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1 John 4

Greek — Tischendorf 8th edition · 21 verses

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  1. 1

    Ἀγαπητοί μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα εἰ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν ὅτι πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον

    beloved · not · all · spirit · to believe · but · to test · the · spirit · if · from · the · God · to be · that · many · false prophet · to come forth · into · the · world

  2. 2

    ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκετε τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ ὁμολογεῖ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν

    in · this · to know · the · spirit · the · God · all · spirit · who · to agree with · Jesus · Christ · in · flesh · to come · from · the · God · to be

  3. 3

    καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν τὸ τοῦ ἀντιχρίστου ὃ ἀκηκόατε ὅτι ἔρχεται καὶ νῦν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἐστὶν ἤδη

    and · all · spirit · who · not · to agree with · the · Jesus · from · the · God · not · to be · and · this · to be · the · the · Antichrist · who · to hear · that · to come · and · now · in · the · world · to be · already

  4. 4

    Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστέ τεκνία καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ

    you · from · the · God · to be · little child · and · to conquer · he · that · great · to be · the · in · you · or · the · in · the · world

  5. 5

    αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσίν διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου λαλοῦσιν καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτῶν ἀκούει

    he · from · the · world · to be · through · this · from · the · world · to speak · and · the · world · he · to hear

  6. 6

    ἡμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐσμεν ὁ γινώσκων τὸν θεὸν ἀκούει ἡμῶν ὃς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἀκούει ἡμῶν ἐκ τούτου γινώσκομεν τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς πλάνης

    we · from · the · God · to be · the · to know · the · God · to hear · we · who · not · to be · from · the · God · not · to hear · we · from · this · to know · the · spirit · the · truth · and · the · spirit · the · error

  7. 7

    Ἀγαπητοί ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους ὅτι ἡ ἀγάπη ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν καὶ πᾶς ὁ ἀγαπῶν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγέννηται καὶ γινώσκει τὸν θεόν

    beloved · to love · one another · that · the · brotherly love · from · the · God · to be · and · all · the · to love · from · the · God · to beget · and · to know · the · God

  8. 8

    ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν οὐκ ἔγνω τὸν θεόν ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν

    the · not · to love · not · to know · the · God · that · the · God · brotherly love · to be

  9. 9

    ἐν τούτῳ ἐφανερώθη ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν ὅτι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἀπέσταλκεν ὁ θεὸς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα ζήσωμεν δι’ αὐτοῦ

    in · this · to manifest · the · brotherly love · the · God · in · we · that · the · son · he · the · only · to send away · the · God · into · the · world · that · to live · through · he

  10. 10

    ἐν τούτῳ ἐστὶν ἡ ἀγάπη οὐχ ὅτι ἡμεῖς ἠγαπήσαμεν τὸν θεόν ἀλλ’ ὅτι αὐτὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἀπέστειλεν τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἱλασμὸν περὶ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν

    in · this · to be · the · brotherly love · not · that · we · to love · the · God · but · that · he · to love · we · and · to send away · the · son · he · propitiation · about · the · sin · we

  11. 11

    Ἀγαπητοί εἰ οὕτως ὁ θεὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ ἡμεῖς ὀφείλομεν ἀλλήλους ἀγαπᾶν

    beloved · if · thus · the · God · to love · we · and · we · to owe · one another · to love

  12. 12

    θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται ἐὰν ἀγαπῶμεν ἀλλήλους ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν μένει καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη αὐτοῦ τετελειωμένη ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστιν

    God · nothing · ever · to behold · if · to love · one another · the · God · in · we · to remain · and · the · brotherly love · he · to perfect · in · we · to be

  13. 13

    ἐν τούτῳ γινώσκομεν ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ μένομεν καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν ἡμῖν ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν

    in · this · to know · that · in · he · to remain · and · he · in · we · that · from · the · spirit · he · to give · we

  14. 14

    καὶ ἡμεῖς τεθεάμεθα καὶ μαρτυροῦμεν ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀπέσταλκεν τὸν υἱὸν σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου

    and · we · to behold · and · to testify · that · the · father · to send away · the · son · savior · the · world

  15. 15

    ὃς ἂν ὁμολογήσῃ ὅτι Ἰησοῦς ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ θεῷ

    who · if · to agree with · that · Jesus · to be · the · son · the · God · the · God · in · he · to remain · and · he · in · the · God

  16. 16

    καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐγνώκαμεν καὶ πεπιστεύκαμεν τὴν ἀγάπην ἣν ἔχει ὁ θεὸς ἐν ἡμῖν ὁ θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν καὶ ὁ μένων ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἐν τῷ θεῷ μένει καὶ ὁ θεὸς ἐν αὐτῷ μένει

    and · we · to know · and · to believe · the · brotherly love · who · to have · the · God · in · we · the · God · brotherly love · to be · and · the · to remain · in · the · brotherly love · in · the · God · to remain · and · the · God · in · he · to remain

  17. 17

    Ἐν τούτῳ τετελείωται ἡ ἀγάπη μεθ’ ἡμῶν ἵνα παρρησίαν ἔχωμεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως ὅτι καθὼς ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐσμεν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ

    in · this · to perfect · the · brotherly love · with · we · that · boldness · to have · in · the · day · the · judgment · that · according as · that one · to be · and · we · to be · in · the · world · this

  18. 18

    φόβος οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ ἀλλ’ ἡ τελεία ἀγάπη ἔξω βάλλει τὸν φόβον ὅτι ὁ φόβος κόλασιν ἔχει ὁ δὲ φοβούμενος οὐ τετελείωται ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ

    fear · not · to be · in · the · brotherly love · but · the · perfect · brotherly love · outside · to throw · the · fear · that · the · fear · punishment · to have · the · but · to fear · not · to perfect · in · the · brotherly love

  19. 19

    ἡμεῖς ἀγαπῶμεν ὅτι αὐτὸς πρῶτος ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς

    we · to love · that · he · first · to love · we

  20. 20

    ἐάν τις εἴπῃ ὅτι ἀγαπῶ τὸν θεόν καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ μισῇ Ψεύστης ἐστίν ὁ γὰρ μὴ ἀγαπῶν τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ὃν ἑώρακεν τὸν θεὸν ὃν οὐχ ἑώρακεν οὐ δύναται ἀγαπᾶν

    if · a certain · to say · that · to love · the · God · and · the · brother · he · to hate · liar · to be · the · for · not · to love · the · brother · he · who · to see · the · God · who · not · to see · not · to be able · to love

  21. 21

    καὶ ταύτην τὴν ἐντολὴν ἔχομεν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ ἵνα ὁ ἀγαπῶν τὸν θεὸν ἀγαπᾷ καὶ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ

    and · this · the · commandment · to have · from · he · that · the · to love · the · God · to love · and · the · brother · he

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  • 21 Verses
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  • 95 Distinct lemmas

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