1 John 4:3

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.
  • 1 John 2:22 : 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.
  • 2 John 1:7 : 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.
  • 2 Thess 2:3-8 : 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be], except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, 4 he that opposeth and exalteth himself against all that is called God or that is worshipped; so that he sitteth in the temple of God, setting himself forth as God. 5 Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? 6 And now ye know that which restraineth, to the end that he may be revealed in his own season. 7 For the mystery of lawlessness doth already work: only [there is] one that restraineth now, until he be taken out of the way. 8 And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought by the manifestation of his coming;

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  • 1 John 4:1-2
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    1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

    2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

  • 2 John 1:7-10
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    82%

    7For 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.

    8Look to yourselves, that ye lose not the things which we have wrought, but that ye receive a full reward.

    9Whosoever 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.

    10If any one cometh unto you, and bringeth not this teaching, receive him not into [your] house, and give him no greeting:

  • 1 John 4:4-9
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    4Ye 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.

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

    6We 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.

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

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

    9Herein 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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    15Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abideth in him, and he in God.

    16And 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.

    17Herein 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 5:5-8
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    5And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

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

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

    8For there are three who bear witness, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and the three agree in one.

  • 1 John 2:21-23
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    21I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and because no lie is of the truth.

    22Who 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.

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

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

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

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In 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 John 2:18-19
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    18Little children, it is the last hour: and as ye heard that antichrist cometh, even now have there arisen many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last hour.

    19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9But 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.

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For 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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    28And 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.

  • 1 Cor 12:3
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    3Wherefore 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.

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    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

    20And 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 John 1:3
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    3that 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:

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24And 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.

  • 2 Cor 11:4
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    4For 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] .

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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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    1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12But 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 3:6-8
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    6Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither knoweth him.

    7[ My] little children, let no man lead you astray: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous:

    8he that doeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. To this end was the Son of God manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.

  • 1 John 5:1
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    1Whosoever 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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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 1 John 1:5
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    5And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit.

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

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