1 John 4

1 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，不要什么灵都信，总要试验那些灵是否出于上帝，因为许多假先知已经来到世上！

2 By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

2 任何灵若承认耶稣基督曾降世为人，就是从上帝来的，你们可以凭这一点认出上帝的灵。

3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

3 任何灵若不承认耶稣，就不是从上帝来的，而是敌基督者的灵。以前你们听说敌基督者要来，现在他已经在世上了。

4 You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

4 孩子们，你们属于上帝，并且已经胜过那些假先知，因为在你们里面的灵比世上的灵更大。

5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

5 他们属于世界，所以谈论世界的事，世人也听从他们。

6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

6 我们属于上帝，认识上帝的人听从我们，不属于上帝的人不听从我们。这样，我们就可以分辨真理的灵和错谬的灵。

7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

7 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，我们要彼此相爱，因为爱是从上帝来的。凡爱人者都是从上帝生的，并且认识上帝。

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

8 不爱人者不认识上帝，因为上帝就是爱。

9 This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.

9 上帝差遣祂独一的儿子到世上来，是为了叫我们靠祂而活，从而显明了祂对我们的爱。

10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

10 不是我们爱上帝，而是上帝爱我们，并且差遣祂儿子为我们的罪作了赎罪祭，这就是爱。

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.

11 亲爱的弟兄姊妹，上帝既然这样爱我们，我们也理当彼此相爱。

12 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

12 从来没有人见过上帝，如果我们彼此相爱，上帝就住在我们里面，祂的爱也在我们身上完全流露出来。

13 By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

13 上帝将祂的灵赐给了我们，所以我们知道自己住在祂里面，祂也住在我们里面。

14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.

14 我们看见过，现在做见证：父差遣了祂的儿子成为世人的救主。

15 If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

15 无论是谁，他若承认耶稣是上帝的儿子，上帝必住在他里面，他也住在上帝里面。

16 And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.

16 我们已经认识并且相信上帝对我们的爱。 上帝就是爱，住在爱中的，就是住在上帝里面，上帝也住在他里面。

17 In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

17 这样，爱就在我们身上得以纯全，使我们在审判的日子可以坦然无惧，因为我们在这世上像耶稣一样。

18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear involves punishment. The one who fears has not been perfected in love.

18 爱里没有恐惧，纯全的爱能驱除恐惧，因为恐惧意味着怕受惩罚。恐惧的人尚未在爱中得以纯全。

19 We love because He first loved us.

19 我们爱，因为上帝先爱了我们。

20 If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, whom he has not seen.

20 人若声称爱上帝，却恨自己的弟兄姊妹，就是说谎的，因为人若不爱看得见的弟兄姊妹，又怎能爱看不见的上帝呢？

21 And we have this commandment from Him: Whoever loves God must love his brother as well.

21 爱上帝的人也要爱弟兄姊妹，这是上帝给我们的命令。