Study it in the app“We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.”
WeἡμεῖςareἐσμενfromἐκGod.τοῦ θεοῦWhoeverὁknowsγινώσκωνGodτὸν θεὸνlistens toἀκούειus;ἡμῶνwhoeverὃςis notοὐκ ἔστινfromἐκGodτοῦ θεοῦdoes notοὐκlisten toἀκούειus.ἡμῶνFromἐκthisτούτουwe knowγινώσκομενthe spiritτὸ πνεῦμαof truthτῆς ἀληθείαςandκαὶthe spiritτὸ πνεῦμαof error.τῆς πλάνης
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esmen” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsknow
To be truly acquainted with someone, or grasp something fully.
Where else “ginōskōn” appearslisten
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akouei” appearsSpirit
God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.
Where else “pneuma” appearstruth
What God reveals of himself and his plan, received by believing.
Where else “alētheias” appearserror, deception
Deception, error.
Where else “planēs” appears5They are from the world; for this reason they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.
6 · This verse (above)
7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?
