4:1  
    [kjv]  Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
    [bbe]  My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.
4:2
    [kjv]  Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
    [bbe]  By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:
4:3  
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.
4:4
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
4:5  
    [kjv]  They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
    [bbe]  They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.
4:6
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.
4:7  
    [kjv]  Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
    [bbe]  My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.
4:8
    [kjv]  He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
    [bbe]  He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.
4:9  
    [kjv]  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.
    [bbe]  And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.
4:10
    [kjv]  Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
    [bbe]  And this is love, not that we had love for God, but that he had love for us, and sent h............