1My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.stylus1 Thessalonians 5:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 2 Peter 2:1, 2 Peter 2:1, 1 Timothy 4:12By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:stylus1 Corinthians 12:3, John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 12:3, John 1:14, 1 Timothy 3:163And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.stylus1 John 2:22, 1 John 2:22, 2 John 1:7, 2 John 1:7, 1 John 2:184You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.stylusRomans 8:31, Romans 8:31, 1 John 5:4, 1 John 5:4, Romans 8:375They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.stylusJohn 8:23, John 8:23, John 17:14, 2 Peter 2:2, 2 Peter 2:36We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.stylusJohn 14:17, John 14:17, John 10:27, John 10:27, 1 Corinthians 2:127My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.stylus1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:20, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 4:8, 1 John 4:208He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.stylus1 John 4:16, 1 John 4:16, Psalms 86:15, Psalms 86:15, 1 John 4:79And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.stylusJohn 3:16, John 3:16, 1 John 5:11, 1 John 5:11, Romans 8:3210And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent his Son to be an offering for our sins.stylusEphesians 2:4, Ephesians 2:5, Ephesians 2:4, Ephesians 2:5, Romans 5:811My loved ones, if God had such love for us, it is right for us to have love for one another.stylusJohn 15:12, John 15:13, John 15:12, John 15:13, Colossians 3:1312No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:stylusJohn 1:18, John 1:18, 1 John 2:5, 1 John 2:5, 1 Timothy 6:1613And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.stylusEphesians 2:20, Ephesians 2:22, Ephesians 2:20, Ephesians 2:22, 1 John 3:2414And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.stylus1 John 4:10, 1 John 4:10, John 3:16, John 3:17, John 4:4215Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.stylus1 John 5:5, Romans 10:9, 1 John 5:5, Romans 10:9, Matthew 10:3216And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.stylus1 John 3:24, 1 John 3:24, Psalms 36:7, Psalms 36:9, Psalms 36:717In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.stylus1 John 4:12, 1 John 2:28, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 2:28, Romans 8:2918There is no fear in love: true love has no room for fear, because where fear is, there is pain; and he who is not free from fear is not complete in love.stylus2 Timothy 1:7, 2 Timothy 1:7, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:15, 1 John 4:1219We have the power of loving, because he first had love for us.stylus1 John 4:10, 1 John 4:10, John 15:16, John 15:16, John 3:1620If a man says, I have love for God, and has hate for his brother, his words are false: for how is the man who has no love for his brother whom he has seen, able to have love for God whom he has not seen?stylus1 John 3:17, 1 John 3:17, 1 John 2:9, 1 John 2:9, 1 John 4:1221And this is the word which we have from him, that he who has love for God is to have the same love for his brother.stylusMatthew 22:37, Matthew 22:39, Matthew 22:37, Matthew 22:39, Leviticus 19:18