1 John 4:1-3

Test the Spirits

1 Beloved, ¹do not believe every spirit, but ²test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for ³many ⁴false prophets ⁵have gone out into the world.

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: ⁶every spirit that confesses that ⁷Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

3 and every spirit ⁸that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and ⁹now is in the world already.

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 29:8
• 2. 1 Thessalonians 5:21; [1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Corinthians 14:29; Revelation 2:2]
• 3. See 1 John 2:18
• 4. 2 Peter 2:1
• 5. 2 John 7
• 6. [1 Corinthians 12:3]
• 7. 2 John 7
• 8. 1 John 2:22; 2 John 7
• 9. 1 John 2:18; [2 Thessalonians 2:3-7]