11Beloved, do not believeevery2spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because3manyfalseprophets have gone out into the world.
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By this you know the Spirit of God: 4everyspirit that 5confesses that 6JesusChrist has come in the flesh is from God;
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and everyspirit that 7does not confessJesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the 8antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and 9now it is already in the world.