aMat 24:4
b1 Thes 5:21; 1 Kor 2:15, 12:10, 14:29; 2 Kor 11:13
c2 Thes 2:2
d2:18; Isam 2:2
eMat 7:15; Isam 16:13
f4:15, 5:1; 1 Kor 12:3
g1 Tim 3:16; Joha 1:14
h2:22; 2 Joha 1:7
i1 Tim 3:16; Joha 1:14
j2:18
k2:18,22; 2 Thes 2:3,7
l5:4
mRoma 8:31
nJoha 12:31; 1 Kor 2:12
oJoha 8:23; Joha 3:31
pJoha 15:19
qJoha 8:47, 10:27, 18:37; Isa 8:20; 1 Kor 14:37; 2 Kor 10:7
rJoha 8:47, 10:27, 18:37; Isa 8:20; 1 Kor 14:37; 2 Kor 10:7
sJoha 14:17
t1 Tim 4:1
u3:11
v3:10
w3:6, 2:4
x4:16, 4:7; 2 Kor 13:11
y4:16, 3:16
zJoha 3:16
aa5:11
ab4:19; Joha 15:16; Roma 5:8,10
ac3:1; 2 Thes 2:16
ad2:2
aeJoha 13:34; Mat 18:33
af4:20; Joha 1:18
ag2:24
ah2:5, 4:18
ai2:5
aj3:24; Joha 5:38
ak2:24
al3:24; Joha 5:38
am1:1
an1:2
aoJoha 3:17; Mat 18:11
ap2:2; Joha 4:42; 1 Tim 4:10
aq4:2, 2:23
ar5:5; Mat 14:33
as2:24
at4:9
au4:8
av2:24
aw2:5, 4:18
ax2:28, 3:21; Jak 2:13
ay3:3, 2:6
azRoma 8:15
ba2:5, 4:18
bb4:10
bc3:17; Joha 13:35; Heb 13:1
bd2:4
be4:20; Joha 1:18
bf1 Pet 1:8
bgGal 6:2
bh3:11

1 John 4

Hlolani omoya

1Bathandekayo, lingakholwa wonke umoya a, kodwa hlolani b omoya c, ukuthi bavela kuNkulunkulu yini; ngoba banengi d abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele emhlabeni e. 2Ngalokhu liyamazi uMoya kaNkulunkulu: Wonke umoya ovumayo f ukuthi uJesu Kristu uzile enyameni, uvela kuNkulunkulu g; 3futhi wonke umoya ongavumiyo h ukuthi uJesu Kristu usezile enyameni, kaveli kuNkulunkulu i; lalo ungowomphikuKristu j, eselizwile ukuthi uyeza, lakhathesi usekhona emhlabeni k.

4Lina lingabakaNkulunkulu, bantwanyana, futhi libanqobile l; ngoba mkhulu okini m kulalowo osemhlabeni n. 5Bona bangabomhlaba o; ngenxa yalokho bakhuluma okuvela emhlabeni, njalo umhlaba uyabezwa p. 6Thina singabakaNkulunkulu; omaziyo uNkulunkulu, uyasizwa q; ongeyisuye kaNkulunkulu, kasizwa r. Ngalokhu siyamazi umoya weqiniso s lomoya wokuduha t.

Ukuthanda uNkulunkulu lokuthanda abantu

7Bathandekayo, asithandaneni u; ngoba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu, laye wonke othandayo, uzelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi uyamazi uNkulunkulu. 8Ongathandiyo v, kamazi uNkulunkulu w; ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando x. 9Ngalokhu uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kithi y, ukuthi uNkulunkulu wathuma iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa emhlabeni z, ukuze siphile ngayo aa. 10Uthando lukulokhu, kungesikuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu ab, kodwa ukuthi yena wasithanda ac, wasethuma iNdodana yakhe ukuthi ibe yinhlawulo yokuthula ngezono zethu ad. 11Bathandekayo, uba uNkulunkulu wasithanda ngokunje, lathi sifanele ukuthandana ae. 12Kakulamuntu owake wabona uNkulunkulu af; uba sithandana, uNkulunkulu uhlala kithi ag, lothando lwakhe luphelelisiwe kithi ah. 13Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi ai sihlala kuye, laye kithi aj , ak, ngoba usinikile okukaMoya wakhe al. 14Thina sesibonile am siyafakaza an ukuthi uYise uyithumile iNdodana ao ibe nguMsindisi womhlaba ap. 15Loba ngubani ovumayo aq ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu ar, uNkulunkulu uhlala kuye, laye kuNkulunkulu as. 16Thina sesisazi sakholwa uthando uNkulunkulu alalo kithi at. UNkulunkulu uluthando au, njalo ohlala ethandweni uhlala kuNkulunkulu, loNkulunkulu kuye av. 17Ngalokhu uthando luphelelisiwe lathi aw, ukuze sibe lesibindi ax osukwini lokwahlulelwa, ngoba njengalokhu enjalo yena, sinjalo lathi kulumhlaba ay. 18Kakukho ukwesaba ethandweni, kodwa uthando olupheleleyo luyaxotsha ukwesaba az, ngoba ukwesaba kulobuhlungu; lowesabayo kapheleliswanga ethandweni ba. 19Thina siyamthanda, ngoba yena wasithanda kuqala bb. 20Uba umuntu esithi: Ngiyamthanda uNkulunkulu, njalo ezonda umzalwane wakhe bc, ungumqambimanga bd; ngoba ongamthandiyo umzalwane wakhe ambonileyo, angamthanda njani uNkulunkulu angambonanga? be , bf 21Njalo silalumlayo ovela kuye bg, ukuthi othanda uNkulunkulu, kamthande lomzalwane wakhe bh.

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