1 John · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
1 John 4 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Αγαπητοί, μη πιστεύετε εις παν πνεύμα, αλλά δοκιμάζετε τα πνεύματα εν ήναι εκ του Θεού· διότι πολλοί ψευδοπροφήται εξήλθον εις τον κόσμον.
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 Εκ τούτου γνωρίζετε το Πνεύμα του Θεού· παν πνεύμα, το οποίον ομολογεί ότι ο Ιησούς Χριστός ήλθεν εν σαρκί, είναι εκ του Θεού·
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 και παν πνεύμα, το οποίον δεν ομολογεί ότι ο Ιησούς Χριστός ήλθεν εν σαρκί, δεν είναι εκ του Θεού· και τούτο είναι το πνεύμα του αντιχρίστου, το οποίον ηκούσατε ότι έρχεται, και τώρα μάλιστα είναι εν τω κόσμω.
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 Σεις εκ του Θεού είσθε, τεκνία, και ενικήσατε αυτούς, διότι μεγαλήτερος είναι εκείνος όστις είναι εν υμίν παρά όστις είναι εν τω κόσμω.
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 Αυτοί εκ του κόσμου είναι· διά τούτο εκ του κόσμου λαλούσι, και ο κόσμος αυτούς ακούει.
5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Ημείς εκ του Θεού είμεθα· όστις γνωρίζει τον Θεόν ακούει ημάς· όστις δεν είναι εκ του Θεού δεν ακούει ημάς. Εκ τούτου γνωρίζομεν το πνεύμα της αληθείας και το πνεύμα της πλάνης.
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 Αγαπητοί, ας αγαπώμεν αλλήλους, διότι η αγάπη είναι εκ του Θεού, και πας όστις αγαπά εκ του Θεού εγεννήθη και γνωρίζει τον Θεόν.
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 Όστις δεν αγαπά δεν εγνώρισε τον Θεόν, διότι ο Θεός είναι αγάπη.
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9 Εν τούτω εφανερώθη η αγάπη του Θεού προς ημάς, ότι τον Υιόν αυτού τον μονογενή απέστειλεν ο Θεός εις τον κόσμον, διά να ζήσωμεν δι' αυτού.
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 Εν τούτω είναι η αγάπη, ουχί ότι ημείς ηγαπήσαμεν τον Θεόν, αλλ' ότι αυτός ηγάπησεν ημάς και απέστειλε τον Υιόν αυτού ιλασμόν περί των αμαρτιών ημών.
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 Αγαπητοί επειδή ούτως ηγάπησεν ημάς ο Θεός και ημείς χρεωστούμεν να αγαπώμεν αλλήλους.
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 Τον Θεόν ουδείς είδε πώποτε· εάν αγαπώμεν αλλήλους, ο Θεός μένει εν ημίν, και η αγάπη αυτού είναι τετελειωμένη εν ημίν.
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 Εκ τούτου γνωρίζομεν ότι εν αυτώ μένομεν και αυτός εν ημίν, διότι εκ του Πνεύματος αυτού έδωκεν εις ημάς.
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 Και ημείς είδομεν και μαρτυρούμεν ότι ο Πατήρ απέστειλε τον Υιόν Σωτήρα του κόσμου.
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
15 Όστις ομολογήση ότι ο Ιησούς είναι ο Υιός του Θεού, ο Θεός μένει εν αυτώ και αυτός εν τω Θεώ.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 Και ημείς εγνωρίσαμεν και επιστεύσαμεν την αγάπην την οποίαν έχει ο Θεός προς ημάς. Ο Θεός είναι αγάπη, και όστις μένει εν τη αγάπη εν τω Θεώ μένει και ο Θεός εν αυτώ.
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 Εν τούτω είναι τετελειωμένη η αγάπη μεθ' ημών, διά να έχωμεν παρρησίαν εν τη ημέρα της κρίσεως, διότι καθώς εκείνος είναι, ούτω και ημείς είμεθα εν τω κόσμω τούτω.
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 Φόβος δεν είναι εν τη αγάπη, αλλ' η τελεία αγάπη έξω διώκει τον φόβον, διότι ο φόβος έχει κόλασιν· και ο φοβούμενος δεν είναι τετελειωμένος εν τη αγάπη.
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 Ημείς αγαπώμεν αυτόν, διότι αυτός πρώτος ηγάπησεν ημάς.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 Εάν τις είπη ότι αγαπώ τον Θεόν, και μισή τον αδελφόν αυτού, ψεύστης είναι· διότι όστις δεν αγαπά τον αδελφόν αυτού, τον οποίον είδε, τον Θεόν, τον οποίον δεν είδε πως δύναται να αγαπά;
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 Και ταύτην την εντολήν έχομεν απ' αυτού, όστις αγαπά τον Θεόν, να αγαπά και τον αδελφόν αυτού.
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
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“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)