1 John 4:2-4
Christian Standard Bible
2 This is how you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(A) is from God,(B) 3 but every spirit that does not confess Jesus[a] is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(C) which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.
4 You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you(D) is greater than the one who is in the world.(E)
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- 4:3 Other mss read confess that Jesus has come in the flesh
1 John 4:2-4
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
2 By this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the fact] that Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [actually] has become man and has come in the flesh is of God [has God for its source];
3 And every spirit which does not acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh [but would [a]annul, destroy, [b]sever, disunite Him] is not of God [does not proceed from Him]. This [[c]nonconfession] is the [spirit] of the antichrist, [of] which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already in the world.
4 Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world.
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- 1 John 4:3 An ancient reading.
- 1 John 4:3 The Latin Vulgate.
- 1 John 4:3 Marvin Vincent, Word Studies.
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