¹Armsad, ärge usaldage iga vaimu, vaid katsuge vaimud läbi, kas nad on Jumalast, sest palju valeprohveteid on läinud välja maailma.

¹Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

²Te tunnete Jumala Vaimu sellest: iga vaim, kes tunnistab Jeesust Kristust lihasse tulnuna, see on Jumalast,

²By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the 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 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.

⁴Teie, lapsed, olete Jumalast ja olete nad ära võitnud, sest see, kes on teis, on suurem sellest, kes on maailmas.

⁴You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

⁵Nemad on maailmast, seepärast nad räägivad nagu maailmgi, ja maailm kuulab neid.

⁵They are of the world. Therefore they speak 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.

⁶We 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.

⁷Armsad, armastagem üksteist, sest armastus on Jumalast ja igaüks, kes armastab, on sündinud Jumalast ja tunneb Jumalat.

⁷Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

⁸Kes ei armasta, see ei ole tundnud Jumalat, sest Jumal on armastus.

⁸He who doesn’t love doesn’t know 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.

⁹By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only 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.

¹⁰In this is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son as the atoning sacrifice “atoning sacrifice” is from the Greek “hilasmos,” an appeasing, propitiating, or the means of appeasement or propitiation—the sacrifice that turns away God’s wrath because of our sin. for our sins.

¹¹Mu armsad, kui Jumal meid nõnda on armastanud, siis oleme ka meie kohustatud armastama üksteist.

¹¹Beloved, if God loved us in this way, 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 remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

¹³Sellest me tunneme, et me püsime temas ja tema meis, et ta on andnud meile osa oma Vaimust.

¹³By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

¹⁴Ja me oleme näinud ja tunnistame, et Isa on läkitanud Poja maailma Päästjaks.

¹⁴We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.

¹⁵Kes iganes tunnistab, et Jeesus on Jumala Poeg, selles püsib Jumal ning tema püsib Jumalas.

¹⁵Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains 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.

¹⁶We 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.

¹⁷Selles on Jumala armastus saanud meie juures täiuslikuks, et meil oleks julgust kohtupäeval; sest nii nagu on tema, oleme meiegi selles maailmas.

¹⁷In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even so are we 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, because fear has punishment. He who fears is not made perfect in love.

¹⁹Meie armastame, sest tema on meid enne armastanud.

¹⁹We love him, because he 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 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?

²¹Ja see käsk on meil temalt endalt, et kes armastab Jumalat, armastagu ka oma venda!

²¹This commandment we have from him, that he who loves God should also love his brother.