1 John 4

1 Ἀγαπητοί , μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε , ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα εἰ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν , ὅτι πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον . 2 Ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ · πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν , 3 καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν · καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου , ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι ἔρχεται , καὶ νῦν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη . 4 Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστε , τεκνία , καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς , ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ . 5 αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσίν · διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου λαλοῦσιν καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτῶν ἀκούει . 6 ἡμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐσμεν · ὁ γινώσκων τὸν Θεὸν ἀκούει ἡμῶν , ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἀκούει ἡμῶν . ἐκ τούτου γινώσκομεν τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς πλάνης .

7 Ἀγαπητοί , ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους , ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν , καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται καὶ γινώσκει τὸν Θεόν . 8 ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν Θεόν , ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν . 9 ἐν τούτῳ ἐφανερώθη ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν , ὅτι τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἀπέσταλκεν ὁ Θεὸς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα ζήσωμεν δι’ αὐτοῦ . 10 ἐν τούτῳ ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγάπη , οὐχ ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠγαπήκαμεν τὸν Θεόν , ἀλλ’ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἱλασμὸν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν . 11 Ἀγαπητοί , εἰ οὕτως ὁ Θεὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς , καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν . 12 Θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται · ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους , ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστιν . 13 ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν , ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν . 14 καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκεν τὸν Υἱὸν Σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου . 15 ὃς ἐὰν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ , ὁ Θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ Θεῷ . 16 καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐγνώκαμεν καὶ πεπιστεύκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχει ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν . Ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν , καὶ ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ μένει καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει . 17 Ἐν τούτῳ τετελείωται ἡ ἀγάπη μεθ’ ἡμῶν , ἵνα παρρησίαν ἔχωμεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως , ὅτι καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ . 18 φόβος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ , ἀλλ’ ἡ τελεία ἀγάπη ἔξω βάλλει τὸν φόβον , ὅτι ὁ φόβος κόλασιν ἔχει , ὁ δὲ φοβούμενος οὐ τετελείωται ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ . 19 Ἠμεῖς ἀγαπῶμεν , ὅτι αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς . 20 ἐάν τις εἴπῃ ὅτι Ἀγαπῶ τὸν Θεόν , καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῇ , ψεύστης ἐστίν · ὁ γὰρ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ὃν ἑώρακεν , τὸν Θεὸν ὃν οὐχ ἑώρακεν οὐ δύναται ἀγαπᾶν . 21 καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔχομεν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ , ἵνα ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν Θεὸν ἀγαπᾷ καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ .