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1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 by this you may distinguish the spirit of God: "every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is from God. 3 and every spirit that does not own that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not from God." this is that anti-christian spirit which you have heard was to come, and even now it appears in the world. 4 ye are of God, my dear children, and you have overcome them: because he that is in you, is superior to him that is in the world. 5 they are of the world: therefore their doctrine is worldly, and the world are their disciples. 6 we are of God: he that knoweth God, heareth us; he that is not of God, heareth not us, by this we distinguish the spirit of truth from the spirit of imposture. 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth, is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 he that has not social affection, does not know God; for God is love. 1 John 4:1-8, Mace New Testament. Public domain.
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