1 John 4:1 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

¹ 0 In this is charity: not as though we had loved God, but because he hath first loved us, and sent his Son to be a propitiation for our sins.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ BELOVED, DO not put faith in every spirit, but prove (test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

Common English Bible

¹ Dear friends, don’t believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see if they are from God because many false prophets have gone into the world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1 Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

3 And when he had eaten and drunk, he saddled his ass for the prophet, whom he had brought back.

Proverbs 14:15

2 They err that work evil: but mercy and truth prepare good things.

Jeremiah 14:14

2 Are there any among the graven things of the Gentiles that can send rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou the Lord our God, whom we have looked for? for thou hast made all these things.

Jeremiah 23:16

4 Shall a man be hid in secret places, and I not see him, saith the Lord? do not I fill heaven and earth, saith the Lord?

Jeremiah 5:31

Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee, lest I make thee desolate, a land uninhabited.

Mark 13:21

9 So you also when you shall see these things come to pass, know ye that it is very nigh, even at the doors.

Luke 12:57

He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

Luke 21:8

6 And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends; and some of you they will put to death.

Acts 17:11

9 And taking him, they brought him to the Areopagus, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, which thou speakest of?

Acts 20:29

7 And there was much weeping among them all; and falling on the neck of Paul, they kissed him,

1 Corinthians 12:10

9 And if they all were one member, where would be the body?

1 Corinthians 14:29

8 But if any man know not, he shall not be known.

1 Thessalonians 5:20

Paul, and Sylvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 5:21

Grace unto you, and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Thessalonians 2:2

1 Therefore God shall send them the operation of error, to believe lying:

1 Timothy 4:1

0 For therefore we labor and are reviled, because we hope in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, especially of the faithful.

2 Timothy 3:13

But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober.

2 Peter 2:1

0 And especially them who walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government, audacious, self willed, they fear not to bring in sects, blaspheming.

1 John 2:18

7 And as for you, let the unction, which you have received from him, abide in you. And you have no need that any man teach you; but as his unction teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie. And as it hath taught you, abide in him.

1 John 2:7

6 For all that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, and the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride of life, which is not of the Father, but is of the world.

2 John 1:7

I was exceedingly glad when the brethren came and gave testimony to the truth in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth.

3 John 1:11

And the angels who kept not their principality, but forsook their own habitation, he hath reserved under darkness in everlasting chains, unto the judgment of the great day.

Revelation 2:2

1 He, that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches: He that shall overcome, shall not be hurt by the second death.