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1 John 4

Compare Translations — WEB vs KJV

Bible Compare 1 John 4
Verse 1
WEB

Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

KJV

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Verse 2
WEB

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

KJV

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

Verse 3
WEB

and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

KJV

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.

Verse 4
WEB

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

KJV

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.

Verse 5
WEB

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

KJV

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Verse 6
WEB

We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

KJV

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.

Verse 7
WEB

Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

KJV

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

Verse 8
WEB

He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

KJV

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Verse 9
WEB

By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his only born Son into the world that we might live through him.

KJV

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.

Verse 10
WEB

In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

KJV

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Verse 11
WEB

Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

KJV

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

Verse 12
WEB

No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

KJV

No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Verse 13
WEB

By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

KJV

Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Verse 14
WEB

We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

KJV

And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Verse 15
WEB

Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

KJV

Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.

Verse 16
WEB

We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

KJV

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.

Verse 17
WEB

In this, love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so we are in this world.

KJV

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.

Verse 18
WEB

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

KJV

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.

Verse 19
WEB

We love him, because he first loved us.

KJV

We love him, because he first loved us.

Verse 20
WEB

If a man says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who doesn’t love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

KJV

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?

Verse 21
WEB

This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.

KJV

And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.