Verse 2

in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

Referenced Verses

• 1 Cor 12:3 : 3 wherefore, I give you to understand that no one, in the Spirit of God speaking, saith Jesus `is' anathema, and no one is able to say Jesus `is' Lord, except in the Holy Spirit.
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and did tabernacle among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only begotten of a father, full of grace and truth.
• John 16:13-15 : 13 and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you; 14 He will glorify me, because of mine He will take, and will tell to you. 15 `All things, as many as the Father hath, are mine; because of this I said, That of mine He will take, and will tell to you;
• 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 and, confessedly, great is the secret of piety -- God was manifested in flesh, declared righteous in spirit, seen by messengers, preached among nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory!
• 1 John 2:23 : 23 every one who is denying the Son, neither hath he the Father, `he who is confessing the Son hath the Father also.'
• 1 John 4:3 : 3 and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.
• 1 John 5:1 : 1 Every one who is believing that Jesus is the Christ, of God he hath been begotten, and every one who is loving Him who did beget, doth love also him who is begotten of Him: