ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΚΑΘΟΛΙΚΗ ΠΡΩΤΗ

First Epistle of John the Theologian

CHAPTER 4

| 1 | αγαπητοι |  | μη |  | παντι |  | πνευματι |  | πιστευετε |  | αλλα |  | δοκιμαζετε |  | τα |  | πνευματα |
|  | Beloved, |  | not 2 |  | every 3 |  | spirit 4 |  | believe, 1 |  | but |  | prove |  | the |  | spirits, |

ει |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | εστιν |  | οτι |  | πολλοι |  | ψευδοπροφηται |  | εξεληλυθασιν |  | εις |
if |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | they are; |  | because |  | many |  | false prophets |  | have gone out |  | into |

τον |  | κοσμον |  |
the |  | world. |  |

| 2 | εν |  | τουτω |  | γινωσκετε |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | του |  | θεου |  | παν |  | πνευμα |  | ο |  | ομολογει |
|  | By |  | this |  | ye know |  | the |  | Spirit |  | ♦ |  | of God: |  | every |  | spirit |  | which |  | confesses |

ιησουν |  | χριστον |  | εν |  | σαρκι |  | εληλυθοτα |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | εστιν |  |
Jesus |  | Christ |  | in 2 |  | flesh 3 |  | come, 1 |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | is; |  |

| 3 | και |  | παν |  | πνευμα |  | ο |  | μη |  | ομολογει |  | τον |  | ιησουν |
|  | and |  | any (lit. every) 2 |  | spirit 3 |  | which 4 |  | confesses 5 not 6 |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | Jesus 7 |

χριστον |  | εν |  | σαρκι |  | εληλυθοτα |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | και |  | τουτο |  | εστιν |
Christ 8 |  | in 10 |  | flesh 11 |  | come, 9 |  | of 13 |  | ♦ |  | God 14 |  | not 1 |  | : 12 |  | and |  | this |  | is |

το |  | του |  | αντιχριστου |  | ο |  | ακηκοατε |  | οτι |  | ερχεται |  | και |  | νυν |  | εν |  | τω |
that [power] |  | of the |  | antichrist, |  | [of] which |  | ye heard |  | that |  | it comes, |  | and |  | now |  | in |  | the |

κοσμω |  | εστιν |  | ηδη |  |
world |  | is it |  | already. |  |

| 4 | υμεις |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | εστε |  | τεκνια |  | και |  | νενικηκατε |  | αυτους |  | οτι |  | μειζων
|  | Ye |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | are, |  | little children, |  | and |  | have overcome |  | them, |  | because |  | greater

| εστιν |  | ο |  | εν |  | υμιν |  | η |  | ο |  | εν |  | τω |  | κοσμω |  |
| is |  | he who [is] |  | in |  | you |  | than |  | he who [is] |  | in |  | the |  | world. |  |

| 5 | αυτοι |  | εκ |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | εισιν |  | δια |  | τουτο |  | εκ |  | του |  | κοσμου |  | λαλουσιν |  | και |
|  | They |  | of |  | the |  | world |  | are; |  | because of |  | this |  | of |  | the |  | world |  | they talk, |  | and |

ο |  | κοσμος |  | αυτων |  | ακουει |  |
the |  | world |  | them 2 |  | hears. 1 |  |

| 6 | ημεις |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | εσμεν |  | ο |  | γινωσκων |  | τον |  | θεον |  | ακουει |  | ημων |  | ος |
|  | We |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | are; |  | he that |  | knows |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | hears |  | us; |  | he that |

ουκ |  | εστιν |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | ουκ |  | ακουει |  | ημων |  | εκ |  | τουτου |  | γινωσκομεν |  | το |
is not |  | ♦ |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | hears not |  | ♦ |  | us. |  | By |  | this |  | we know |  | the |

πνευμα |  | της |  | αληθειας |  | και |  | το |  | πνευμα |  | της |  | πλανης |  |
spirit |  | ♦ |  | of truth |  | and |  | the |  | spirit |  | ♦ |  | of error. |  |

| 7 | αγαπητοι |  | αγαπωμεν |  | αλληλους |  | οτι |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | εστιν |  | και |
|  | Beloved, |  | we should love |  | one another; |  | because |  | ♦ |  | love |  | of 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 3 |  | is, 1 |  | and |

πας |  | ο |  | αγαπων |  | εκ |  | του |  | θεου |  | γεγεννηται |  | και |  | γινωσκει |  | τον |  | θεον |  |
everyone |  | that |  | loves, |  | of |  | ♦ |  | God |  | has been begotten, |  | and |  | knows |  | ♦ |  | God. |  |

| 8 | ο |  | μη |  | αγαπων |  | ουκ |  | εγνω |  | τον |  | θεον |  | οτι |  | ο |  | θεος |  | αγαπη |  | εστιν
|  | He that |  | loves not, |  | ♦ |  | knew not |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | God; |  | because |  | ♦ |  | God |  | love 2 |  | is. 1

| 9 | εν |  | τουτω |  | εφανερωθη |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | του |  | θεου |  | εν |  | ημιν |  | οτι |  | τον |  | υιον |
|  | In |  | this |  | was manifested |  | the |  | love |  | ♦ |  | of God |  | as to |  | us, |  | that |  | his Son |  | ♦ |

αυτου |  | τον |  | μονογενη |  | απεσταλκεν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | εις |  | τον |  | κοσμον |  | ινα |  | ζησωμεν |
♦ |  | the |  | only-begotten |  | has 2 sent 3 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | into |  | the |  | world, |  | that |  | we might live |

δι |  | αυτου |  |
through |  | him. |  |

| 10 | εν |  | τουτω |  | εστιν |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | ουχ |  | οτι |  | ημεις |  | ηγαπησαμεν |  | τον |  | θεον |  | αλλ |  | οτι |
|  | In |  | this |  | is |  | ♦ |  | love, |  | not |  | that |  | we |  | loved |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | but |  | that |

αυτος |  | ηγαπησεν |  | ημας |  | και |  | απεστειλεν |  | τον |  | υιον |  | αυτου |  | ιλασμον |  | περι |
he |  | loved |  | us, |  | and |  | sent |  | ♦ |  | Son 2 |  | his 1 |  | a propitiation |  | for |

των |  | αμαρτιων |  | ημων |  |
our sins. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 11 | αγαπητοι |  | ει |  | ουτως |  | ο |  | θεος |  | ηγαπησεν |  | ημας |  | και |  | ημεις |  | οφειλομεν |
|  | Beloved, |  | if |  | so 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |  | loved |  | us, |  | also |  | we |  | ought |

αλληλους |  | αγαπαν |  |
one another |  | to love. |  |

| 12 | θεον |  | ουδεις |  | πωποτε |  | τεθεαται |  | εαν |  | αγαπωμεν |  | αλληλους |  | ο |  | θεος |  | εν |
|  | God 5 |  | no 1 one 2 |  | at 6 any 7 time 8 |  | has 3 seen; 4 |  | if |  | we should love |  | one another, |  | ♦ |  | God |  | in |

ημιν |  | μενει |  | και |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | αυτου |  | τετελειωμενη |  | εστιν |  | εν |  | ημιν |  |
us |  | abides, |  | and |  | his love |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | perfected 2 |  | is 1 |  | in |  | us. |  |

| 13 | εν |  | τουτω |  | γινωσκομεν |  | οτι |  | εν |  | αυτω |  | μενομεν |  | και |  | αυτος |  | εν |  | ημιν |  | οτι |
|  | By |  | this |  | we know |  | that |  | in |  | him |  | we abide, |  | and |  | he |  | in |  | us, |  | because |

εκ |  | του |  | πνευματος |  | αυτου |  | δεδωκεν |  | ημιν |  |
of |  | his Spirit |  | k |  | ♦ |  | he has given |  | to us. |  |

| 14 | και |  | ημεις |  | τεθεαμεθα |  | και |  | μαρτυρουμεν |  | οτι |  | ο |  | πατηρ |  | απεσταλκεν |  | τον |
|  | And |  | we |  | have seen |  | and |  | bear witness |  | that |  | the |  | Father |  | has sent |  | the |

υιον |  | σωτηρα |  | του |  | κοσμου |  |
Son [as] |  | Saviour |  | of the |  | world. |  |

| 15 | ος |  | αν |  | ομολογηση |  | οτι |  | ιησους |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | υιος |  | του |  | θεου |  | ο |  | θεος |  | εν |
|  | Whosoever |  | ♦ |  | may confess |  | that |  | Jesus |  | is |  | the |  | Son |  | ♦ |  | of God, |  | ♦ |  | God |  | in |

αυτω |  | μενει |  | και |  | αυτος |  | εν |  | τω |  | θεω |  |
him |  | abides, |  | and |  | he |  | in |  | ♦ |  | God. |  |

| 16 | και |  | ημεις |  | εγνωκαμεν |  | και |  | πεπιστευκαμεν |  | την |  | αγαπην |  | ην |  | εχει |  | ο |  | θεος |
|  | And |  | we |  | have known |  | and |  | have believed |  | the |  | love |  | which |  | has 2 |  | ♦ |  | God 1 |

εν |  | ημιν |  | ο |  | θεος |  | αγαπη |  | εστιν |  | και |  | ο |  | μενων |  | εν |  | τη |  | αγαπη |  | εν |  | τω |  | θεω |
as to |  | us. |  | ♦ |  | God |  | love 2 |  | is, 1 |  | and |  | he that |  | abides |  | in |  | ♦ |  | love, |  | in |  | ♦ |  | God |

μενει |  | και |  | ο |  | θεος |  | εν |  | αυτω |  |
abides, |  | and |  | ♦ |  | God |  | in |  | him. |  |

| 17 | εν |  | τουτω |  | τετελειωται |  | η |  | αγαπη |  | μεθ |  | ημων |  | ινα |  | παρρησιαν |  | εχωμεν |
|  | In |  | this |  | has been perfected |  | ♦ |  | love |  | with |  | us, |  | that |  | boldness |  | we may have |

εν |  | τη |  | ημερα |  | της |  | κρισεως |  | οτι |  | καθως |  | εκεινος |  | εστιν |  | και |  | ημεις |  | εσμεν |  | εν |
in |  | the |  | day |  | ♦ |  | of judgment, |  | that |  | even as |  | he |  | is, |  | also |  | we |  | are |  | in |

τω |  | κοσμω |  | τουτω |  |
this world. |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  |

| 18 | φοβος |  | ουκ |  | εστιν |  | εν |  | τη |  | αγαπη |  | αλλ |  | η |  | τελεια |  | αγαπη |  | εξω |  | βαλλει |
|  | Fear 4 |  | there 1 is 2 not 3 |  | ♦ |  | in |  | ♦ |  | love, |  | but |  | ♦ |  | perfect |  | love |  | out 2 |  | casts 1 |

τον |  | φοβον |  | οτι |  | ο |  | φοβος |  | κολασιν |  | εχει |  | ο |  | δε |  | φοβουμενος |
♦ |  | fear; |  | because |  | ♦ |  | fear |  | torment 2 |  | has, 1 |  | and he that |  | ♦ |  | fears |

ου |  | τετελειωται |  | εν |  | τη |  | αγαπη |  |
has not been made perfect |  | ♦ |  | in |  | ♦ |  | love. |  |

| 19 | ημεις |  | αγαπωμεν |  | αυτον |  | οτι |  | αυτος |  | πρωτος |  | ηγαπησεν |  | ημας |  |
|  | We |  | love |  | him |  | because |  | he |  | first |  | loved |  | us. |  |

| 20 | εαν |  | τις |  | ειπη |  | οτι |  | αγαπω |  | τον |  | θεον |  | και |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | αυτου |
|  | If |  | anyone |  | should say, |  | ♦ |  | I love |  | ♦ |  | God, |  | and |  | ♦ |  | brother 4 |  | his 3 |

μιση |  | ψευστης |  | εστιν |  | ο |  | γαρ |  | μη |  | αγαπων |  | τον |  | αδελφον |
should 1 hate, 2 |  | a liar |  | he is. |  | For he that |  | ♦ |  | loves not |  | ♦ |  | ♦ |  | his brother |

αυτου |  | ον |  | εωρακεν |  | τον |  | θεον |  | ον |  | ουχ |  | εωρακεν |  | πως |
♦ |  | whom |  | he has seen, |  | ♦ |  | God 7 |  | whom 8 |  | he 9 as 10 not 11 seen, 12 |  | ♦ |  | how 1 |

δυναται |  | αγαπαν |  |
is 2 he 3 able 4 |  | to 5 love? 6 |  |

| 21 | και |  | ταυτην |  | την |  | εντολην |  | εχομεν |  | απ |  | αυτου |  | ινα |  | ο |  | αγαπων |  | τον |
|  | And |  | this |  | ♦ |  | commandment |  | we have |  | from |  | him, |  | that |  | he that |  | loves |  | ♦ |

θεον |  | αγαπα |  | και |  | τον |  | αδελφον |  | αυτου |  |
God |  | should love |  | also |  | ♦ |  | brother 2 |  | his. 1 |  |