1 Johane 4:1 Bathandekayo, ningakholwa yibo bonke omoya, kodwa hlolani omoya ukuthi bayikho yini kaNkulunkulu: ngokuba baningi abaprofethi bamanga abaphumele ezweni. 4:2 Yazini uMoya kaNkulunkulu ngalokhu: Bonke omoya abakuvumayo lokho UJesu Kristu uzile enyameni ungokaNkulunkulu; 4:3 Futhi wonke umoya ongamvumi ukuthi uJesu Kristu ufikile inyama ayiveli kuNkulunkulu, futhi lona ungumoya womphikukristu eninawo nina ngizwile ukuthi iyeza; namanje isikhona emhlabeni. 4:4 Nina ningabakaNkulunkulu, bantwanyana, futhi nibanqobile, ngoba mkhulu nguye okini, kunalowo osezweni. 4:5 Bona bangabezwe, ngakho-ke bakhuluma okwezwe nezwe uyabezwa. 4:6 Thina singabakaNkulunkulu; omaziyo uNkulunkulu uyasizwa; ongesiye okaNkulunkulu akasizwa. Ngalokhu siyazi umoya weqiniso nomoya we iphutha. 4:7 Bathandekayo, masithandane, ngokuba uthando luvela kuNkulunkulu; kanye nakho konke lokho Uthando luzelwe nguNkulunkulu, futhi luyamazi uNkulunkulu. 4:8 Lowo ongenalo uthando akamazi uNkulunkulu; ngoba uNkulunkulu uluthando. 4:9 Uthando lukaNkulunkulu lwabonakaliswa kithi ngalokhu, ngokuba uNkulunkulu uthumile iNdodana yakhe ezelwe yodwa emhlabeni, ukuze siphile ngayo. 4:10 Uthando lukulokhu, kungesikho ukuthi thina samthanda uNkulunkulu, kodwa ukuthi yena wasithanda, wathuma iNdodana yakhe ibe yinhlawulo ngezono zethu. 4:11 Bathandekayo, uma uNkulunkulu wasithanda kangaka, nathi kufanele sithandane. 4:12 Akekho owake wabona uNkulunkulu. Uma sithandana, uNkulunkulu uhlala kithi, nothando lwakhe luphelelisiwe kithi. 4:13 Ngalokhu siyazi ukuthi sihlala kuye, naye kithi, ngoba unikile thina ngoMoya wakhe. 4:14 Futhi sibonile futhi siyafakaza ukuthi uBaba wayithuma iNdodana ibe yiNdodana Msindisi womhlaba. 4:15 Yilowo nalowo ovuma ukuthi uJesu uyiNdodana kaNkulunkulu, uNkulunkulu uhlala kuyo naye, naye kuNkulunkulu. 4:16 Futhi thina siyalwazi futhi sakholwa uthando uNkulunkulu analo kithi. UNkulunkulu ukhona uthando; futhi ohlala othandweni uhlala kuNkulunkulu, noNkulunkulu kuye. 4:17 Uthando lwenziwe lwapheleliswa ngalokhu, ukuze sibe nesibindi ngosuku lokuphela ukwahlulela: ngokuba njengalokhu enjalo yena, sinjalo nathi kuleli zwe. 4:18 Akukho ukwesaba othandweni; kodwa uthando olupheleleyo luyaxotsha ukwesaba; uvalo lunobuhlungu. Owesabayo akapheleliswa othandweni. 4:19 Thina siyamthanda, ngoba yena wasithanda kuqala. 4:20 Uma umuntu ethi: Ngiyamthanda uNkulunkulu, kepha ezonda umzalwane wakhe, ungumqambimanga; ongamthandiyo umzalwane wakhe ambonileyo, angamthanda kanjani uNkulunkulu akaboni? 4:21 Futhi lo myalo sinawo uvela kuye, ukuthi othanda uNkulunkulu athande owakhe umfowethu futhi.