1 John 4:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And every spirit which does not say this is not from God: this is the spirit of Antichrist, of which you have had word; and it is in the world even now.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.
  • 1 John 2:22 : 22 Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.
  • 2 John 1:7 : 7 Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.
  • 2 Thess 2:3-8 : 3 Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction, 4 Who puts himself against all authority, lifting himself up over all which is named God or is given worship; so that he takes his seat in the Temple of God, putting himself forward as God. 5 Have you no memory of what I said when I was with you, giving you word of these things? 6 And now it is clear to you what is keeping back his revelation till the time comes for him to be seen. 7 For the secret of evil is even now at work: but there is one who is keeping back the evil till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation of his coming;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 4:1-2
    2 verses
    91%

    1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

    2 By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:

  • 2 John 1:7-10
    4 verses
    82%

    7 Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

    8 Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

    9 Anyone who goes on and does not keep to the teaching of Christ, has not God: he who keeps to the teaching has the Father and the Son.

    10 If anyone comes to you not having this teaching, do not take him into your house or give him words of love:

  • 1 John 4:4-9
    6 verses
    81%

    4 You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

    5 They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

    6 We are of God: he who has the knowledge of God gives ear to us; he who is not of God does not give ear to us. By this we may see which is the true spirit, and which is the spirit of error.

    7 My loved ones, let us have love for one another: because love is of God, and everyone who has love is a child of God and has knowledge of God.

    8 He who has no love has no knowledge of God, because God is love.

    9 And the love of God was made clear to us when he sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him.

  • 1 John 4:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15 Everyone who says openly that Jesus is the Son of God, has God in him and is in God.

    16 And we have seen and had faith in the love which God has for us. God is love, and everyone who has love is in God, and God is in him.

    17 In this way love is made complete in us, so that we may be without fear on the day of judging, because as he is, so are we in this world.

  • 1 John 5:5-8
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    75%

    5 Who is able to overcome the world but the man who has faith that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6 This is he who came by water and by blood, Jesus Christ; not by water only but by water and by blood.

    7 And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true.

    8 There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement.

  • 1 John 2:21-23
    3 verses
    74%

    21 I have not sent you this letter because you have no knowledge of what is true, but because you have knowledge, and because that which is false has nothing in common with that which is true.

    22 Who is false but he who says that Jesus is not the Christ? He is the Antichrist who has no belief in the Father or the Son.

    23 He who has no belief in the Son has not the Father: he who makes clear his belief in the Son has the Father.

  • 1 John 4:12-13
    2 verses
    73%

    12 No man has ever seen God: if we have love for one another, God is in us and his love is made complete in us:

    13 And his Spirit which he has given us is the witness that we are in him and he is in us.

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10 In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

  • 1 John 2:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.

    19 They went out from us but they were not of us; if they had been of us they would still be with us: but they went out from us so that it might be made clear that they were not of us.

  • Rom 8:9
    71%

    9 You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15 Have no love for the world or for the things which are in the world. If any man has love for the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16 Because everything in the world, the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father but of the world.

  • 1 John 2:28
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    28 And now, my children, keep your hearts in him; so that at his revelation, we may have no fear or shame before him at his coming.

  • 1 Cor 12:3
    70%

    3 So it is my desire for you to be clear about this; that no one is able to say by the Spirit of God that Jesus is cursed; and no one is able to say that Jesus is Lord, but by the Holy Spirit.

  • 1 John 5:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 We are certain that we are of God, but all the world is in the power of the Evil One.

    20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 John 1:3
    69%

    3 We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

  • 1 John 3:24
    69%

    24 He who keeps his laws is in God and God is in him. And the Spirit which he gave us is our witness that he is in us.

  • 2 Cor 11:4
    68%

    4 For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

  • John 14:17
    68%

    17 Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.

  • 1 John 3:1
    68%

    1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
    68%

    12 But we have not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which comes from God, so that we may have knowledge of the things which are freely given to us by God.

  • 1 John 3:6-8
    3 verses
    68%

    6 Anyone who is in him does no sin; anyone who is a sinner has not seen him and has no knowledge of him.

    7 My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

    8 The sinner is a child of the Evil One; for the Evil One has been a sinner from the first. And the Son of God was seen on earth so that he might put an end to the works of the Evil One.

  • 1 John 5:1
    68%

    1 Everyone who has faith that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God: and everyone who has love for the Father has love for his child.

  • John 3:6
    67%

    6 That which has birth from the flesh is flesh, and that which has birth from the Spirit is spirit.

  • 1 John 1:5
    67%

    5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
    67%

    1 But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

  • Jude 1:19
    67%

    19 These are the men who make divisions, natural men, not having the Spirit.

  • John 4:24
    67%

    24 God is Spirit: then let his worshippers give him worship in the true way of the spirit.

  • Rom 8:16
    67%

    16 The Spirit is witness with our spirit that we are children of God: