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1 Amados míos, no crean nada por el simple hecho de que les digan que es mensaje de Dios. Pónganlo a prueba primero, porque en este mundo hay muchos falsos maestros.
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.
2 Para saber si el mensaje que se nos comunica procede del Espíritu Santo, debemos preguntarnos: ¿Reconoce el hecho de que Jesucristo, el Hijo de Dios, se hizo hombre de verdad?
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
3 Si no lo reconoce, el mensaje no es de Dios sino de alguien que se opone a Cristo, como el anticristo del que oyeron ustedes que vendría, cuyas actitudes hostiles contra Cristo ya se manifiestan en el mundo.
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.
4 Hijitos, ustedes son de Dios y han ganado ya la primera batalla contra los enemigos de Cristo, porque hay alguien en el corazón de ustedes que es más fuerte que cualquier falso maestro de este perverso mundo.
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.
5 Ellos pertenecen a este mundo y, naturalmente, hablan de los asuntos del mundo y el mundo les presta atención.
5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Pero nosotros somos hijos de Dios; el que es de Dios nos presta atención, pero el que no, no. Y aquí tienen otra manera de saber si determinado mensaje procede de Dios: si procede de Dios, el mundo no lo escuchará.
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.
7 Amados, pongamos en práctica el amor mutuo, porque el amor es de Dios. Todo el que ama y es bondadoso da prueba de ser hijo de Dios y de conocerlo bien.
7 Beloved, let’s love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
8 El que no ama no conoce a Dios, porque Dios es amor.
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9 Dios nos demostró su amor enviando a su único Hijo a este perverso mundo para darnos vida eterna por medio de su muerte.
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.
10 Eso sí es amor verdadero. No se trata de que nosotros hayamos amado a Dios, sino de que él nos amó tanto que estuvo dispuesto a enviar a su único Hijo como sacrificio expiatorio por nuestros pecados.
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.
11 Amados, ya que Dios nos ha amado tanto, debemos amarnos unos a otros.
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 Porque aunque nunca hemos visto a Dios, si nos amamos unos a otros Dios habita en nosotros, y su amor en nosotros crece cada día más.
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.
13 Él ha puesto su Santo Espíritu en nuestros corazones como testimonio de que vivimos en él y él en nosotros.
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 Además, con nuestros propios ojos vimos, y ahora lo proclamamos a los cuatro vientos, que Dios envió a su Hijo para ser el Salvador del mundo.
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
15 Si alguien cree y confiesa que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios, Dios vive en él y él en Dios.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 Sabemos cuánto nos ama Dios porque hemos sentido ese amor y porque le creemos cuando nos dice que nos ama profundamente. Dios es amor, y el que vive en amor vive en Dios y Dios en él.
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.
17 Y al vivir en Cristo, nuestro amor se perfecciona cada vez más, de tal manera que en el día del juicio no nos sentiremos avergonzados ni apenados, sino que podremos mirarlo con confianza y gozo, sabiendo que él nos ama y que nosotros lo amamos también.
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.
18 No hay por qué temer a quien tan perfectamente nos ama. Su perfecto amor elimina cualquier temor. Si alguien siente miedo es miedo al castigo lo que siente, y con ello demuestra que no está absolutamente convencido de su amor hacia nosotros.
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.
19 Como ven ustedes, si amamos a Dios es porque él nos amó primero.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 Si alguno dice: «Amo a Dios», pero aborrece a su hermano, es un mentiroso. Si no ama al hermano que tiene delante, ¿cómo puede amar a Dios, a quien jamás ha visto?
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?
21 Dios mismo ha dicho que no sólo debemos amarlo a él, sino también a nuestros hermanos.
21 This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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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What the Fathers said
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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)