1 John 4:2

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

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  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Therefore, I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, 'Jesus be cursed,' and no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit.
  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • John 16:13-15 : 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you what is to come. 14 He will glorify me because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 Everything that the Father has is mine. This is why I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And undeniably, great is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son also has the Father.
  • 1 John 4:3 : 3 And 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.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 4:3-9
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    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.

    8The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

    9By this, the love of God was revealed among us: that God sent His only Son into the world so that we might live through Him.

  • 1 John 4:15-17
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    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in them, and they in God.

    16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in them.

    17In this, love has been made complete with us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment, because as He is, so also are we in this world.

  • 1 John 4:12-13
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    12No one has ever seen God. If we love one another, God remains in us, and His love is perfected in us.

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

  • 1 John 4:1
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    1Beloved, 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.

  • 1 John 5:5-7
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    5Who is it that overcomes the world? Only the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.

    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.

    7For there are three that testify in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one.

  • 2 John 1:7
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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.

  • 1 Cor 2:10-12
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    10Now God has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God.

    11For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person that is within him? In the same way, no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God.

    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.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20We also know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know 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 Cor 12:3
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    3Therefore, I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, 'Jesus be cursed,' and no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except by the Holy Spirit.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves His child as well.

    2This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments.

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And by this we know that He abides in us: through the Spirit He has given us.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Anyone who goes beyond and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. Whoever remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son.

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

  • 1 John 2:20
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    20But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.

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

  • John 3:6
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    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 1 Cor 3:16
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    16Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28And now, dear children, remain in Him, so that when He appears we may have confidence and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.

    29If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him.

  • 1 John 2:22-23
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    22Who is the liar? It is whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a person is the antichrist—denying the Father and the Son.

    23No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever acknowledges the Son also has the Father.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3what we have seen and heard we declare to you, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And truly, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.

  • 1 John 3:19
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    19By this we will know that we belong to the truth and will reassure our hearts in His presence.

  • John 14:17
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    17The Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him, you know him, because he remains with you and will be in you.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3We know that we have come to know Him if we keep His commandments.

  • 1 Cor 1:6
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    6Just as the testimony of Christ was confirmed among you,

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10By this the children of God and the children of the devil are distinguished: Anyone who does not practice righteousness and does not love their brother or sister is not of God.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone loves God, they are known by Him.

  • 1 John 2:16
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    16For all that is in the world—the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father, but is from the world.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever keeps His word, truly in that person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him.

  • 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.

  • John 15:26
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    26When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—he will testify about me.

  • 1 John 5:13
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    13I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know you have eternal life, and so that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 Tim 3:16
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    16And undeniably, great is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, justified by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.