¹[] Αγαπητοι, μη πιστευετε εις παν πνευμα, αλλα δοκιμαζετε τα πνευματα εν ηναι εκ του Θεου· διοτι πολλοι ψευδοπροφηται εξηλθον εις τον κοσμον.

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.

²Εκ τουτου γνωριζετε το Πνευμα του Θεου· παν πνευμα, το οποιον ομολογει οτι ο Ιησους Χριστος ηλθεν εν σαρκι, ειναι εκ του Θεου·

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

³και παν πνευμα, το οποιον δεν ομολογει οτι ο Ιησους Χριστος ηλθεν εν σαρκι, δεν ειναι εκ του Θεου· και τουτο ειναι το πνευμα του αντιχριστου, το οποιον ηκουσατε οτι ερχεται, και τωρα μαλιστα ειναι εν τω κοσμω.

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.

⁴[] Σεις εκ του Θεου εισθε, τεκνια, και ενικησατε αυτους, διοτι μεγαλητερος ειναι εκεινος οστις ειναι εν υμιν παρα οστις ειναι εν τω κοσμω.

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.

⁵Αυτοι εκ του κοσμου ειναι· δια τουτο εκ του κοσμου λαλουσι, και ο κοσμος αυτους ακουει.

⁵They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

⁶ημεις εκ του Θεου ειμεθα· οστις γνωριζει τον Θεον ακουει ημας· οστις δεν ειναι εκ του Θεου δεν ακουει ημας. Εκ τουτου γνωριζομεν το πνευμα της αληθειας και το πνευμα της πλανης.

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.

⁷[] Αγαπητοι, ας αγαπωμεν αλληλους, διοτι η αγαπη ειναι εκ του Θεου, και πας οστις αγαπα εκ του Θεου εγεννηθη και γνωριζει τον Θεον.

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

⁸Οστις δεν αγαπα δεν εγνωρισε τον Θεον, διοτι ο Θεος ειναι αγαπη.

⁸He who doesn’t love doesn’t know God, for God is love.

⁹Εν τουτω εφανερωθη η αγαπη του Θεου προς ημας, οτι τον Υιον αυτου τον μονογενη απεστειλεν ο Θεος εις τον κοσμον, δια να ζησωμεν δι' αυτου.

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.

¹⁰Εν τουτω ειναι η αγαπη, ουχι οτι ημεις ηγαπησαμεν τον Θεον, αλλ' οτι αυτος ηγαπησεν ημας και απεστειλε τον Υιον αυτου ιλασμον περι των αμαρτιων ημων.

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.

¹¹Αγαπητοι επειδη ουτως ηγαπησεν ημας ο Θεος και ημεις χρεωστουμεν να αγαπωμεν αλληλους.

¹¹Beloved, if God loved us in this way, we also ought to love one another.

¹²Τον Θεον ουδεις ειδε πωποτε· εαν αγαπωμεν αλληλους, ο Θεος μενει εν ημιν, και η αγαπη αυτου ειναι τετελειωμενη εν ημιν.

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.

¹³Εκ τουτου γνωριζομεν οτι εν αυτω μενομεν και αυτος εν ημιν, διοτι εκ του Πνευματος αυτου εδωκεν εις ημας.

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

¹⁴[] Και ημεις ειδομεν και μαρτυρουμεν οτι ο Πατηρ απεστειλε τον Υιον Σωτηρα του κοσμου.

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

¹⁵Οστις ομολογηση οτι ο Ιησους ειναι ο Υιος του Θεου, ο Θεος μενει εν αυτω και αυτος εν τω Θεω.

¹⁵Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

¹⁶Και ημεις εγνωρισαμεν και επιστευσαμεν την αγαπην την οποιαν εχει ο Θεος προς ημας. Ο Θεος ειναι αγαπη, και οστις μενει εν τη αγαπη εν τω Θεω μενει και ο Θεος εν αυτω.

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.

¹⁷[] Εν τουτω ειναι τετελειωμενη η αγαπη μεθ' ημων, δια να εχωμεν παρρησιαν εν τη ημερα της κρισεως, διοτι καθως εκεινος ειναι, ουτω και ημεις ειμεθα εν τω κοσμω τουτω.

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.

¹⁸Φοβος δεν ειναι εν τη αγαπη, αλλ' η τελεια αγαπη εξω διωκει τον φοβον, διοτι ο φοβος εχει κολασιν· και ο φοβουμενος δεν ειναι τετελειωμενος εν τη αγαπη.

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.

¹⁹ημεις αγαπωμεν αυτον, διοτι αυτος πρωτος ηγαπησεν ημας.

¹⁹We love him, because he first loved us.

²⁰Εαν τις ειπη οτι αγαπω τον Θεον, και μιση τον αδελφον αυτου, ψευστης ειναι· διοτι οστις δεν αγαπα τον αδελφον αυτου, τον οποιον ειδε, τον Θεον, τον οποιον δεν ειδε πως δυναται να αγαπα;

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?

²¹Και ταυτην την εντολην εχομεν απ' αυτου, οστις αγαπα τον Θεον, να αγαπα και τον αδελφον αυτου.

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