1 John · Free Bible Version (Spanish)
1 John 4 Free Bible Version (Spanish)
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1 Queridos amigos, no confien en todos los espíritus, sino pruébenlos para saber si son o no de Dios, porque hay muchos falsos profetas en este mundo.
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 ¿Cómo pueden reconocer el Espíritu de Dios? Pues todo espíritu que acepta que Jesús vino en carne humana, es de Dios;
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 pero todo espíritu que no acepta a Jesús, ese espíritu no es de Dios. De hecho, es el espíritu del anticristo, del cual oyeron que vendrá, y que ya está 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 Pero ustedes pertenecen a Dios, mis amigos, y los han vencido, porque el que está en ustedes es más grande que el que está en el 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 al mundo, y hablan como personas del mundo, y el mundo los oye.
5 They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.
6 Sin embargo, nosotros pertenecemos a Dios y todo el que conoce a Dios, nos escucha; pero los que no pertenecen a Dios, no nos escuchan. Así es como podemos distinguir el espíritu de verdad del espíritu de engaño.
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 Queridos amigos, sigamos amándonos unos a otros, porque el amor viene de Dios. Todos los que aman son nacidos de Dios y conocen a Dios.
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 Los que no aman, no conocen a Dios, porque Dios es amor.
8 He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.
9 ¿Cómo nos fue demostrado el amor de Dios? Dios envió a su único Hijo para que viviéramos por él.
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 es amor! No es que nosotros hayamos amado a Dios, sino que él nos amó y envió a su Hijo para ser la reconciliación 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 Amigos, si esta es la manera como Dios nos ama, debemos amarnos unos a otros de esta misma manera.
11 Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.
12 Nadie ha visto a Dios. Sin embargo, si nos amamos unos a otros, entonces Dios vive en nosotros, y su amor se cumple en nosotros.
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 ¿Cómo podemos saber que él vive en nosotros? En que nos ha dado el poder de amar por su Espíritu.
13 By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.
14 Porque somos testigos de lo que hemos visto y testificamos que el Padre envió al Hijo como Salvador del mundo.
14 We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
15 Dios vive en todos los que declaran que Jesús es el Hijo de Dios, y ellos viven en Dios.
15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
16 Hemos experimentado y creído en el amor que Dios tiene por nosotros. Dios es amor, y los que viven en amor, viven en Dios, y Dios en ellos.
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 Es así como el amor se completa en nosotros, para que podamos estar seguros en el día del juicio: por el hecho de que vivimos como él en este mundo.
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 Donde hay amor no puede haber temor. Y Dios nos ama por completo, y este amor echa fuera todos nuestros miedos. Si tememos, es porque tememos ser castigados, y eso muestra que no hemos sido plenamente transformados por la plenitud del amor de Dios.
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 Nosotros amamos porque él nos amó primero.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 Los que dicen: “Yo amo a Dios”, pero odian a su hermano o hermana en la fe, son mentirosos. Los que no aman a un hermano al que pueden ver, no pueden amar a Dios, a quien no ven.
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 Este es el mandamiento que nos dio: los que aman a Dios, amen también a sus 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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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)