Gwada Ruhohi
Ku gwada ruhohi; waɗanda suke shaida cewa Yesu ya zo cikin jiki daga Ubanmu suke. Ƙauna daga gare shi take domin Ubanmu ƙauna ne, an tabbatar da haka ta wurin aiko Ɗansa. Cikakkiyar ƙauna tana korar tsoro, kuma duk wanda yake ƙin ɗan'uwan da ya gani ba zai iya cewa yana ƙaunar Uba ba.
4 1Ƙaunatattu, kada ku gaskata kowane ruhu, sai dai ku gwada ruhohin don ku ga ko daga Ubanmu suke, gama annabawan ƙarya da yawa sun fito cikin duniya. 2Ta haka za ku gane Ruhun Ubanmu: kowane ruhu da yake shaida cewa Yesu Almasihu ya zo cikin jiki, daga Ubanmu yake, 3kowane ruhu kuwa da bai shaida Yesu ba, ba daga Ubanmu yake ba. Wannan shi ne ruhun maƙiyin Almasihu, wanda kuka ji zuwansa, har ma yanzu yana nan cikin duniya. 4Ku daga Ubanmu kuke, 'ya'yana ƙanana, kun kuma rinjaye su, domin wanda yake cikinku ya fi wanda yake cikin duniya girma. 5Su daga duniya suke, saboda haka suna magana bisa ga duniya, duniya kuma tana sauraronsu. 6Mu daga Ubanmu muke. Duk wanda ya san shi yakan saurare mu; wanda ba daga gare shi yake ba kuwa ba ya sauraronmu. Ta haka muke gane Ruhun gaskiya da ruhun ɓata.
Ubanmu Shi Ne Ƙauna
7Ƙaunatattu, bari mu ƙaunaci juna, gama ƙauna daga Ubanmu take, kuma duk masu ƙauna an haife su daga gare shi, sun kuma san shi. 8Duk wanda ba ya ƙauna bai san Ubanmu ba, domin Ubanmu shi ne ƙauna. a a v8 “Allah shi ne ƙauna” ya zama “Ubanmu shi ne ƙauna” — ƙauna ba wani hali ne da yake saye da shi ba, sai dai ainihin asalinsa a matsayinsa na Uba. 9Ta haka aka bayyana ƙaunar Ubanmu a cikinmu: Ubanmu ya aiko makaɗaicin Ɗansa cikin duniya domin mu rayu ta wurinsa. 10Wannan ita ce ƙauna: ba cewa mu ne muka ƙaunaci Ubanmu ba, sai dai shi ne ya ƙaunace mu, ya kuma aiko Ɗansa ya zama hadayar kafara saboda zunubanmu. b b v10 Hadayar kafara wata hadaya ce da take biyan cikakken kuɗin zunubi, tana maido da dangantakar da zunubinmu ya ɓata. 11Ƙaunatattu, in Ubanmu ya ƙaunace mu haka, mu ma ya kamata mu ƙaunaci juna. 12Babu wanda ya taɓa ganin Ubanmu; in muka ƙaunaci juna, Ubanmu yana zaune a cikinmu, ƙaunarsa kuma ta zama cikakkiya a cikinmu. 13Ta haka muka san muna zaune a cikinsa, shi kuma a cikinmu: ya ba mu Ruhunsa. 14Mun gani, muna kuma shaida cewa Ubanmu ya aiko Ɗa ya zama Mai Ceton duniya. 15Duk wanda ya shaida cewa Yesu Ɗan Ubanmu ne, Ubanmu yana zaune a cikinsa, shi kuma a cikin Ubanmu. 16Mun sani, mun kuma gaskata ƙaunar da Ubanmu yake yi mana. Ubanmu shi ne ƙauna, kuma duk wanda ya tsaya cikin ƙauna yana zaune a cikinsa, shi kuma a cikinsa. 17Ta haka ƙauna ta zama cikakkiya a cikinmu, domin mu kasance da ƙarfin hali a ranar shari'a, gama kamar yadda shi yake, haka mu ma muke a cikin wannan duniya. 18A cikin ƙauna babu tsoro; cikakkiyar ƙauna takan kori tsoro, gama tsoro yana tattare da horo, kuma duk mai tsoro bai cika a cikin ƙauna ba. 19Muna ƙauna domin Ubanmu ne ya fara ƙaunarmu. 20In wani ya ce, “Ina ƙaunar Ubanmu,” amma yana ƙin ɗan'uwansa, maƙaryaci ne. Gama duk wanda ba ya ƙaunar ɗan'uwansa, wanda ya gani, ba zai iya ƙaunar Ubanmu ba, wanda bai gani ba. 21Wannan kuma ita ce dokar da muka samu daga gare shi: duk mai ƙaunar Ubanmu, dole ya ƙaunaci ɗan'uwansa kuma.