1 John 4:2

Webster's Bible (1833)

By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.
  • John 1:14 : 14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son 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 from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will declare to you things that are coming. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine, and will declare it to you. 15 All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes{TR reads "will take" instead of "takes"} of mine, and will declare it to you.
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, And received up in glory.
  • 1 John 2:23 : 23 Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
  • 1 John 4:3 : 3 and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
  • 1 John 5:1 : 1 Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him.

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  • 1 John 4:3-9
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    3and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

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

    5They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

    6We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't 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 of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows God.

    8He who doesn't love doesn't know God, for God is love.

    9By this was God's love revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world 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 him, and he in God.

    16We know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and he who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.

    17In this love has been made perfect among us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment, because as he is, even 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 remains in us, and his love has been perfected in us.

    13By this we know that we remain in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.

  • 1 John 4:1
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    1Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

  • 1 John 5:5-7
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    5Who is he who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?

    6This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

    7For there are three who testify{Only a few recent manuscripts add "in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one. And there are three that testify on earth"}:

  • 2 John 1:7
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    7For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Antichrist.

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

    11For who among men knows the things of a man, except the spirit of the man, which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God, except God's Spirit.

    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 by God.

  • 1 John 5:20
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    20We know that the Son of God has come, and has given us an understanding, that we 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
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    3Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God's Spirit says, "Jesus is accursed." No one can say, "Jesus is Lord," but by the Holy Spirit.

  • Rom 8:9
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    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn't have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.

  • Rom 8:16
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    16The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God;

  • 1 John 5:1-2
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    1Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God. Whoever loves the father also loves the child who is born of him.

    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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    24He who keeps his commandments remains in him, and he in him. By this we know that he remains in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.

  • 2 John 1:9
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    9Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same 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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    20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you know the truth.

  • 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
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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 1 Cor 3:16
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    16Don't you know that you are a temple of God, and that God's Spirit lives in you?

  • 1 John 2:28-29
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    28Now, little children, remain in him, that when he appears, we may have boldness, 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 the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

    23Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.

  • 1 John 1:3
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    3that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and 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 persuade our hearts before him,

  • John 14:17
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    17the Spirit of truth, whom the world can't receive; for it doesn't see him, neither knows him. You know him, for he lives with you, and will be in you.

  • 1 John 2:3
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    3This is how 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 are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn't do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn't love his brother.

  • 1 Cor 8:3
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    3But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

  • 1 John 2:16
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    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.

  • 1 John 2:5
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    5But whoever keeps his word, God's love has most assuredly been perfected in him. This is how we know that we are in him:

  • 2 Cor 11:4
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    4For if he who comes preaches another Jesus, whom we did not preach, or if you receive a different spirit, which you did not receive, or a different gospel, which you did not accept, you put up with that well enough.

  • John 15:26
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    26"When the Counselor{Greek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comfortor.} has come, 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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    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 continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

  • 1 Tim 3:16
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    16Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, And received up in glory.