1 John 4
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 4 of 5
Chapter Summary
He warns them not to believe all teachers, who boast of the Spirit, but to try them.
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Cross-References
- John 3:16
- Romans 5:8
- 1 Corinthians 13
People & Context
Believers must test every spirit because many false prophets have gone into the world. The spirit confessing Jesus Christ come in the flesh is from Go…
Little children are of God and have overcome the false spirits because the One in them is greater than the one in the world. The false prophets are of…
Love is from God, and the one who loves has been generated from God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love — …
Timeline
Believers must test every spirit because many false prophets have gone into the world. The spirit confessing Jesus Christ come in the flesh is from God; the one that does not is the antichrist spirit already in the world.
1 John 4:1-3Little children are of God and have overcome the false spirits because the One in them is greater than the one in the world. The false prophets are of the world; God's people hear the truth.
1 John 4:4-6Love is from God, and the one who loves has been generated from God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love — revealed by sending His only begotten Son as propitiation for sins.
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