Ang malaking larawan
Nagbubukas ang 1 Juan 4 sa “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because…”, nagbabago malapit sa talata 11 sa “Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”, at nagtatapos sa “And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”. Sinusundan ng mga puntong ito ang sariling galaw ng kabanata mula simula hanggang wakas.
Kasulatan sa tabi ng buod
1 Juan · Bersiyong King James · 211 Juan 4:1-7
Mga talata 1–7: Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are…
Nagbubukas ang 1 Juan 4:1–7 sa “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many…” at umaabot sa “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God…” sa huling talata. Binubuo ng galaw na iyon ang Alamin kung paano nagiging hayag na gawain sa 1 Juan ang pagsamba, ugnayan, kabanalan, paglilingkod, pagtitiis, at pag-asa.
Kontekstong nagbibigay-buhay sa sipi
“Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone…” Ang pagbanggit sa Beloved ay nag-uugat sa salaysay sa tiyak na tao o lugar. Sundan kung saan bumabalik ang pangalan at ano ang nagbabago sa paligid nito.
“Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:” Ang pagbanggit sa Christ ay nag-uugat sa salaysay sa tiyak na tao o lugar. Sundan kung saan bumabalik ang pangalan at ano ang nagbabago sa paligid nito.
1 Juan 4:1-7
Bersiyong King James1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1 Juan 4:8-14
Mga talata 8–14: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
Nagbubukas ang 1 Juan 4:8–14 sa “He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” at umaabot sa “And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.” sa huling talata. Binubuo ng galaw na iyon ang Alamin kung paano nagiging hayag na gawain sa 1 Juan ang pagsamba, ugnayan, kabanalan, paglilingkod, pagtitiis, at pag-asa.
Kontekstong nagbibigay-buhay sa sipi
“He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.” Pinapangalanan ng talata ang God sa halip na iwanang walang pinagmulan ang kilos. Pansinin kung ipinagpapatuloy, sinasagot, o inihahambing ito ng susunod na linya.
“In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we…” Ang pagbanggit sa Son ay nag-uugat sa salaysay sa tiyak na tao o lugar. Sundan kung saan bumabalik ang pangalan at ano ang nagbabago sa paligid nito.
1 Juan 4:8-14
Bersiyong King James8He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
9In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
10Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
11Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
12No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
13Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
14And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
1 Juan 4:15-21
Mga talata 15–21: Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in…
Nagbubukas ang 1 Juan 4:15–21 sa “Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” at umaabot sa “And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.” sa huling talata. Binubuo ng galaw na iyon ang Alamin kung paano nagiging hayag na gawain sa 1 Juan ang pagsamba, ugnayan, kabanalan, paglilingkod, pagtitiis, at pag-asa.
Kontekstong nagbibigay-buhay sa sipi
May 1 mga tanong sa bahaging ito. Hindi lamang bantas ang mga ito: ipinakikita nila kung saan naghahanap, humahamon, natatakot, o umuunawa ang isang tinig.
“Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.” Hindi mauunawaan ang utos sa pandiwa lamang. Ang tumatanggap, layunin, at lugar nito sa mas malaking tipan o pangangatwiran ang nagtatakda ng pananagutan.
1 Juan 4:15-21
Bersiyong King James15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
16And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
17Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
19We love him, because he first loved us.
20If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
21And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Mga detalyeng dapat mapansin
Ang pambungad na larawan
Nagsisimula ang 1 John 4:1 sa “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.”
Kung saan nagbabago ang kabanata
Nagiging likas na pagbabago ang 1 John 4:20: “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not…”
Ang huling himig
Iniiwan ng 1 John 4:21 sa mambabasa ang “And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.”
Landas ng mga salita sa kabanata
Tinutulungan ng mga salitang love, world, spirit, dwelleth, loved, loveth na makita ang paulit-ulit na alalahanin ng kabanata.
Unahin ang teksto
Kung saan nagkakaiba ang mga mambabasa
Nagsisimula ang buod sa sinasabi ng sipi at sa ugnayan ng mga bahagi nito. Hindi nito ipinapalagay na nalutas na ng isang denominasyon ang lahat ng tanong. Malinaw na tinutukoy kung ang konklusyon ay nakasalalay sa tradisyon, teoryang pampanitikan, o rekonstruksiyong pangkasaysayan.
Unang inihaharap ang tekstong KJV. Nilalagyan ng malinaw na pangalan ang mga interpretasyon, at ipinapakita lamang ang mga pagkakaiba kapag nakatutulong ang mga ito upang maunawaan kung bakit hindi palaging iisa ang sagot ng mga seryosong komunidad.
Inihahanda pa ang paghahambing ng mga interpretasyon para sa kabanatang ito. Habang wala pa ang mga nasuring tala, malinaw na pinaghihiwalay ng pahinang ito ang teksto ng KJV, buod, at aplikasyon nang hindi sinasabing nagkakasundo ang lahat ng responsableng mambabasa sa bawat tanong.