1 John 4:1-21 - Interlinear

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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May 31, 2012


 *(From: 1 JOHN #5 - 4:1-21)*


 IV. 4:1-5:21 SAFEGUARDS FOR DIVINE FELLOWSHIP

A. 4:4-6 GUARDED BY TRUTH

1. 4:1 WARNING AGAINST FALSE SPIRITS

*Beloved, believe not every spirit,*

A-ga-p*e*TOI, m*e* panTI PNEUma-ti pisTEUe-te,

*but prove the spirits, whether they are of :God;*

alLA do-kiMAze-te ta PNEUma-ta, ei ek tou TheOU es-tin;

*because many false prophets are gone out into the world.*

HOti polLOI pseu-do-proPH*E*tai [5578] e-xe-l*e*LUtha-sin eis ton KOSmon.


 2. 4:2-3 WARNING AGAINST ANTICHRIST

*Hereby know you the Spirit of :God:*

En TOUt*o* giN*O*ske-te to PNEUma tou TheOU:

*every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of
:God:*

pan PNEUma ho ho-mo-loGEI I*e*SOUN ChrisTON en sarKI e-l*e*-luTHEnai ek tou
TheOU es-tin:

3* and every spirit that confesses not :Jesus is not of :God:*

kai pan PNEUma ho m*e* ho-mo-loGEI ton I*e*SOUN ek tou TheOU ouk EStin:

*and this is the **spirit** of the antichrist,*

kai TOU-TO es-tin to tou an-tiCHRIStou [500],

*whereof you have heard that it comes; and is now in the world already.*

ho a-k*e*KOa-te HOti ERche-tai; kai nun en t*o* KOSm*o* esTIN *E*d*e*.


 3. 4:4-6 ENCOURAGEMENT TO OVERCOME

a. 4:4 OVERCOME THROUGH THE INDWELLING ONE

*YOU are of :God, little children, and have overcome them:*

HuMEIS ek tou TheOU es-te, tekNIa, kai ne-niK*E*ka-te [3528] auTOUS:

*because greater is the one in you than the one in the world.*

HOti MEIz*o*n [3187] esTIN ho en huMIN *e* ho en t*o* KOSm*o*.


 b. 4:5 MERE PROFESSORS ARE HEARD OF THE WORLD!

*THEY are of the world: *

auTOI ek tou KOSmou eiSIN:

*therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them*

diA TOUto ek tou KOSmou laLOUsin, kai ho KOSmos auT*O*N aKOUei.


 c. 4:6a OVERCOME: BECAUSE GOD’S VOICE IS RECOGNIZED IN HIS OWN

*WE are of God: who knows :God hears us;*

h*e*MEIS ek tou TheOU es-men: ho giN*O*Sk*o*n to TheON a-KOUei h*e*M*O*N;

*who is not of God hears us not.*

hos ouk EStin ek tou TheOU ouk aKOUei h*e*M*O*N.


 d. 4:6b * From this we know the spirit of :truth, and the spirit of :error.
*

ek TOUtou giN*O*Sko-men to PNEUma t*e*s a-l*e*THEIas [225], kai to PNEUma t*
e*s PLAn*e*s [4106].


 B. 4:7-21 GUARDED BY GOD’S LOVE

1. 4:7-10 GOD’S LOVE GIVEN IN HIS SON

a. 4:7 LOVE OF BRETHREN: A TEST OF THE NEW BIRTH!

*Beloved, let us love one another: for :love is of God;*

A-ga-p*e*TOI, a-gaP*O*men alL*E*lous: HOti h*e* aGAp*e* ek tou TheOU es-tin;

*and every one that loves is begotten of :God, and knows :God.*

kai pas ho a-gaP*O*N ek tou TheOU geGENn*e*-tai [1080], kai giN*O*Skei ton
TheON.


 b. 4:8* Who loves not knows not :God; for :God is love.*

ho m*e* a-gaP*O*N ouk EGn*o* ton TheON; HOti ho TheOS aGAp*e* es-TIN.


 c. 4:9 LOVE OF GOD: MANIFESTED IN LIFE FOR US THROUGH THE SON

*Herein was the love of :God manifested in us,*

en TOUt*o* e-pha-neR*O*th*e* [5319] h*e* aGAp*e* tou TheOU en h*e*MIN,

*that :God has sent his :only begotten :Son*

HOti ton huiON auTOU ton mo-no-geN*E* [3439] aPEStal-ken ho TheOS

*into the world that we might live through him.*

eis ton KOSmon HIna Z*E*s*o*-men [2198] di’ auTOU.


 d. 4:10 LOVE: MANIFESTED BY GOD TOWARD US WHILE YET SINNERS

*Herein is :love, not that WE have loved :God,*

en TOUt*o* esTIN h*e* aGAp*e*, ouch HOti h*e*MEIS *e*-gaP*E*ka-men ton
TheON,

*but that HE loved us,*

all’ HOti auTOS *e*GAp*e*-sen h*e*MAS,

*and sent his :Son as propitiation for our :sins.*

kai aPEStei-len ton huiON auTOU hi-lasMON [2434] peRI t*o*n ha-mar-ti*O*N h*
e*M*O*N.


 2. 4:11-16a GOD’S LOVE INDWELLS BELIEVERS

a. 4:11 GOD'S LOVE SHOULD LEAD TO OUR LOVE

*Beloved, if :God so loved us, *

A-ga-p*e*TOI, ei HOUt*o*s ho TheOS *e*GAp*e*-sen h*e*MAS,

*we also ought to love one another.*

kai h*e*MEIS oPHEIlo-men alL*E*lous a-gaPAN.


 b. 4:12-13 LOVE FOR ONE ANOTHER: A CONDITION FOR ABIDING

*No one has ever beheld God: if we love one another, :God abides in us,*

TheON ouDEIS P*O*po-te teTHEa-tai: eAN a-gaP*O*men al-L*E*lous, ho TheOS en
h*e*MIN MEnei,

*and his :love is perfected in us:*

kai h*e* aGAp*e* auTOU te-te-lei-*o*MEn*e* [5048] en h*e*MIN esTIN:

13* hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us,*

en TOUt*o* giN*O*Sko-men HOti en auT*O* MEno-men kai auTOS en h*e*MIN,

*because he has given us of his :Spirit.*

HOti ek tou PNEUma-tos auTOU DEd*o*-ken h*e*MIN.


 c. 4:14 LOVE WITNESSED TO: GOD’S SENDING HIS SON INTO THE WORLD


 *And we have beheld and witness*

kai h*e*MEIS te-theAme-tha kai mar-tuROUmen [3140]

*that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.*

HOti ho paT*E*R aPEStal-ken ton huiON s*o*T*E*ra [4990] tou KOSmou.


 d. 4:15 LOVE CONFESSION: KEY TO GOD’S INDWELLING

*Whoso shall confess that Jesus Christ is the Son of :God,*

hos eAN ho-mo-loG*E*s*e* HOti I*e*SOUS ChrisTOS es-tin ho huiOS tou TheOU,

*:God abides in him, and he in :God.*

ho TheOS en auT*O* MEnei, kai auTOS en t*o* The*O*.


 e. 4:16a. * And WE know and have believed the love which :God has in us.*

kai h*e*MEIS egN*O*ka-men kai pe-pisTEUka-men t*e*n aGAp*e*n h*e*n Echei ho
TheOS en h*e*MIN.


 3. 4:16b-21 GOD’S LOVE MANIFESTED THROUGH BRETHREN

a. 4:16b GOD'S LOVE FLOWS THROUGH THOSE WHO ABIDE IN HIM

*:God is love; *

Ho TheOS aGAp*e* esTIN;

*and who abides in :love abides in :God, and :God abides in him.*

kai ho MEn*o*n en t*e* aGAp*e* en t*o* The*O* MEnei, kai ho TheOS en
auT*O*MEnei.


 b. 4:17 BOLDNESS IN DAY OF JUDGMENT: PURPOSE OF LOVE

*Herein is :love made perfect with us *

En TOUt*o* te-teLEI*o*-tai [5048] h*e* aGAp*e* meth’ h*e*M*O*N,

*that we may have boldness in the day of :judgment;*

HIna par-r*e*SIan [3954] Ech*o*-men en t*e* h*e*MEra t*e*s KRIse-*o*s [2920]
;

*because as HE is, even so are WE in this :world.*

HOti kaTH*O*S eKEI-NOS es-tin, kai h*e*MEIS es-men en t*o* KOSm*o* TOUt*o*.


 c. 4:18 NATURE OF LOVE: TO CAST OUT FEAR AND PERFECT US

*No fear is in :love: but :perfect love casts out the fear*

PHObos ouk EStin en t*e* aGAp*e*: all’ h*e* teLEIa [5046] aGAp*e* Ex*o*BALlei
[906] ton PHObon,

*because the fear has punishment; and who fears is not perfected in :love.*

HOti ho PHObos KOla-sin [2851] Echei; ho de phoBOUme-nos ou te-teLEI*o*-tai
en t*e* aGAp*e*.


 d. 4:19 * WE love, because HE first loved us.*

H*e*MEIS a-gaP*O*men, HOti auTOS PR*O*tos *e*GAp*e*-sen huMAS.


 e. 4:20 CONTRADICTION OF LOVE: TO HATE OUR BROTHER

*If one say that I love :God, and hates his :brother,*

eAN tis EIp*e* HOti A-gaP*O* ton TheON, kai ton a-delPHON auTOU miS*E*
[3404],

*he is a liar: for who loves not his :brother whom he has seen,*

PSEUSt*e*s [5583] esTIN: ho gar m*e* a-gaP*O*N ton a-delPHON auTOU hon he*O*
ra-ken,

*cannot love :God whom he has not seen.*

ton TheON hon ouch he*O*ra-ken ou DUna-tai a-gaPAN.


 f. 4:21 LOVE’S COMMANDMENT: TO LOVE BOTH GOD AND MAN

*And this :commandment we have from him,*

kai TAUt*e*n t*e*n en-toL*E*N Echo-men ap’ auTOU,

*that who loves :God love his :brother also.*

HIna ho a-gaP*O*N ton TheON a-gaPA kai ton a-delPHON auTOU.


 *NOTE:* God has provided two safeguards as guardians for us: Truth and
Love! It is interesting to note the order for these two that the Holy
Spirit gave to John – Truth precedes Love!


 Truth comes from two Greek words – *LE*th*o*: to hide; and “a” – the
removal of that which caused the hiding.


 For instance: God hid from His Old Testament saints a truth – and also
from the beginning church – until He released the apostle Paul for his
unique ministry to the uncircumcised nations. In Galatians and Ephesians he
shows that in the church, Jew and Gentile have the middle wall of partition
broken down – and they become “One New Man.” This truth *was* a hidden *
mystery*; but from the time of Paul’s ministry to the Gentiles, it became
an open truth. It is one of the greatest revealed truths in New Testament
times.


 The lid of this hidden mystery came off, and Paul valiantly in the Spirit
contended for this truth. See the difficulty for Peter, the apostle to the
circumcision – the Jews – to receive this truth himself. Paul had to openly
rebuke him in his letter to the Galatians, for his withdrawal from this
truth at Antioch.


 But in Romans 9-11, especially the first verses of chapter 9, the Holy
Spirit through Paul not only shows the privilege of Jews receiving the
8-fold blessing recorded there, but he wonderfully reveals that all
blessings for Jews, are *now* an inheritance of the uncircumcision also,
through being grafted into their Jewish Roots!


 Possibly it is because of this tremendous revelation of “The One New Man”,
that hearts of Gentiles especially opened up in thanksgiving to God.
*Love*is the outflow of these New Testament revelations opened up
especially by
the Spirit through Paul.


 And what of the Jews as an integral part of the “One New Man,” and now
joined with Gentiles as outlined in Acts 10 and 11? Well, the 11 apostles
received this revelation from Peter, and rejoiced at the goodness and mercy
of God in receiving Gentiles on the same basis of grace through faith, that
allowed them, Jews, to come into God’s Kingdom.


 So here we can see the possible sequence that made both Truth and Love *
guardians* for both Jews and Gentiles in the “One New Man”.


 James through Jude are transitional letters to prepare Jews especially for
the strong meat of Paul’s 14 epistles. These 7 letters are like Senior High
School, while Paul’s letters are like College and Graduate School in
University. J.A.Watt



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