1 John 4:2

American Standard Version (1901)

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

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  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
  • John 16:13-15 : 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he shall guide you into all the truth: for he shall not speak from himself; but what things soever he shall hear, [these] shall he speak: and he shall declare unto you the things that are to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you. 15 All things whatsoever the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he taketh of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.
  • 1 John 4:3 : 3 and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

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  • 1 John 4:3-9
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    3 and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

    4 Ye are of God, [my] little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

    5 They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

    6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

    7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

    8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

    9 Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

  • 1 John 4:15-17
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    15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

    16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.

    17 Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 4:12-13
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    12 No man hath beheld God at any time: if we love one another, God abideth in us, and his love is perfected in us:

    13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

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    1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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    5 And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6 This is he that came by water and blood, [even] Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood.

    7 And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is the truth.

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    7 For many deceivers are gone forth into the world, [even] they that confess not that Jesus Christ cometh in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist.

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    10 But unto us God revealed [them] through the Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

    11 For who among men knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of the man, which is in him? even so the things of God none knoweth, save the Spirit of God.

    12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, [even] in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.

  • 1 Cor 12:3
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    3 Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9 But ye are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you. But if any man hath not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

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    16 The Spirit himself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are children of God:

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    1 Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is begotten of God: and whosoever loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him.

    2 Hereby we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and do his commandments.

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    24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

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    9 Whosoever goeth onward and abideth not in the teaching of Christ, hath not God: he that abideth in the teaching, the same hath both the Father and the Son.

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    24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship in spirit and truth.

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    20 And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all the things.

  • Phil 2:11
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    11 and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

  • John 3:6
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    6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 1 Cor 3:16
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    16 Know ye not that ye are a temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28 And now, [my] little children, abide in him; that, if he shall be manifested, we may have boldness, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.

    29 If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one also that doeth righteousness is begotten of him.

  • 1 John 2:22-23
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    22 Who is the liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, [even] he that denieth the Father and the Son.

    23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that confesseth the Son hath the Father also.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3 that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ:

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    19 Hereby shall we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our heart before him:

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    17 [ even] the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.

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    3 And hereby we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

  • 1 Cor 1:6
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    6 even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3 but if any man loveth God, the same is known by him.

  • 1 John 2:16
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    16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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    5 but whoso keepeth his word, in him verily hath the love of God been perfected. Hereby we know that we are in him:

  • 2 Cor 11:4
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    4 For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or [if] ye receive a different spirit, which ye did not receive, or a different gospel, which ye did not accept, ye do well to bear with [him] .

  • John 15:26
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    26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13 These things have I written unto you, that ye may know that ye have eternal life, [even] unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God.

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    16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

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