² Judas (not of Iscariot) said to him, My Lord, why is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world? ²³ Jesus answered and said to him, He who loves me, keeps my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make a place of abode with him.

²³ Jesus answered and said to him, He who loves me, keeps my word; and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make a place of abode with him. ²⁴ But he who does not love me, does not keep my word; and this word which you hear, is not mine own, but the FatherÆs who sent me. ²⁵ I have spoken these things to you, while I am with you. ²⁶ But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom my Father will send in my name, he will teach you everything, and remind you of everything which I tell you.

³⁰ Hereafter I will not talk much with you; for the prince of this world comes; and yet he has nothing against me.

¹² This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you.

¹² This is my commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. ¹³ There is no greater love than this, when a man lays down his life for the sake of his friends.

¹⁶ You did not choose me, but I chose you, and I have appointed you, that you also should go and produce fruit, and that your fruit might remain; so that whatever you ask my Father in my name, he will give it to you.

¹⁹ If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but you are not of the world, for I have chosen you out of the world; this is why the world hates you. ²⁰ Remember the word which I said to you, that no servant is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

²⁰ Remember the word which I said to you, that no servant is greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will also keep yours.

²⁶ But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from my Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from my Father, he will testify concerning me.

²⁶ But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from my Father, the Spirit of truth which proceeds from my Father, he will testify concerning me. ²⁷ And you also will testify because you have been with me from the beginning.

¹¹ Concerning judgment, because the leader of this world has been judged.

¹³ But when the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but what he hears that he will speak; and he will make known to you things which are to come in the future.

¹³ But when the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but what he hears that he will speak; and he will make known to you things which are to come in the future. ¹⁴ He will glorify me; because he will take of my own and show to you. ¹⁵ Everything that my Father has is mine; this is the reason why I told you that he will take of my own and show to you.

³ And this is life eternal, that they might know you, that you are the only true God, even the one who sent Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ I have given them your word; and the world hated them, because they were not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

¹⁶ For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

²³ I with them and you with me, that they may become perfected in one; so that the world may know that you sent me, and that you loved them just as you loved me.

³⁷ Pilate said to him, Then are you a king? Jesus said to him, You say that I am a king.* For this I was born, and for this very thing I came to the world, that I may bear witness concerning the truth. Whoever is of the truth will hear my voice.

²¹ Then Jesus said to them again, Peace be with you; just as my Father has sent me, so I send you.

¹¹ For the Jews there were more liberal than the Jews who were in Thes-sa-lo-niÆca, in that they gladly heard the word daily, and searched the scriptures to find out if these things were so.

⁵ And when Silas and Ti-moÆthe-us came from Mac-e-doÆni-a, Paul felt he was not free to speak, because the Jews opposed him and blasphemed as he testified that Jesus is the Christ.

²⁹ For I know this, that after I have departed, fierce wolves will attack you, which will not spare the flock.

¹ PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, and chosen to proclaim the gospel of God

²⁵ Whom God has foreordained to be a propitiation through faith in his blood for the remission of our sins that are past; ²⁶ By the opportunity which God has given us through his forbearance, for the manifestation of his righteousness at the present time, that he might be declared righteous; and for the justification of righteousness to him who is in the faith of our LORD Jesus Christ.

⁸ God has here manifested his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. ⁹ Much more then, being justified by his blood, we shall be delivered from wrath through him. ¹⁰ For if when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life.

⁹ But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit if the Spirit of God truly dwells within you. Now if any man does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to him. ¹⁰ And if Christ is within you, the body is dead because of sin: but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

¹⁰ And if Christ is within you, the body is dead because of sin: but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹ And if the Spirit of Him who raised our LORD Jesus Christ from the dead dwells within you, so he who raised Jesus Christ from the dead will also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells within you.

¹¹ And if the Spirit of Him who raised our LORD Jesus Christ from the dead dwells within you, so he who raised Jesus Christ from the dead will also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells within you. ¹² Therefore, my brethren, we are not indebted to the flesh to live after the flesh. ¹³ For if you live after the flesh, you will die: but if you, through the Spirit, subdue the deeds of the body, you shall live. ¹⁴ Those who are led by the Spirit of God, are the sons of God. ¹⁵ For you have not received the spirit of bondage, to be in fear again; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Avon, Father, our Father.

¹⁵ For you have not received the spirit of bondage, to be in fear again; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Avon, Father, our Father. ¹⁶ And this Spirit bears witness to our spirit, that we are the children of God: ¹⁷ And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint heirs with Jesus Christ; so that if we suffer with him, we shall also be glorified with him.

²⁹ He knew them in advance and he marked them with the likeness of the image of his Son that he might be the first-born among many brethren.

²⁹ He knew them in advance and he marked them with the likeness of the image of his Son that he might be the first-born among many brethren. ³⁰ Moreover, those he did mark in advance, he has called, and those he has called, he has declared righteous, and those he has declared righteous, he has glorified. ³¹ What then shall we say concerning these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? ³² If he did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, why will he not freely give us all things with him?

³⁷ But in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

⁹ So if you will confess with your mouth our LORD Jesus, and will believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved.

⁸ As it is written, God has given them a stubborn spirit, eyes that cannot see, and ears that cannot hear, to this very day.

⁹ Let not your love be deceitful. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. ¹⁰ Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another;

⁹ Which says, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not covet; and if there is any other commandment, it is fulfilled in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. ¹⁰ Love does not work evil to his neighbor because love is the fulfillment of the law.

¹⁸ For those who are such do not serve our LORD Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by smooth words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple people. ¹⁹ But your obedience is known to every one. I rejoice therefore on your behalf: and I want you to be wise in regard to good things, and pure concerning evil things.

⁹ But as it is written, The eye has not seen, and the ear has not heard, and the heart of man has not conceived the things which God has prepared for those who love him.

¹² Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit that is from God, that we may understand the gifts that are given to us by God.

¹² Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the spirit that is from God, that we may understand the gifts that are given to us by God. ¹³ For the things which we discuss are not dependent on the knowledge of words and manÆs wisdom, but on the teaching of the Spirit; thus explaining spiritual things to the spiritually minded. ¹⁴ For the material man rejects spiritual things, for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

¹⁶ Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? ¹⁷ And whoever defiles the temple of God, God will destroy; for the temple of God is holy, and that temple is you.

¹³ Food is for the belly, and the belly for food: but God will do away with both of them. Now the body is not meant for fornication, but for our LORD; and our LORD for the body.

¹⁹ Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit that dwells within you, which you have of God, and you are not your own?

³ Wherefore I want you to understand that no man, speaking by the Spirit of God, calls Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the LORD but by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁰ To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another the means to distinguish the true Spirit; to another divers languages; to another the interpretation of languages.

¹³ And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. *

²⁹ Let the prophets speak two or three in turn, and let the others discern what is said.

³⁷ If any one among you thinks he is a prophet, or that he is inspired by the Spirit, let him acknowledge that these things that I write to you are the commandments of our LORD.

⁴ To those in this world whose minds have been blinded by God, because they did not believe, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the likeness of God, should shine on them.

⁶ For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts, so that we may be enlightened with the knowledge of the glory of God in the person of Christ.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ compels us to reason thus, that if one died for all, then were all dead: ¹⁵ And that he died for all, that those who live may not henceforth live for themselves, but for him who died and rose for them.

¹⁹ For God was in Christ, who has reconciled the world with his majesty, not counting their sins against them; and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. ²⁰ Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we beseech you for Christ; be reconciled to God. ²¹ For he who did not know sin, for your sakes he made him sin, that we may through him be made the righteousness of God.

¹⁶ Or what harmony has the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as it is said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

⁸ I am not making a demand on you, but I am prompted by the devotion of your fellow believers to test the sincerity of your love. ⁹ For you know the gracious gift of our LORD Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you, through his poverty, might be rich.

⁷ Do you judge by outward appearance? If any man thinks of himself that he belongs to Christ, let him know this of himself, that just as he belongs to Christ, so we also belong.

¹¹ Henceforth, my brethren, rejoice, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you.

⁹ But now after you have known God, and, above all, are known of God, you turn again to those weak and poor principles, and you wish again to come under their bondage.

⁶ For in Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision; but faith which is accomplished by love.

¹⁴ For the whole law is fulfilled in one saying, that is; Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself.

²² But the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith,

²² But the fruits of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³ Meekness, self-control: there is no law against these. ²⁴ And those who belong to Christ have controlled their weaknesses and passions. ²⁵ Let us therefore live in the Spirit, and surrender to the Spirit.

² In which you previously walked according to the worldly course of this world, and according to the will of the supreme ruler of the air, the spirit which is active in the children of disobedience. ³ In those very deeds in which we were also corrupted from the very beginning through the lusts of the flesh, fulfilling the wills of the flesh and of the mind: thereby we became completely the children of wrath, even as others. ⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,

⁴ But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, ⁵ Even when we were dead in our sins, has made us live together with Christ, by whose grace we are saved;

²⁰ And you are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the corner-stone of the building: ²¹ And through him the whole building is fashioned and grows into a holy temple through the help of the LORD: ²² You also are builded by him for a habitation of God through the Spirit.

¹⁷ That Christ may dwell in you by faith, and in your hearts by love, strengthening your understanding and your foundation;

³¹ Let all bitterness and wrath, and anger, and clamouring and blasphemy be put away from you, together with all malice:

¹⁰ From henceforth, my brethren, be strong in our LORD, and in the power of his might.

¹² For your conflict is not only with flesh and blood, but also with the angels, and with powers, with the rulers of this world of darkness, and with the evil spirits under the heavens. ¹³ Wherefore put you on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to meet the evil one, and being prepared you shall prevail.

¹¹ And every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is the LORD, to the glory of God his Father.

³ For you are dead, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. ⁴ When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory.

¹³ Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another; and if any one has a complaint against his fellow man, just as Christ forgave you, so should you also forgive.

⁹ Now concerning brotherly love, you do not need me to write to you for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

⁹ Now concerning brotherly love, you do not need me to write to you for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. ¹⁰ And indeed you show it toward all the brethren who are in Mac-e-doÆni-a; but I beseech you, my brethren, that you increase your love more and more;

²¹ Prove all things, uphold that which is good.

⁸ At which time he will avenge, with flaming fire, those who know not God, and those who do not acknowledge the gospel of our LORD Jesus Christ;

³ Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, unless it is preceded by a rebellion, and the man of sin be revealed as the son of perdition, ⁴ Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God or that is reverenced; so that even in the temple of God, he sits as a god, and shows himself, as though he were a god. ⁵ Do you not remember, that when I was with you I told you these things? ⁶ And now you know what has prevented him from being revealed in his time. ⁷ For the mystery of iniquity is already at work: until he who now is the obstacle be taken out of the way. ⁸ Then shall the Wicked be exposed, that one whom our LORD Jesus shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the revelation of his coming: ⁹ Even him, whose coming is due to the working of Satan, with all power and signs and lying wonders, ¹⁰ And with all deceitfulness of unrighteousness in those who perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved thereby. ¹¹ For this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should believe a lie.

¹⁷ Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.

¹⁶ Truly great is this divine mystery of righteousness: it is revealed in the flesh, justi- fied in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, and received up into glory.

¹ NOW the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, following after misleading spirits, and doctrines of devils.

¹⁶ Who alone has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach, and whom no man has seen, nor can see: to him be honor and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

⁷ For God has not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of good discipline.

¹³ But bad and deceptive men shall grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.

³ For the time will come when men will not listen to sound doctrine; but they will add for themselves extra teachers according to their desires, being lured by enticing words;

³ For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, misled, and serving divers lusts and passions, living in malice and envy, hated, and also hating one another. ⁴ But after the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour was manifested, ⁵ Not so much by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy, he saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Spirit;

⁵ For to which of the angels has God at any time, said You are my Son, this day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

²⁷ By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; and he survived after he had seen God, who is invisible.

² And let us look to Jesus, who was the author and the perfecter of our faith; and who, instead of the joy which he could have had, endured the cross, suffered shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. ³ See, therefore, how much he has suffered from the hands of sinners, from those who were a contradiction to themselves, lest you become weary and faint in your soul.

²⁸ Therefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us hold fast that grace whereby we may serve and please God with reverence and godly fear: ²⁹ For our God is a consuming fire.

¹³ For a judgment without mercy will be on him, who does not show mercy; for you exalt yourselves by having mercy over judgment.

¹⁹ You believe that there is one God; you do well. The devils also believe, and they tremble.

²² You can see, how his faith helped his works, and how by works his faith was made perfect.

⁸ Whom you have not seen, but whom you yet love, and in whose faith you rejoice with exceeding joy that cannot be described;

²² Let your souls be sanctified by obedience to the truth, and be filled with sincere love, so that you may love one another with pure and perfect hearts:

²⁴ And he bore all our sins, and lifted them with his body on the cross, that we being dead to sin, should live through his righteousness: and by his wounds you were healed.

⁸ Finally, live in harmony, share the suffering of those who suffer, be affectionate one to another, and be kind and gentle:

¹⁶ Having a good conscience; so that they who speak evil of you, as of evil doers, may be ashamed as men who belittle your good works in Christ. ¹⁷ For it is better, if it is the will of God, that you suffer for good deeds, rather than for evil doing. ¹⁸ For Christ also once suffered for our sins, a just man for sinners, that he might bring you to God, wherefore while he died in the flesh, he lives in the Spirit.

¹⁸ For Christ also once suffered for our sins, a just man for sinners, that he might bring you to God, wherefore while he died in the flesh, he lives in the Spirit.

¹ FORASMUCH then as Christ has suffered for you in the flesh, arm yourselves also with this very thought; he who subdues his body ceases from all sin; ² That he should no longer live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. ³ For the time past sufficed to have wrought the will of the pagans when you lived in lasciviousness, drunkenness, revellings, indecent singing, and worship of idols.

⁸ And above all things have fervent charity towards one another: because charity covers a multitude of sins.

¹³ But rejoice, for you are partakers of ChristÆs sufferings; and when his glory shall be revealed you may be glad also with exceeding joy. ¹⁴ If you are reproached for the name of Christ, blessed are you: for the glorious Spirit of God rests upon you.

¹² By Sil-vaÆnus, a faithful brother, I have written you these things briefly according to my opinion, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein you stand.

¹ BUT there were false prophets also among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the LORD who has redeemed them, and thus bringing upon themselves swift destruction. ² Many will follow their pernicious ways, by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. ³ And through covetousness, they will exploit you with feigned words: whose judgment from the very beginning has not ceased and their damnation is always active.

⁹ The LORD knows how to deliver from distress those who revere him, and he will reserve the wicked to be punished at the judgment day.

² That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment, given through us, the Apostles of our LORD and Saviour:

⁷ But the present heavens and earth are sustained by his word, and are reserved for fire on the day of judgment which is the day of destruction of ungodly men.

¹ HE who was from the beginning, the one whom we have heard and seen with our eyes, looked upon and handled with our hands, we declare to you that he is the word of life. ² For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness to it, and preach to you eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us; ³ It is that which we have seen and heard that we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ.

⁵ This then is the good news which we have heard from him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. ⁶ If we say that we have fellowship with him and yet live in darkness, we lie, and do not follow the truth:

¹ MY little children, these things I write to you, that you do not sin. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: ² And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

² And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

⁴ He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. ⁵ But whoso keeps his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby we know that we are in him.

⁹ He who says he is in the light but hates his brother, is therefore in darkness even until now. ¹⁰ He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause for displeasure in him. ¹¹ But he who hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and does not know where he is going, because that darkness has blinded his eyes.

¹³ I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father.

¹⁸ My children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that a false Christ shall come, even now there are many false Christs, and from this we know that it is the last time.

²² Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is a false christ, and whoever denies the Father, denies the Son also. ²³ Whoever denies the Son, the same does not believe in the Father; but whoever acknowledges the Son, acknowledges the Father also.

²⁸ And now, my children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may not be ashamed before him, but have pride at his coming. ²⁹ If you know that he is righteous, you know also that every one who does righteousness is of him.

¹ SEE how abundant the love of the Fa ther is toward us, for he has called us sons and made us: therefore the world does not know us because it did not know him.

³ Let every man who has this hope in him purify himself, even as he is pure.

⁶ Whoever abides in him does not sin: and whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.

⁹ Whoever is born of God does not commit sin because GodÆs seed is in him; and he cannot sin because he is born of God. ¹⁰ In this the children of God can be distinguished from the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness and does not love his brother, does not belong to God.

¹⁰ In this the children of God can be distinguished from the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness and does not love his brother, does not belong to God. ¹¹ For this is the commandment that you have heard from the beginning, that you must love one another,

¹¹ For this is the commandment that you have heard from the beginning, that you must love one another, ¹² Not as Cain, who belonged to the wicked one and slew his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother were righteous. ¹³ So be not surprised, my brethren, if the world hates you. ¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death.

¹⁴ We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brethren. He who does not love his brother abides in death. ¹⁵ Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. ¹⁶ By this we know his love for us, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren.

¹⁶ By this we know his love for us, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren.

¹⁶ By this we know his love for us, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for our brethren. ¹⁷ Whoever has worldly goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts his mercy from him, how can the love of God dwell in him?

¹⁷ Whoever has worldly goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts his mercy from him, how can the love of God dwell in him?

¹⁷ Whoever has worldly goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts his mercy from him, how can the love of God dwell in him? ¹⁸ My children, let us not love one another in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth.

¹⁸ My children, let us not love one another in word and in tongue, but in deed and in truth. ¹⁹ And by this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before he comes.

¹⁹ And by this we shall know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before he comes. ²⁰ For if our hearts condemns us, how much more, then, will God who is greater than our hearts and knows all things.

²⁰ For if our hearts condemns us, how much more, then, will God who is greater than our hearts and knows all things. ²¹ My beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, then we have confidence before God.

²¹ My beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, then we have confidence before God. ²² And whatever we ask, we receive from him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing to him. ²³ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us.

²³ And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he has commanded us. ²⁴ Whosoever keeps his commandments will be guarded by him, and he will dwell in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

¹ MY beloved, do not believe every prophecy, but examine the prophecies to find out if they are of God: because many false prophets have appeared in the world. ² The Spirit of God is known by this: Every prophecy which declares that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is from God. ³ And every prophecy which does not declare that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God: but it is the prophecy of the false Christ, of whose coming you have heard, and who is even now already in the world. ⁴ But you are of God, my children, and have overcome them: because he who is among you is greater than he who is in the world.

⁶ But we are of God: he who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. ⁷ My beloved, let us love one another: for love is from God; and every one who loves is born of God, and knows God. ⁸ He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.

⁸ He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love.

⁸ He who does not love, does not know God; for God is love. ⁹ By this was the love of God toward us made known, for God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

⁹ By this was the love of God toward us made known, for God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. ¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

¹⁰ Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that God loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ¹¹ My beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. ¹² No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us;

¹² No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us; ¹³ Hereby we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

¹³ Hereby we know that we abide in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

¹⁵ Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. ¹⁶ And we have believed and have known the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who dwells in love, abides in God.

¹⁶ And we have believed and have known the love that God has for us. God is love; and he who dwells in love, abides in God. ¹⁷ Herein is his love made perfect in us, so that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. ¹⁸ There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear is tormenting. He who fears is not made perfect in love. ¹⁹ We love God because he first loved us. ²⁰ If a man say, I love God, and yet hates his brother, he is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

²⁰ If a man say, I love God, and yet hates his brother, he is a liar: for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

¹ WHOSOEVER believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and everyone who loves him who begat him, loves him also who is begotten of him.

⁴ For whoever is born of God triumphs over the world: and this is the victory which conquers the world, even our faith. ⁵ Who is he who triumphs over the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

⁹ If we accept the testimony of men, how much greater is the testimony of God: for this is the testimony of God, which he has testified of his Son.

¹¹ And this is the testimony, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.

¹⁹ And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

⁷ For many deceivers have appeared in the world, who do not acknowledge that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Such a person is a deceiver and an antichrist.

¹⁷ But you, my beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our LORD Jesus Christ;

² I know your works, and your labour, and your patience, and how you cannot endure those who are ungodly: you have tried those who say they are apostles, and are not, and you have found them liars:

⁹ Thus the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world: he was cast out on the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.

¹¹ And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they did not spare themselves even unto death.