1Armsad, ärge usaldage iga vaimu, vaid katsuge vaimud läbi, kas nad on Jumalast, sest palju valeprohveteid on läinud välja maailma.
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Te tunnete Jumala Vaimu sellest: iga vaim, kes tunnistab Jeesust Kristust lihasse tulnuna, see on Jumalast,
2Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God;
3ning ükski vaim, kes seda Jeesust ei tunnista, ei ole Jumalast, vaid see on antikristuse oma, kellest te olete kuulnud, et ta tuleb, ja nüüd ta juba ongi maailmas.
3and every spirit which does not confess Jesus Christ come in flesh is not of God: and this is that [power] of the antichrist, [of] which ye have heard that it comes, and now it is already in the world.
4Teie, lapsed, olete Jumalast ja olete nad ära võitnud, sest see, kes on teis, on suurem sellest, kes on maailmas.
4*Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.
5Nemad on maailmast, seepärast nad räägivad nagu maailmgi, ja maailm kuulab neid.
5*They* are of the world; for this reason they speak [as] of the world, and the world hears them.
6Meie oleme Jumalast; kes on Jumala ära tundnud, see kuulab meid. Kes ei ole Jumalast, ei kuula meid. Sellest me tunneme ära tõe vaimu ja eksituse vaimu.
6*We* are of God; he that knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
7Armsad, armastagem üksteist, sest armastus on Jumalast ja igaüks, kes armastab, on sündinud Jumalast ja tunneb Jumalat.
7Beloved, let us love one another; because love is of God, and every one that loves has been begotten of God, and knows God.
8Kes ei armasta, see ei ole tundnud Jumalat, sest Jumal on armastus.
8He that loves not has not known God; for God is love.
9Jumala armastus meie vastu on saanud avalikuks selles, et Jumal oma ainusündinud Poja on läkitanud maailma, et me tema läbi elaksime.
9Herein as to us has been manifested the love of God, that God has sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10Selles on armastus - ei, mitte selles, et meie oleme armastanud Jumalat, vaid et tema on armastanud meid ja on läkitanud oma Poja lepitusohvriks meie pattude eest.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son a propitiation for our sins.
11Mu armsad, kui Jumal meid nõnda on armastanud, siis oleme ka meie kohustatud armastama üksteist.
11Beloved, if God has so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12Jumalat ei ole keegi iial näinud. Kui me üksteist armastame, siis püsib Jumal meis ja tema armastus on saanud meis täiuslikuks.
12No one has seen God at any time: if we love one another, God abides in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13Sellest me tunneme, et me püsime temas ja tema meis, et ta on andnud meile osa oma Vaimust.
13Hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, that he has given to us of his Spirit.
14Ja me oleme näinud ja tunnistame, et Isa on läkitanud Poja maailma Päästjaks.
14And *we* have seen, and testify, that the Father has sent the Son [as] Saviour of the world.
15Kes iganes tunnistab, et Jeesus on Jumala Poeg, selles püsib Jumal ning tema püsib Jumalas.
15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
16Ja me oleme tunnetanud ja uskunud armastust, mis Jumalal on meie vastu. Jumal on armastus ja kes püsib armastuses, püsib Jumalas ja Jumal püsib temas.
16And *we* have known and have believed the love which God has to us. God is love, and he that abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
17Selles on Jumala armastus saanud meie juures täiuslikuks, et meil oleks julgust kohtupäeval; sest nii nagu on tema, oleme meiegi selles maailmas.
17Herein has love been perfected with us that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, that even as *he* is, *we* also are in this world.
18Armastuses ei ole kartust, vaid täiuslik armastus ajab kartuse välja, sest kartuses on karistus, aga kartja ei ole saanud täiuslikuks armastuses.
18There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has torment, and he that fears has not been made perfect in love.
19Meie armastame, sest tema on meid enne armastanud.
19*We* love because *he* has first loved us.
20Kui keegi ütleb: 'Mina armastan Jumalat', ja vihkab oma venda, siis ta on valelik, sest kes ei armasta oma venda, keda ta näeb, ei suuda armastada Jumalat, keda ta ei ole näinud.
20If any one say, I love God, and hate his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
21Ja see käsk on meil temalt endalt, et kes armastab Jumalat, armastagu ka oma venda!
21And this commandment have we from him, That he that loves God love also his brother.