B eloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14 And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16 And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 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.
19 We love him, because he first loved us.
20 If 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, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
1 Adɔfoɔ, monnnye honhom biara nni, na mmom monsɔ ahonhom no nhwɛ sɛ wɔfiri Onyankopɔn mu anaa: efisɛ atoro adiyifoɔ pii akɔ ewiase mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Ɛnam eyi so muhunu Onyankopɔn Honhom: Honhom biara a ɔpae mu ka sɛ Yesu Kristo aba honam mu no, ɔfiri Onyankopɔn mu: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Na honhom biara a ɔmpae mu nkyerɛ sɛ Yesu Kristo aba honam mu no, ɔmfiri Onyankopɔn mu: na eyi ne saa Kristo ɔtamfoɔ honhom no, deɛ moate sɛ ɛbɛba no; na seesei ara mpo, ɛwɔ ewiase mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Mo deɛ, mo firi Onyankopɔn mu, mma nketewa, na moadi wɔn so: efisɛ deɛ ɔwɔ mo mu no so kyɛn deɛ ɔwɔ ewiase mu no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Wɔn deɛ, wɔfiri ewiase: eyi enti wɔka ewiase nsɛm, na ewiase tie wɔn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Yɛn deɛ, yɛfiri Onyankopɔn mu: deɛ onim Onyankopɔn no tie yɛn; deɛ ɔmfiri Onyankopɔn mu no ntie yɛn. Ɛnam eyi so na yenim nokorɛ honhom ne yeradeɛ honhom. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Adɔfoɔ, mommma yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho: efisɛ ɔdɔ firi Onyankopɔn mu; na obiara a ɔdɔ no, Onyankopɔn awo no, na onim Onyankopɔn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Deɛ ɔnndɔ no, onnim Onyankopɔn; efisɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔdɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Eyi mu na Onyankopɔn ɔdɔ a ɔde dɔ yɛn no daa adi, efisɛ Onyankopɔn somaa ne Ba baako pɛ a ɔwoo no baa ewiase, sɛnea yɛbɛtena ase ɛnam ne so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 Eyi mu na ɔdɔ wɔ, ɛnyɛ sɛ yɛdɔɔ Onyankopɔn, na mmom sɛ ɔno dɔɔ yɛn, na ɔsomaa ne Ba sɛ ɔnyɛ yɛn bɔne ho dwudwoeɛ afɔrebɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Adɔfoɔ, sɛ Onyankopɔn dɔɔ yɛn saa a, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛn nso yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Obiara nhunuu Onyankopɔn da. Sɛ yɛdɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho a, Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu, na ne ɔdɔ ayɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ yɛn mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Ɛnam eyi so na yenim sɛ yɛte ne mu, na ɔno nso ɔte yɛn mu, efisɛ wama yɛn ne Honhom. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Na yɛahu, na yɛdi adanseɛ sɛ Agya no somaa Ba no sɛ ewiase Ɔgyefoɔ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Obiara a ɔbɛpae mu aka sɛ Yesu yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba no, Onyankopɔn te ne mu, na ɔno nso ɔte Onyankopɔn mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 Na yɛahu na yɛagye ɔdɔ a Onyankopɔn wɔ ma yɛn no adi. Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔdɔ; na deɛ ɔte ɔdɔ mu no, ɔte Onyankopɔn mu, na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Eyi mu na wɔayɛ yɛn ɔdɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ, sɛnea yɛbɛnya akokoduru wɔ atemmuo da: efisɛ sɛnea ɔno teɛ no, saa ara na yɛn nso yɛteɛ wɔ ewiase yi mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Suro nni ɔdɔ mu; na ɔdɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ pam suro: efisɛ suro kura ahoyeraw. Deɛ osuro no, ne ho nyɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ wɔ ɔdɔ mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Yɛdɔ no, efisɛ ɔno na ɔdɔɔ yɛn kan. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Sɛ obi ka sɛ, Medɔ Onyankopɔn, na ɔtan ne nua a, ɔyɛ ɔtorofoɔ: efisɛ deɛ ɔnndɔ ne nua a wahu no, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na ɔbɛdɔ Onyankopɔn a ɔnhunuu no? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Na yɛwɔ saa ahyɛdeɛ yi firi ne nkyɛn, sɛ deɛ ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn no, ɔnndɔ ne nua nso. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn