2 You know the Ruach Elohim by this—every spirit that acknowledges that Messiah Yeshua has come in human flesh is from God,
3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Yeshua is not from God. This is the spirit of the anti-messiah, which you have heard is coming and now is already in the world.
4 You are from God, children, and you have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
5 They are from the world, so they speak from the world and the world listens to them.
6 We are from God; whoever knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
7 Loved ones, let us love one another, for love is from God. Everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.