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1 John 4:1 KJV
1 John · chapter 4 · verse 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.1 John 4:1 · King James Version
1 John 4:1 in context
1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.
Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Thessalonians 5:21
- 2 Peter 2:1
- 1 Timothy 4:1
- 2 John 1:7
- Proverbs 14:15
- Matthew 24:4-5
- Jeremiah 29:8-9
- Matthew 7:15-16
Key words (Strong's)
- prophetspseudoprophētēsone who, acting the part of a divinely inspired prophet, utters falsehoods under the name…G5578 →
- Belovedagapētosbeloved, esteemed, dear, favourite, worthy of loveG27 →
- believepisteuōto think to be true, to be persuaded of, to credit, place confidence in, of the thing…G4100 →
- spiritpneumathe third person of the triune God, the Holy Spirit, coequal, coeternal with the Father…G4151 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- manypolysmany, much, largeG4183 →
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The apostle, having said that God's dwelling in and with us may be known by the Spirit that he hath given us, intimates that that Spirit may be discerned and distinguished from other spirits that appear in the world; and so here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-3