Jesus Came as a Human Being
1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see if they belong to God. Many false prophets have gone out into the world. 2Here is how you can recognize the Spirit of God. Every spirit agreeing that Jesus Christ came in a human body belongs to God. 3But every spirit that doesn’t agree with this does not belong to God. You have heard that the spirit of the great enemy of Christ is coming. Even now it is already in the world.
4Dear children, you belong to God. You have not accepted the teachings of the false prophets. That’s because the one who is in you is powerful. He is more powerful than the one who is in the world. 5False prophets belong to the world. So they speak from the world’s point of view. And the world listens to them. 6We belong to God. And those who know God listen to us. But those who don’t belong to God don’t listen to us. That’s how we can tell the difference between the Spirit of truth and the spirit of lies.
We Love Because God Loved Us
7Dear friends, let us love one another, because love comes from God. Everyone who loves has become a child of God and knows God. 8Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9Here is how God showed his love among us. He sent his one and only Son into the world. He sent him so we could receive life through him. 10Here is what love is. It is not that we loved God. It is that he loved us and sent his Son to give his life to pay for our sins. 11Dear friends, since God loved us this much, we should also love one another. 12No one has ever seen God. But if we love one another, God lives in us. His love is made complete in us.
13Here’s how we know that we are joined to him and he to us. He has given us his Holy Spirit. 14The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We have seen it and are witnesses to it. 15God lives in anyone who agrees that Jesus is the Son of God. This kind of person remains joined to God. 16So we know that God loves us. We depend on it.
God is love. Anyone who leads a life of love is joined to God. And God is joined to them. 17Suppose love is fulfilled among us. Then we can be without fear on the day God judges the world. Love is fulfilled among us when in this world we are like Jesus. 18There is no fear in love. Instead, perfect love drives away fear. That’s because fear has to do with being punished. The one who fears does not have perfect love.
19We love because he loved us first. 20Suppose someone claims to love God but hates a brother or sister. Then they are a liar. They don’t love their brother or sister, whom they have seen. So they can’t love God, whom they haven’t seen. 21Here is the command God has given us. Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.
Nkyerɛkyerɛ Pa Ne Nkyerɛkyerɛ Bɔne
1Me nuanom adɔfo, munnnye honhom no nyinaa nni. Mmom monsɔ honhom no nhwɛ sɛ efi Onyankopɔn ana. Efisɛ atoro adiyifo bebree ahwete wɔ wiase. 2Ɔkwan a wubetumi afa so ahu sɛ obi wɔ Onyankopɔn Honhom no ne sɛ, ɔbɛpae mu aka se, nokwarem Yesu Kristo baa onipa tebea mu. 3Na nea ɔnka saa mfa Yesu ho no nni honhom a efi Onyankopɔn. Saa honhom no yɛ Kristo tamfo. Motee sɛ saa na ɛbɛba, nanso ɛwɔ wiase ha dedaw.
4Me mma, mufi Onyankopɔn mu na moadi atoro adiyifo no so, efisɛ Honhom a ɛwɔ mo mu no wɔ tumi sen honhom a ɛwɔ wiase yi mu. 5Wɔka nsɛm a ɛfa wiase ho ma wiase tie, efisɛ wɔyɛ wiasefo. 6Nanso yɛn de, yɛyɛ Onyankopɔn nkurɔfo. Obiara a onim Onyankopɔn no tie yɛn. Na obiara a ɔnyɛ Onyankopɔn nipa no ntie yɛn. Eyi nko ara ne ɔkwan a yɛnam so de hu nokware Honhom ne atoro honhom mu.
Onyankopɔn Yɛ Ɔdɔ
7Anuanom, momma yɛnnodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho efisɛ ɔdɔ fi Onyankopɔn. Obi a ɔwɔ ɔdɔ no yɛ Onyankopɔn ba na onim Onyankopɔn nso. 8Obi a onni ɔdɔ no nnim Onyankopɔn efisɛ Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔdɔ. 9Ɔkwan a Onyankopɔn nam so da ne dɔ adi kyerɛ yɛn ne sɛ, ɔsomaa ne Ba koro no baa wiase sɛnea yɛbɛfa ne so anya nkwa. 10Eyi ne ɔdɔ. Ɛnkyerɛ sɛ yɛdɔ Onyankopɔn, na mmom, ɔno na ɔdɔ yɛn nti ɔsomaa ne Ba sɛ yɛmfa ne so nya yɛn bɔne ho mpata. 11Anuanom adɔfo, sɛ saa na Onyankopɔn dɔ yɛn a, na ɛkyerɛ sɛ, ɛsɛ sɛ yɛdodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho. 12Obiara nhuu Onyankopɔn da. Sɛ yɛdodɔ yɛn ho yɛn ho a, na Onyankopɔn te yɛn mu na ne dɔ no awie pɛyɛ wɔ yɛn mu.
13Eyi na ɛma yehu pefee sɛ yɛte Onyankopɔn mu na ɔno nso te yɛn mu. Wama yɛn ne Honhom. 14Na yɛahu, na yɛaka akyerɛ afoforo se Agya no somaa ne Ba ma ɔbɛyɛɛ wiase Agyenkwa. 15Obiara a ɔpae mu ka se Yesu yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba no, na Onyankopɔn te ne mu na ɔno nso te Onyankopɔn mu. 16Na yɛn ankasa nim, na yegye Onyankopɔn dɔ a ɔde dɔ yɛn no di.
Onyankopɔn yɛ ɔdɔ na obiara a ɔte ɔdɔ mu no te Onyankopɔn mu, na Onyankopɔn nso te ne mu. 17Ɛsɛ sɛ ɔdɔ yɛ pɛ wɔ yɛn mu, sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a yebenya akokoduru wɔ atemmu da no. Na yebenya saa akokoduru no nso, efisɛ yɛn abrabɔ wɔ wiase ha no te sɛ Kristo de ara pɛ. 18Ehu nni ɔdɔ mu. Ɔdɔ ankasa pam hu nyinaa. Ehu ne asotwe na ɛnam. Enti nea ɔyɛ ohufo no nwie pɛyɛ wɔ ɔdɔ mu.
19Yɛwɔ ɔdɔ, efisɛ Onyankopɔn na ɔdɔɔ yɛn kan. 20Sɛ obi ka se, “Medɔ Onyankopɔn” na ɔtan ne nua a, ɔyɛ ɔtorofo. Na nea ɔnnɔ ne nua a ohu no no, ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na obetumi adɔ Onyankopɔn a onhu no. 21Eyi ne mmara a Kristo hyɛ maa yɛn. Nea ɔdɔ Onyankopɔn no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔdɔ ne nua nso.
