1 John 4:1-6 ▼

1 Beloved {Agapētoi}, do not believe every spirit {pneumati}, but test the spirits {pneumata} to see whether they are from God {Theou}. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 By this you⁺ will know the Spirit {Pneuma} of God {Theou}: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus (YHWH saves) Christ (the Anointed One) has come in the flesh is from God,

3 and every spirit {pneuma} that does not confess Jesus [that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh] is not from God {Theou}. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you⁺ have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

4 You⁺, little children, are from God {Theou} and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you⁺ than he who is in the world.

5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

6 We are from God {Theou}. Whoever knows God {Theon} listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit {pneuma} of truth and the spirit of deception.