1 John 4
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
believe not.
Deuteronomy 13:1-5 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives …
Proverbs 14:15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their …
Jeremiah 29:8,9 For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your …
Matthew 7:15,16 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, …
Matthew 24:4,5 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you…
Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly…
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …
try.
Luke 12:57 Yes, and why even of yourselves judge you not what is right?
Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received …
Romans 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad to all men. I am glad therefore …
1 Corinthians 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
Revelation 2:2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you …
many.
1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that …
Matthew 24:5,23-26 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many…
Mark 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, See, here is Christ; or, see, …
Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that you be not deceived: for many shall come …
Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter …
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall …
2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and …
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that …
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Every.
1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every …
John 16:13-15 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you …
1 Corinthians 12:3 Why I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit …
come.
1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in …
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory…
1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was …
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.
and this. See on ch.
1 John 2:18,22 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that …
2 Thessalonians 2:7,8 For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now lets …
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that …
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.
are.
1 John 4:6,16 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God …
1 John 3:9,10 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains …
1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.
and have.
1 John 2:13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from …
1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the …
Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Ephesians 6:10,13 Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might…
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of …
greater.
1 John 4:13,16 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has …
1 John 3:24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. …
John 10:28-30 And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither …
John 14:17-23 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because …
John 17:23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and …
Romans 8:10,11 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the …
1 Corinthians 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy …
2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are …
Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted …
than.
1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.
John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world …
John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world …
John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit …
2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which …
Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, …
Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, …
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
are.
Psalm 17:4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept …
Luke 16:8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely…
John 3:31 He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is …
John 7:6,7 Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is …
John 8:23 And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are …
John 15:19,20 If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because …
John 17:14,16 I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because …
Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, …
and.
Isaiah 30:10,11 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not …
Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their …
Jeremiah 29:8 For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your …
Micah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will …
John 15:19 If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because …
John 17:14 I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because …
2 Timothy 4:3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; …
2 Peter 2:2,3 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the …
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.
We are. See on ver.
1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because …
Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, …
Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated …
1 Corinthians 2:12-14 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit …
2 Peter 3:2 That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by …
Jude 1:17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of …
he that knoweth.
1 John 4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
Luke 10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who …
John 8:19,45-50 Then said they to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You …
John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
John 13:20 Truly, truly, I say to you, He that receives whomsoever I send receives …
John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, …
John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be to you: as my Father has …
1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual…
2 Corinthians 10:7 Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust …
2 Thessalonians 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that …
Hereby. See on ver.
1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they …
Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this …
the spirit of truth.
John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because …
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the …
and.
Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and …
Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares to …
Micah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will …
Romans 11:8 (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, …
2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power …
Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
let.
1 John 4:20,21 If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for …
See on ch.
1 John 2:10 He that loves his brother stays in the light, and there is none occasion …
1 John 3:10-23 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the …
1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every …
love is.
1 John 4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.
Deuteronomy 30:6 And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of …
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, …
1 Thessalonians 4:9,10 But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write to you: …
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of …
1 Peter 1:22 Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through …
every.
1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells …
See on ch.
1 John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one that does …
1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the …
1 John 5:1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every …
and knoweth.
John 17:3 And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true …
2 Corinthians 4:6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined …
Galatians 4:9 But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known of God, …
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
knoweth.
1 John 2:4,9 He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, …
1 John 3:6 Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him.
John 8:54,55 Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my …
God is.
1 John 1:5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare …
Exodus 34:6,7 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The …
Psalm 86:5,15 For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy …
2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of …
Ephesians 2:4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us,
Hebrews 12:29 For our God is a consuming fire.
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.
was.
1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life …
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that …
Romans 5:8-10 But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, …
Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, …
God sent.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and …
Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach …
John 5:23 That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. …
John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you …
John 8:29,42 And he that sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; …
only.
Psalm 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; …
Mark 12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him also …
John 1:14-18 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory…
John 3:18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not …
Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, this …
we.
1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and …
John 6:51,57 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat …
John 10:10,28-30 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: …
John 11:25,26 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes …
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man …
Colossians 3:3,4 For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God…
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Herein. See on ver.
1 John 4:8,9 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love…
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we …
not.
1 John 4:19 We love him, because he first loved us.
Deuteronomy 7:7,8 The LORD did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you …
John 15:16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, …
Romans 5:8-10 But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, …
Romans 8:29,30 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed …
2 Corinthians 5:19-21 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, …
Ephesians 2:4,5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us…
Titus 3:3-5 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, …
and sent.
1 John 2:2 And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but …
Daniel 9:24 Seventy weeks are determined on your people and on your holy city, …
Romans 3:25,26 Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood…
1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that …
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, …
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 3:16,17,23 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life …
Matthew 18:32,33 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said to him, O you wicked …
Luke 10:37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, …
John 13:34 A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I …
John 15:12,13 This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you…
2 Corinthians 8:8,9 I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of …
Ephesians 4:31,32 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, …
Ephesians 5:1,2 Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children…
Colossians 3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have …
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
seen.
1 John 4:20 If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for …
Genesis 32:30 And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God …
Exodus 33:20 And he said, You can not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live.
Numbers 12:8 With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in …
John 1:18 No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is …
1 Timothy 1:17 Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, …
1 Timothy 6:16 Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can …
Hebrews 11:27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for …
love one.
1 John 4:6 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God …
See on ch.
1 John 3:24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. …
and his.
1 John 4:17,18 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the …
See on ch.
1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: …
1 Corinthians 13:13 And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest …
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
1 John 4:15,16 Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in …
See on ch.
1 John 3:24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. …
John 14:20-26 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, …
Romans 8:9-17 But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the …
1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit …
1 Corinthians 3:16,17 Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit …
1 Corinthians 6:19 What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost …
Galatians 5:22-25 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, …
Ephesians 2:20-22 And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus …
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
we have.
1 John 1:1-3 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we …
1 John 5:9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: …
John 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory…
John 3:11,32 Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak that we do know, and testify …
John 5:39 Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: …
John 15:26,27 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the …
Acts 18:5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed …
1 Peter 5:12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I have written …
the Father. See on ver.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and …
John 3:34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not …
John 5:36,37 But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which …
John 10:36 Say you of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the …
the Saviour.
1 John 2:1,2 My little children, these things write I to you, that you sin not. …
John 1:29 The next day John sees Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the …
John 3:16,17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that …
John 4:42 And said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of your saying: …
John 12:47 And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for …
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
confess.
1 John 4:2 Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that …
1 John 5:1,5 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every …
Matthew 10:32 Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess …
Luke 12:8 Also I say to you, Whoever shall confess me before men, him shall …
Romans 10:9 That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall …
Philippians 2:11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to …
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that …
God dwelleth. See on ver.
1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells …
1 John 3:24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. …
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.
we. See on ver.
1 John 4:9,10 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God …
1 John 3:1,16 Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we …
Psalm 18:1-3 I will love you, O LORD, my strength…
Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you…
Psalm 36:7-9 How excellent is your loving kindness, O God! therefore the children …
Isaiah 64:4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived …
1 Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have …
God is love. See on ver.
1 John 4:8,12,13 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love…
and he.
1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells …
1 John 3:24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. …
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.
our love. Gr. love with us. made. See on ver.
1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells …
1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: …
James 2:22 See you how faith worked with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
we may.
1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, …
1 John 3:19-21 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our …
James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; …
the day.
Matthew 10:15 Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom …
Matthew 11:22,24 But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at …
Matthew 12:36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they …
2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to …
2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are …
as.
1 John 3:3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.
Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant …
John 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater …
Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed …
Hebrews 12:2,3 Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the …
1 Peter 3:16-18 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as …
1 Peter 4:1-3,13,14 For as much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm …
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.
is no.
Luke 1:74,75 That he would grant to us, that we being delivered out of the hand …
Romans 8:15 For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but …
2 Timothy 1:7 For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of …
Hebrews 12:28 Why we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, …
fear hath.
Job 15:21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him.
Psalm 73:19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly …
Psalm 88:15,16 I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer …
Psalm 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments.
James 2:19 You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, …
He that. See on ver.
1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells …
We love him, because he first loved us.
See on ver.
1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and …
Luke 7:47 Why I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she …
John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that …
John 15:16 You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, …
2 Corinthians 5:14,15 For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that …
Galatians 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, …
Ephesians 2:3-5 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the …
Titus 3:3-5 For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, …
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?
a man. See on ch.
1 John 2:4 He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, …
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world's good, and sees his brother have need, …
not. See on ver.
1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells …
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 John 4:11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
1 John 3:11,14,18,23 For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we …
Leviticus 19:18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of …
Matthew 22:37-39 Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your …
Mark 12:29-33 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, …
Luke 10:37 And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, …
John 13:34,35 A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I …
John 15:12 This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you.
Romans 12:9,10 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; hold …
Romans 13:9,10 For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You …
Galatians 5:6,14 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision; …
1 Thessalonians 4:9 But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write to you: …
1 Peter 3:8 Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, …
1 Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity …
