1 John 4
- 1Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
- 2By this you know the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.
- 3And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is that spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and even now it is already in the world.
- 4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.
- 5They are of the world. Therefore what they say comes from the world, and the world hears them.
- 6We 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.
- 7Beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God, and every one who loves is born of God, and knows God.
- 8He who does not love does not know God. For God is love.
- 9In this was revealed the love of God toward us, because God sent his only Son into the world, that we might live through him.
- 10In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
- 11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
- 12No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
- 13By this we know that we live in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
- 14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
- 15Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him, and he in God.
- 16And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love, and he who lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
- 17In this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, so we are in this world.
- 18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
- 19We love him, because he first loved us.
- 20If anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother or sister, who he has seen, how can he love God, who he has not seen?
- 21And this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God must also love his brother or sister.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 John 4 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVBeloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
GIGAKJVBeloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
KJVHereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
GIGAKJVBy this you know the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is that spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and even now it is already in the world.
KJVYe are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
GIGAKJVYou are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.
KJVThey are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
GIGAKJVThey are of the world. Therefore what they say comes from the world, and the world hears them.
KJVWe 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.
GIGAKJVWe 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.
KJVBeloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
GIGAKJVBeloved, let us love one another. For love is of God, and every one who loves is born of God, and knows God.
KJVHe that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
GIGAKJVHe who does not love does not know God. For God is love.
KJVIn 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.
GIGAKJVIn this was revealed the love of God toward us, because God sent his only Son into the world, that we might live through him.
KJVHerein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
GIGAKJVIn this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
KJVNo man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
GIGAKJVNo one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God lives in us, and his love is perfected in us.
KJVHereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
GIGAKJVBy this we know that we live in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
KJVAnd we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
GIGAKJVAnd we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
KJVWhosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
GIGAKJVWhoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in him, and he in God.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love, and he who lives in love lives in God, and God in him.
KJVHerein 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.
GIGAKJVIn this is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, so we are in this world.
KJVThere is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
GIGAKJVThere is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.
KJVIf 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?
GIGAKJVIf anyone says, I love God, and hates his brother or sister, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother or sister, who he has seen, how can he love God, who he has not seen?
KJVAnd this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
GIGAKJVAnd this commandment we have from him, that he who loves God must also love his brother or sister.
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