1 John 4:3 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

³ 2 No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and his charity is perfected in us.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ and 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And every spirit which does not acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh [but would annul, destroy, sever, disunite Him] is not of God [does not proceed from Him]. This [nonconfession] is the [spirit] of the antichrist, [of] which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already in the world.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

Common English Bible

³ and every spirit that doesn’t confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and is now already in the world.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ and every spirit who contradicts Jesus is not of God. And this one is the Antichrist, the one that you have heard is coming, and even now he is in the world.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ And every spirit that dissolveth Jesus, is not of God: and this is Antichrist, of whom you have heard that he cometh, and he is now already in the world.

1 John 4:3 Cross References

Matthew 24:5

3 But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.

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 2:22

Dearly beloved, we are now the sons of God; and it hath not yet appeared what we shall be. We know, that, when he shall appear, we shall be like to him: because we shall see him as he is.

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.