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.

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Cross References 9

  • 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]
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