| | King James | American std |
| 1 | Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. | Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove 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: | 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. | and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already. |
| 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. | Ye are of God, [my] 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. | They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] 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. | We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know 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. | Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God. |
| 8 | He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. | 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. | Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath 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. | 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. | Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought 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. | No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth 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. | hereby we know that we abide 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. | And we have beheld and bear witness that the Father hath 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. | Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth 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. | And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth 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. | Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even 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. | There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love. |
| 19 | We love him, because he first loved us. | We love, 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? | 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, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. |
| 21 | And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. | And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also. |
