Bible Verses / New Testament / 1 John
For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.
Dear friends, 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.
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.
This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit.
If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.
There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.
This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Dear children, keep yourselves from idols.