1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1Deihtakte aw, kha napeuh gingta kei un, a hihhangin khate tuh Pathian akipan ahi uhiam hi lou chian un; jawlnei taklou tampi khovela a napawt tak jiak un.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
2Hiaiah Pathian Kha na thei ding uh, bang kha peuh Jesu Kris sain ahongpai chih gum tuh, Pathian akipan ahi;
3and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
3Bang kha peuh Jesu gum lou tuh, Pathian akipan ahi kei; huai tuh Kris doumi kha, hongpai ding na jak uh ahi; tuin khovel ah a om khinpah hi.
4Ye are of God, [my] little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
4Naute aw, Pathian akipan na hi ua, tuate na zouta uhi; noumaua om tuh khovela om sanga a thupijawk jiakin.
5They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.
5Amau tuh khovela ahi ua; huaijiakin khovela bangin a pau ua, khovelin a thu uh a ngaikhe naknak.
6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
6Eite Pathian akipan i hi ua, Pathian theimiten i thu angaikhe jel uhi; Pathian akipanlou miten i thu a ngaikhe kei naknak uh. Hiai khawnga Thutak Kha leh thutaklou kha i thei uhi.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.
7Deihtakte aw, i kiit tuah chiat ding uh; itna Pathiana suak ahi ngala, mi chih itna nei peuhmah tuh Pathianaa suak ahi khin uhi, Pathian a thei lai uhi.
8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
8itna neilouin Pathian a theikei; Pathian lah itna ahi ngala.
9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.
9Hiaiah Pathian itna i tung ua a honglangta, amah vanga i hin theihna dingin Pathianin a Tapa neihsun khovela a honsawlna ah;
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son [to be] the propitiation for our sins.
10Hiaiah itna a om, eiten Pathian i it uh ka chi ahi kei, amahin ahonit a, i khelhnate thuphatawina hi dingin, a Tapa a honsawl ka chi ahi jaw.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
11Deihtakte aw, Pathianin huchi tela a honit leh, eite leng i kiit tuah chiat ding hi.
12No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:
12Kuamahin chiklai mahin Pathian a mu ngei kei. i kiit tuah chiat uleh Pathian eimau ah a om gige dia, a itna leng eimau ah a kim lai ding hi.
13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
13Amah ah i om gige chih leh amah eimau ah a om gige chih hiaiah i thei, a Kha a honpiak tak jiakin.
14And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath sent the Son [to be] the Saviour of the world.
14Huan, Pain Tapa khovel Hondampa hihna neiin a honsawl chih i muta ua, i theisak uhi.
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.
15Kuapeuh Jesu Pathian Tapa ahi, chia gum tuh, amah ah Pathian a om gige a, amah leng Pathian ah a om gige a, amah leng Pathian a om gige hi.
16And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
16Pathianin eimaua dia itna a neih tuh i thei ua, i gingta lai uhi. Pathian itna ahi; itnaa om gige tuh, Pathian ah a om gigea, Pathian leng amahah a om gige ahi.
17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.
17Hiaiah i tunguah itna a kimta, vaihawm nia ding lau loua i om theihna ah; amah om banga khovela i om jiakin.
18There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.
18itan ah tuh launa himhim a om kei, itan kimin lauhna a delhkhe zo jel hi, lauhna in gawtna hon-ngaihtuahsak; a laumi tuh itna ah a kim tadih kei ahi.
19We love, because he first loved us.
19Aman a honit masak jiakin, i it uhi.
20If 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
20Min, Pathian ka it, chiin, a unau ho ngal leh, amah tuh juauthei ahi; a unau a muhsa bawn a it ken, Pathian a muh ngei louhpi bangchin a it thei dia?Amah kianga kipanin hiai thupiak i nei uh, Kuapeuhin Pathian a it leh, a unau leng a it sam ding ahi, chih.
21And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
21Amah kianga kipanin hiai thupiak i nei uh, Kuapeuhin Pathian a it leh, a unau leng a it sam ding ahi, chih.