Verse 1

Dearly beloued, beleue not euery spirite: but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not: for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 There were false prophetes also among the people, eue as there shalbe false teachers among you, whiche pryuyly shal bryng in damnable heresies, euen denying the Lorde that hath bought them, and bryng vpo them selues swyft damnation.
  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Litle chyldren, it is the last time, and as ye haue hearde howe that antichrist shall come, euen nowe are there many antichristes, whereby we knowe that it is the last tyme.
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Examine all thynges, holde fast that which is good.
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Nowe the spirite speaketh euidently, that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth, geuing heede vnto spirites of errour, & doctrines of deuyls,
  • Luke 12:57 : 57 Yea, and why iudge ye not of your selues what is ryght?
  • 2 John 1:7 : 7 For many deceauers are entred into the worlde, which confesse not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe. This is a deceauer and an antichriste.
  • Acts 17:11 : 11 These were the noblest of birth among them of Thessalonica, which receaued the worde with all redynesse of mynde, and searched the scriptures dayly, whether those thynges were so.
  • 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 To another, power to do miracles, to another, prophesie, to another iudgement to discerne spirites, to another, diuers kyndes of tongues, to another, the interpretation of tongues.
  • 1 Cor 14:29 : 29 Let the prophetes speake two or three, and let the other iudge.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But the euyll men and deceauers, shall waxe worse and worse, deceauyng and deceaued.
  • Acts 20:29 : 29 For I knowe this, that after my departyng, shall greeuous wolfes enter in among you, not sparyng the flocke.
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes. 19 For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men. I am glad therfore no doubt, of you: But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good, & simple concernyng euyll.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 And he sayde: Take heede, that ye be not deceaued. For many shall come in my name, saying I am Christe, and the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye them not therfore.
  • Deut 13:1-5 : 1 If there aryse among you a prophete or a dreamer of dreames, and geue thee a signe, or a wonder. 2 And that signe or wonder whiche he hath sayde come to passe, and then say: Let vs go after straunge gods (which thou hast not knowen) and let vs serue them: 3 Hearken not thou vnto the wordes of that prophete or dreamer of dreames: For the Lorde thy God proueth you, to knowe whether ye loue the Lorde your God with all your heart and with all your soule. 4 Ye shall walke after the Lorde your God, and feare him, kepe his commaundementes, and hearken vnto his voyce, you shall serue hym, & cleaue vnto hym. 5 And that prophete or dreamer of dreames shal die ( because he hath spoken to turne you away from the Lorde your God whiche brought you out of the lande of Egypt, and deliuered you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out the way which the Lorde thy God commaunded thee to walke in) and therefore thou shalt put the euyll away from thee.
  • Prov 14:15 : 15 An ignorant body beleueth euery worde: but who so hath vnderstanding, loketh well to his goynges.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophetes teache falsely, and the preachers receaue giftes, and my people hath pleasure therein: what wyll come thereof at the last.
  • Jer 29:8-9 : 8 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel, Let not these prophetes and soothsayers that be among you deceaue you, and beleue not your owne dreames: 9 For why? they preache you lyes in my name, and I haue not sent them, saith the Lorde.
  • Matt 7:15-16 : 15 Beware of false prophetes, which come to you in sheepes clothyng: but inwardly they are rauenyng woolfes. 16 Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites, Do men gather grapes of thornes? or fygges of thystles?
  • Matt 24:4-5 : 4 And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto them: take heede, that no man deceaue you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christe: and shall deceaue many.
  • Matt 24:23-26 : 23 Then yf any man saye vnto you: lo, here is Christe, or there: beleue it not. 24 For there shall aryse false Christes, and false prophetes, and shall shewe great signes, and wonders: In so much, that yf it were possible, the very elect, shoulde be deceaued. 25 Beholde, I haue tolde you before. 26 Wherfore, yf they say vnto you, beholde, he is in the desert: go not foorth. Beholde, he is in the secrete places: beleue it not.
  • Mark 13:21 : 21 And then, yf any man say to you, lo here is Christe, lo he is there, beleue not.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I knowe thy workes, and thy labour, and thy patience, and howe thou canst not forbeare them which are euyll: and hast examined them which say they are Apostles, and are not, and hast founde them lyers: