1 John 4:1-2

Testing the Spirits

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

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: ⁴every spirit that ⁵confesses that ⁶Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God;

Cross References

• 1. 3 John 11
• 2. Jeremiah 29:8; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:2
• 3. Jeremiah 14:14; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:18
• 4. 1 Corinthians 12:3
• 5. 1 John 2:23
• 6. John 1:14; 1 John 1:2