1 John 4:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus cursed, and that no one can say that Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.
  • John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
  • John 16:13-15 : 13 However, when he, the Spirit of truth, has come, he will guide you into all truth: for he will not speak on his own; but whatever he hears, he will speak: and he will show you things to come. 14 He will glorify me: for he will take of what is mine, and will show it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are mine: therefore, I said he will take of mine, and show it to you.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.
  • 1 John 4:3 : 3 And every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and even now it is already in the world.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 4:3-9
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    91%

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

    4You are from God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world.

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

    6We are from God. He who knows God listens to us; he who 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, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

    8He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

    9In this the love of God was manifested toward us, because God sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

  • 1 John 4:15-17
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    79%

    15Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God.

    16And we have known and believed the love that God has for us. God is love, and he who dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him.

    17In this love has been perfected among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as He is, so are we in this world.

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

    13By this we know that we dwell in Him, and He in us, because 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 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 the one who overcomes the world, but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ, not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth.

    7For there are three that bear witness 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, who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

  • 1 Cor 2:10-12
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    10But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

    11For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

    12Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

  • 1 John 5:20
    72%

    20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.

  • 1 Cor 12:3
    72%

    3Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus cursed, and that no one can say that Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

  • Rom 8:9
    71%

    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

  • Rom 8:16
    70%

    16The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child born of them.

    2By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and keep His commandments.

  • 1 John 3:24
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    24And he who keeps his commandments abides in him, and he in him. And by this we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he has given us.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whoever transgresses and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ does not have God. He who abides in the doctrine of Christ 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 truth.

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

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

  • John 3:6
    69%

    6That 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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    16Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28And now, little children, abide in him, 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 is born of him.

  • 1 John 2:22-23
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    22Who is a liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist who denies the Father and the Son.

    23Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father either; he who acknowledges the Son has the Father also.

  • 1 John 1:3
    69%

    3That which 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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    19And by this we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.

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

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3And by this we know that we know him, if we keep his commandments.

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

  • 1 John 3:10
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    10In this the children of God and the children of the devil are manifest: whoever does not do righteousness is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
    67%

    3But if anyone loves God, he is known by Him.

  • 1 John 2:16
    67%

    16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever keeps his word, truly the love of God is perfected in him: by this we know that we are in him.

  • 2 Cor 11:4
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    4For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit, which you have not received, or a different gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

  • John 15:26
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    26But when the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He shall testify of me.

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

  • 1 Tim 3:16
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    16And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.