1 John · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
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1 Возлю́бленнїи, не всѧ́комꙋ дꙋ́хꙋ вѣ́рꙋйте, но и҆скꙋша́йте дꙋ́хи, а҆́ще ѿ бг҃а сꙋ́ть: ꙗ҆́кѡ мно́зи лжепроро́цы и҆зыдо́ша въ мі́ръ.
1 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.
1 Ἀγαπητοί, μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε, ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα εἰ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, ὅτι πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον.
2 Ѡ҆ се́мъ познава́йте дх҃а бж҃їѧ и҆ дꙋ́ха ле́стча: всѧ́къ дх҃ъ, и҆́же и҆сповѣ́дꙋетъ і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀ во пл҃ти прише́дша, ѿ бг҃а є҆́сть:
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
2 ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ· πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα, ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστι·
3 и҆ всѧ́къ дꙋ́хъ, и҆́же не и҆сповѣ́дꙋетъ і҆и҃са хрⷭ҇та̀ во пл҃ти прише́дша, ѿ бг҃а нѣ́сть: и҆ се́й є҆́сть а҆нті́хрїстовъ, є҆го́же слы́шасте, ꙗ҆́кѡ грѧде́тъ, и҆ нн҃ѣ въ мі́рѣ є҆́сть ᲂу҆жѐ.
3 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.
3 καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα, ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστι· καὶ τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι ἔρχεται, καὶ νῦν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη.
4 Вы̀ ѿ бг҃а є҆стѐ, ча̑дца, и҆ побѣди́сте тѣ́хъ: ꙗ҆́кѡ бо́лїй є҆́сть и҆́же въ ва́съ, не́жели и҆́же въ мі́рѣ.
4 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.
4 Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστε, τεκνία, καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ.
5 Ѻ҆нѝ ѿ мі́ра сꙋ́ть: сегѡ̀ ра́ди ѿ мі́ра глаго́лютъ, и҆ мі́ръ тѣ́хъ послꙋ́шаетъ.
5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
5 αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσί· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου λαλοῦσι καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτῶν ἀκούει.
6 Мы̀ ѿ бг҃а є҆смы̀: и҆́же зна́етъ бг҃а, послꙋ́шаетъ на́съ, и҆ и҆́же нѣ́сть ѿ бг҃а, не послꙋ́шаетъ на́съ. Ѡ҆ се́мъ познава́емъ дх҃а и҆́стины и҆ дꙋ́ха ле́стча.
6 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.
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 Возлю́бленнїи, возлю́бимъ дрꙋ́гъ дрꙋ́га, ꙗ҆́кѡ любы̀ ѿ бг҃а є҆́сть, и҆ всѧ́къ любѧ́й ѿ бг҃а рожде́нъ є҆́сть, и҆ зна́етъ бг҃а:
7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
7 Ἀγαπητοί, ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστι, καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται καὶ γινώσκει τὸν Θεόν.
8 а҆ не любѧ́й не позна̀ бг҃а, ꙗ҆́кѡ бг҃ъ любы̀ є҆́сть.
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
8 ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν Θεόν, ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν.
9 Ѡ҆ се́мъ ꙗ҆ви́сѧ любы̀ бж҃їѧ въ на́съ, ꙗ҆́кѡ сн҃а своего̀ є҆диноро́днаго посла̀ бг҃ъ въ мі́ръ, да жи́ви бꙋ́демъ и҆́мъ.
9 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.
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 Ѡ҆ се́мъ є҆́сть любы̀, не ꙗ҆́кѡ мы̀ возлюби́хомъ бг҃а, но ꙗ҆́кѡ то́й возлюбѝ на́съ, и҆ посла̀ сн҃а своего̀ ѡ҆чище́нїе ѡ҆ грѣсѣ́хъ на́шихъ.
10 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.
10 ἐν τούτῳ ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγάπη, οὐχ ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠγαπήσαμεν τὸν Θεόν, ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀπέστειλε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἱλασμὸν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν.
11 Возлю́бленнїи, а҆́ще си́це возлюби́лъ є҆́сть на́съ бг҃ъ, и҆ мы̀ до́лжни є҆смы̀ дрꙋ́гъ дрꙋ́га люби́ти.
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
11 Ἀγαπητοί, εἰ οὕτως ὁ Θεὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς, καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν.
12 Бг҃а никто́же нигдѣ́же ви́дѣ. А҆́ще дрꙋ́гъ дрꙋ́га лю́бимъ, бг҃ъ въ на́съ пребыва́етъ, и҆ любы̀ є҆гѡ̀ соверше́нна є҆́сть въ на́съ.
12 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.
12 Θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται· ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐστὶν ἐν ἡμῖν.
13 Ѡ҆ се́мъ разꙋмѣ́емъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ въ не́мъ пребыва́емъ, и҆ то́й въ на́съ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѿ дх҃а своегѡ̀ да́лъ є҆́сть на́мъ.
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
13 ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ Πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν.
14 И҆ мы̀ ви́дѣхомъ и҆ свидѣ́тельствꙋемъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ѻ҆ц҃ъ посла̀ сн҃а сп҃си́телѧ мі́рꙋ.
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
14 Καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκε τὸν υἱὸν σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου.
15 И҆́же а҆́ще и҆сповѣ́сть, ꙗ҆́кѡ і҆и҃съ є҆́сть сн҃ъ бж҃їй, бг҃ъ въ не́мъ пребыва́етъ, и҆ то́й въ бз҃ѣ.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
15 ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὁ Θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ Θεῷ.
16 И҆ мы̀ позна́хомъ и҆ вѣ́ровахомъ любо́вь, ю҆́же и҆́мать бг҃ъ къ на́мъ. Бг҃ъ любы̀ є҆́сть, и҆ пребыва́ѧй въ любвѝ въ бз҃ѣ пребыва́етъ, и҆ бг҃ъ въ не́мъ пребыва́етъ.
16 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.
16 καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐγνώκαμεν καὶ πεπιστεύκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχει ὁ Θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν. Ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστί, καὶ ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐν τῷ Θεῷ μένει καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ.
17 Ѡ҆ се́мъ соверша́етсѧ любы̀ съ на́ми, да дерзнове́нїе и҆́мамы въ де́нь сꙋ́дный, занѐ, ꙗ҆́коже ѻ҆́нъ є҆́сть, и҆ мы̀ є҆смы̀ въ мі́рѣ се́мъ.
17 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.
17 Ἐν τούτῳ τετελείωται ἡ ἀγάπη μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν, ἵνα παρρησίαν ἔχωμεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως, ὅτι καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστι, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ.
18 Стра́ха нѣ́сть въ любвѝ, но соверше́нна любы̀ во́нъ и҆згонѧ́етъ стра́хъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ стра́хъ мꙋ́кꙋ и҆́мать: боѧ́йсѧ же не соверши́сѧ въ любвѝ.
18 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.
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 Мы̀ лю́бимъ є҆го̀, ꙗ҆́кѡ то́й пе́рвѣе возлюби́лъ є҆́сть на́съ.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
19 Ἡμεῖς ἀγαπῶμεν αὐτόν, ὅτι αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς.
20 А҆́ще кто̀ рече́тъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ люблю̀ бг҃а, а҆ бра́та своего̀ ненави́дитъ, ло́жь є҆́сть: и҆́бо не любѧ́й бра́та своегѡ̀, є҆го́же ви́дѣ, бг҃а, є҆гѡ́же не ви́дѣ, ка́кѡ мо́жетъ люби́ти;
20 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?
20 ἐάν τις εἴπῃ ὅτι ἀγαπῶ τὸν Θεόν, καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῇ, ψεύστης ἐστίν· ὁ γὰρ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν ὃν ἑώρακε, τὸν Θεὸν ὃν οὐχ ἑώρακε πῶς δύναται ἀγαπᾶν;
21 И҆ сїю̀ за́повѣдь и҆́мамы ѿ негѡ̀, да любѧ́й бг҃а лю́битъ и҆ бра́та своего̀.
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
21 καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔχομεν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν Θεὸν ἀγαπᾷ καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ.
Cross references (21)
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- 1 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 Timothy 4:1; Proverbs 14:15; 2 John 7
- 2 John 1:14; 1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 John 5:1; 1 John 4:3
- 3 1 John 2:22; 2 John 7; 1 John 2:18; 2 Thessalonians 2:3–8
- 4 Romans 8:31; 1 John 5:4; Romans 8:37; 1 John 4:16; 1 Corinthians 2:12
- 5 John 8:23; 2 Peter 2:2–3; John 17:14; John 3:31; John 17:16
- 6 John 14:17; John 10:27; 1 Corinthians 2:12–14; John 15:26; 1 John 4:1
- 7 1 John 4:20–5:1; 1 John 4:8; 1 Peter 1:22; 1 John 2:10; Galatians 5:22
- 8 1 John 4:16; 1 John 4:7; Psalm 86:15; 2 Corinthians 13:11; Psalm 86:5
- 9 John 3:16; 1 John 5:11; Romans 8:32; 1 John 4:10; John 6:57
- 10 Ephesians 2:4–5; Romans 5:8–10; 1 John 4:19; 1 John 2:2; John 15:16
- 11 John 15:12–13; Colossians 3:13; John 13:34; 1 John 3:23; Luke 10:37
- 12 John 1:18; 1 John 2:5; 1 John 4:17–18; 1 Timothy 6:16; 1 John 4:20
- 13 1 John 3:24; Ephesians 2:20–22; 1 Corinthians 3:16–17; Galatians 5:22–25; 1 Corinthians 2:12
- 14 1 John 4:10; John 3:16–17; John 4:42; John 1:14; John 1:29
- 15 Romans 10:9; Matthew 10:32; 1 John 5:5; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:2
- 16 1 John 3:24; Psalm 36:7–9; 1 John 3:1; Psalm 18:1–3; 1 John 4:8–10
- 17 1 John 4:12; 1 John 2:28; Romans 8:29; 1 John 3:3; 1 John 2:5
- 18 2 Timothy 1:7; Romans 8:15; 1 John 4:12; Luke 1:74–75; Hebrews 12:28
- 19 1 John 4:10; John 3:16; John 15:16; 2 Corinthians 5:14–15; Titus 3:3–5
- 20 1 John 3:17; 1 John 2:9; 1 John 4:12; 1 John 2:4; 1 John 2:11
- 21 Matthew 22:37–39; Leviticus 19:18; 1 John 3:11; Galatians 5:14; 1 Peter 3:8
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
So is this world to all the faithful seeking their own country, as was the desert to the people Israel. They wandered indeed as yet, and were seeking their own country: but with God for their guide they could not wander astray. Their way was God's bidding.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
"For whosoever does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is antichrist;" and whosoever does not confess the testimony of the cross, is of the devil; and whosoever perverts the oracles of the Lord to his own lusts, and says that there is neither a resurrection nor a judgment, he is the first-born of Satan.
For that fear of which the Apostle John says, "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," --that fear is not of the same kind as the Apostle Paul felt lest the Corinthians should be seduced by the subtlety of the serpent; for …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… to the soldiers, fear not, but to you; as for them, let them be afraid, that, taught by experience, they may bear witness and say, Truly this was the Son of God; but you ought not to be afraid, for perfect love casteth out fear.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
They fear God, indeed, but it is with that servile fear "which is not in love; for perfect love casteth out fear." Therefore to them that hope in Him He perfecteth His sweetness, inspiring them with His own love, so that with a holy fear, which love does not cast out, but which endureth for ever, they may, when they …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)