1 John 4:1

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Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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  • 2 Pet 2:1 : 1 But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.
  • 1 John 2:18 : 18 Dear children, it is the last hour. Just as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
  • 1 Thess 5:21 : 21 Test all things. Hold fast to what is good.
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.
  • Luke 12:57 : 57 And why do you not judge for yourselves what is right?
  • 2 John 1:7 : 7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
  • Acts 17:11 : 11 The Bereans were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
  • 1 Cor 12:10 : 10 to another, miraculous powers; to another, prophecy; to another, distinguishing between spirits; to another, different kinds of tongues; to another, the interpretation of tongues.
  • 1 Cor 14:29 : 29 Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others evaluate what is said.
  • 2 Tim 3:13 : 13 But wicked people and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.
  • Acts 20:29 : 29 I know that after my departure, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock.
  • Rom 16:18-19 : 18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery, they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. 19 Your obedience has been reported to all. Therefore, I rejoice about you. But I want you to be wise about what is good and innocent about what is evil.
  • Luke 21:8 : 8 He replied, 'Watch out that you are not deceived. For many will come in my name, saying, “I am he,” and, “The time is near.” Do not follow them.'
  • Deut 13:1-5 : 1 You must carefully follow everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or take away from it. 2 If a prophet or someone who has dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 3 and the sign or wonder he spoke to you about comes true, saying, 'Let us follow other gods, whom you have not known, and let us worship them,' 4 you must not listen to that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you truly love Him with all your heart and all your soul. 5 You must follow the LORD your God, fear Him, keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
  • Prov 14:15 : 15 The simple believe everything, but the prudent carefully consider their steps.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. And My people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
  • Jer 29:8-9 : 8 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Do not let the prophets or diviners among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that you are dreaming. 9 For they are prophesying falsely in my name. I have not sent them, declares the LORD.
  • Matt 7:15-16 : 15 Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
  • Matt 24:4-5 : 4 Jesus answered them, 'Watch out that no one deceives you.' 5 'For many will come in my name, claiming, "I am the Messiah," and will deceive many.'
  • Matt 24:23-26 : 23 At that time, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. 25 See, I have told you in advance. 26 So if anyone tells you, 'He is in the wilderness,' do not go out; or 'He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe it.
  • Mark 13:21 : 21 At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or ‘Look, there He is!’ do not believe it.
  • Rev 2:2 : 2 I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil people. You have tested those who call themselves apostles but are not, and you have found them to be liars.

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    2By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

    3And every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now it is already in the world.

    4You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

    5They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

    6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this, we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

    7Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

  • 1 Tim 4:1
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    1Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, giving heed to deceiving spirits and the teachings of demons.

  • Matt 24:11
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    11'And many false prophets will appear and deceive many people.'

  • Matt 7:15-16
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    15Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.

    16You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?

  • 2 John 1:7-8
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    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world—those who do not confess Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.

    8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but may receive a full reward.

  • Mark 13:21-22
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    21At that time if anyone says to you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah!’ or ‘Look, there He is!’ do not believe it.

    22For false messiahs and false prophets will rise and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

  • Matt 24:23-24
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    23At that time, if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or 'There he is!' do not believe it.

    24For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

  • 2 Pet 2:1-2
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    1But just as there were false prophets among the people, there will also be false teachers among you. They will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves.

    2Many will follow their destructive ways, and because of them, the way of truth will be blasphemed.

  • 1 Thess 5:20-21
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    20Do not despise prophecies.

    21Test all things. Hold fast to what is good.

  • 1 Cor 14:32
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    32The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets.

  • Deut 13:3
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    3and the sign or wonder he spoke to you about comes true, saying, 'Let us follow other gods, whom you have not known, and let us worship them,'

  • Jude 1:19
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    19These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly, devoid of the Spirit.

  • 1 John 4:13
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    13By this, we know that we remain in Him and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.

  • 1 Pet 4:12
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    12Dear friends, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal that has come on you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.

  • Jude 1:17
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    17But you, beloved, remember the words that were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • Ezek 13:2-3
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    2Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are prophesying, and say to those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD.

    3This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

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    16Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers and sisters.

  • 1 John 2:19
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    19They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But their going out showed that none of them belonged to us.

  • 2 Cor 11:4
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    4For if someone comes and preaches a Jesus other than the one we preached, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough.

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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.

  • Jer 23:16
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    16This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD.

  • Mic 2:11
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    11If someone full of wind and deceit lies and says, 'I will preach to you about wine and strong drink,' that would be just the preacher for this people!

  • 1 Cor 14:24
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    24But if everyone is prophesying and an unbeliever or uninitiated person enters, they are convicted of sin by all and are examined by all.

  • 1 Cor 14:1
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    1Pursue love, and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy.

  • 3 John 1:11
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    11Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. Whoever does good is from God; whoever does evil has not seen God.

  • Matt 24:4
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    4Jesus answered them, 'Watch out that no one deceives you.'

  • 1 Cor 12:4
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    4There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

  • 1 John 5:6
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    6This is the One who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ. He did not come by water only, but by water and blood. And the Spirit testifies to this, because the Spirit is the truth.

  • 1 Cor 2:12
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    12Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what has been freely given to us by God.

  • Acts 13:40
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    40So beware that what is spoken of in the prophets does not come upon you:

  • 2 Cor 13:5
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    5Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?

  • Rev 16:14
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    14They are demonic spirits performing miraculous signs, and they go out to the kings of the whole world to gather them for battle on the great day of God Almighty.

  • John 4:24
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    24God is Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and in truth.

  • 2 Pet 1:20
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    20Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture comes from one’s own interpretation.

  • 1 John 2:21
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    21I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie comes from the truth.

  • Eph 4:14
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    14Then we will no longer be infants, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.

  • 1 Tim 4:7
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    7Reject worldly and silly myths, and instead, train yourself in godliness.