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1 John 4:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 1206-1207

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 694

    The Watchtower,

    4/15/2008, pp. 6-7

    3/1/2007, p. 5

    9/1/2004, p. 17

    4/1/1988, p. 30

    7/15/1986, pp. 19-20

    Awake!,

    4/8/1987, p. 23

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1206-1207; it-2 694; w08 4/15 6-7; w07 3/1 5; w04 9/1 17; w88 4/1 30; g87 4/8 23; w86 7/15 19-20;

    g76 3/8 8; g72 11/8 7-8; ad 1346; w64 195, 271; g64 11/22 6; w57 431, 615; w56 111; w55 607; dh 94; w52 253; w49 39; w48 164

1 John 4:2

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 694

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    it-2 694; w86 7/15 19;

    w83 4/1 17-18; ad 1346; w49 198; w48 164

1 John 4:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, pp. 115-116

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 694

    The Watchtower,

    6/1/2015, p. 14

    7/15/1986, p. 19

  • Publications Index

    it-1 115-116; it-2 694; w15 6/1 14; w86 7/15 19;

    w83 4/1 17-18; ad 84, 1346; g62 2/22 27; w48 164

1 John 4:4

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 1209-1210

    The Watchtower,

    5/1/1991, p. 17

    7/15/1986, pp. 19-20

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1209; w91 5/1 17; w86 7/15 19-20

1 John 4:5

Footnotes

  • *

    4:5 Lit. speak out of the world

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 1209-1210

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, pp. 19-20

  • Publications Index

    it-2 1209; w86 7/15 19-20

1 John 4:6

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1207

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, pp. 19-20

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1207; w86 7/15 19-20;

    w64 731

1 John 4:7

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/2006, pp. 21-22

    7/15/1986, p. 21

  • Publications Index

    w06 10/1 21-22; w86 7/15 21

1 John 4:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Close to Jehovah, pp. 14-15, 236-237

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 7

    Awake!,

    No. 1 2021 p. 14

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 1 2019, p. 9

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 52-53, 275

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2015, p. 16

    7/1/2003, p. 14

    6/1/2002, p. 6

    2/1/1997, pp. 9-10

    12/1/1990, p. 10

    11/15/1990, p. 12

    2/15/1987, pp. 10-11

    9/15/1986, pp. 27-29

    7/15/1986, p. 21

    Worship God, pp. 16-17

    True Peace, pp. 163-164

  • Publications Index

    cl 14-15, 236-237; lff lessons 7, 13; g21.1 14; wp19.1 9; it-2 53, 275; w15 11/15 16; w03 7/1 14; w02 6/1 6; wt 16-17; w97 2/1 9-10; w90 11/15 12; w90 12/1 10; w87 2/15 10-11; w86 7/15 21; w86 9/15 27-29; tp 163-164;

    w85 3/15 21; uw 14-15; w82 12/15 21; w81 1/15 3; g80 12/22 19; gh 57; w75 522; fu 28; w73 133; tp73 166-167; w72 650; w71 75; w71 265; w71 437; ad 551, 1080; g68 11/8 27; w65 203; w63 99, 317; g63 6/22 5; w62 739; w61 131, 392; w57 177; rm 344

1 John 4:9

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 28

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 556-557, 1000

    The Watchtower (Public),

    No. 2 2017, p. 4

    The Watchtower,

    2/1/1997, pp. 11-12

    6/15/1996, p. 6

    2/15/1987, p. 12

    7/15/1986, p. 21

    Trinity, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 28; it-2 556-557, 1000; wp17.2 4; w97 2/1 12; w96 6/15 6; ti 15-16; w87 2/15 12; w86 7/15 21;

    w81 1/15 5; w71 437; ad 1530; w66 18; yb66 28; w62 495

1 John 4:10

Footnotes

  • *

    4:10 Lit. Love is in this, not

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 28

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 212

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 760

    The Watchtower,

    12/15/2008, p. 27

    3/15/1999, p. 9

    6/15/1996, p. 6

    7/15/1986, p. 21

    True Peace, p. 164

  • Publications Index

    lff lessons 28, 46; it-1 212; it-2 760; w08 12/15 27; w99 3/15 9; w96 6/15 6; w86 7/15 21; tp 164;

    g79 2/8 28; w75 522-523; tp73 167; w71 437; ad 160, 1378; w59 681

1 John 4:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 28

    Watch!, p. 29

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    lff lesson 28; kp 29; w86 7/15 22;

    w75 526; w71 437-438; w66 137

1 John 4:12

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    w86 7/15 22

1 John 4:13

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    w86 7/15 22

1 John 4:14

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    w86 7/15 22;

    w64 115

1 John 4:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    w86 7/15 22;

    w62 562; wr 20

1 John 4:16

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, pp. 14-15

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1990, p. 10

    11/15/1990, p. 12

    2/15/1987, pp. 10-11

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    it-2 15; w90 11/15 12; w90 12/1 10; w87 2/15 10-11; w86 7/15 22;

    w82 12/15 21; w73 227; w72 650; w71 437-438; g61 10/8 11; w52 621-622; gw 3, 5; w44 124; w42 108, 159; s 38; ch 14; jh 7

1 John 4:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    w86 7/15 22;

    w65 572; g64 7/22 28; w52 699; lg 284; w51 213; fd 25; w31 53, 355

1 John 4:18

Footnotes

  • *

    4:18 Lit. fear has punishment

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 605

    The Watchtower,

    10/1/2004, p. 29

    8/1/1995, p. 31

    7/15/1986, p. 22

  • Publications Index

    it-2 605; w04 10/1 29; w95 8/1 31; w86 7/15 22;

    lp 129; w74 116; w73 210-211; w70 415, 540; g69 6/22 11; w68 423; li 59; w64 486; w63 334; w62 548; g62 11/8 19; w61 12; yb61 18; w60 50; w52 699; w49 343; fd 25; w31 355

1 John 4:19

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Close to Jehovah, pp. 237-239

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 46

    Remain in God’s Love, p. 5

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/2015, p. 23

    “God’s Love,” p. 5

  • Publications Index

    cl 237-239; lff lesson 46; lvs 5; w15 9/15 23; lv 5;

    w82 12/15 23-24; g79 11/22 27; w75 522-523; w73 458; w72 304; w65 204; w64 740; g64 7/8 15; w60 39; w59 681; w49 355

1 John 4:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/1/2007, p. 30

    12/1/2006, p. 27

    3/15/1988, p. 18

    7/15/1986, p. 23

  • Publications Index

    w07 9/1 30; w06 12/1 27; w88 3/15 18; w86 7/15 23;

    w78 5/1 30; w75 526; w73 333; w71 437-438; w61 388; w55 507

1 John 4:21

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    7/15/1986, p. 23

  • Publications Index

    w86 7/15 23;

    w75 526; w73 333

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The Bible in Living English
1 John 4:1-21

1 John

4 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but put the spirits to the test, whether they come from God, because there have many pretended prophets gone out into the world. 2 You know God’s Spirit by this: any spirit that acknowledges Jesus Christ to have come in flesh comes from God, 3 and any spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus does not come from God; and this is that of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and it is already in the world now. 4 You come of God, children, and have won the victory over them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. 5* They come of the world; that is why they speak words of the world and the world hears them. 6 We come of God; he who knows God hears us, he who does not come of God does not hear us. It is from this that we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of delusion.

7 Dear friends, let us love each other, because love is from God and everyone who loves is born out of God and knows God. 8 He who does not love never got to know God, because God is love. 9 God’s love was displayed in our case by this, that God has sent his only Son into the world in order that we may live through him. 10* This is where love comes in, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins. 11 Dear friends, if God loved us like that, we are in duty bound to love each other too.

12 Nobody has ever looked upon God; if we love each other God is dwelling in us, and his love has been carried to perfection in us. 13 That we are dwelling in him and he in us we know by this, that he has given us some of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen the sight and testify to it that the Father has sent the Son to be savior of the world. 15 Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God is dwelling in him and he in God. 16 And we know, and have believed, the love that God has in our case.

God is love, and he who dwells in love is dwelling in God and God in him. 17 It is in this that love has been brought to perfection with us, that we should have confidence on the day of judgment because what he is we too, in this world, are. 18* There is no fear in love, but perfect love throws fear out, because fear involves the idea of punishment and he who fears has not come to perfection in love. 19 We love because he loved us first. 20 If one says “I love God” and hates his brother he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen, 21 and we have from him this commandment, that he who loves God should love his brother too.

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