1 John 4:6

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us;  anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

Cross References

John 14:17

He is the Spirit   of truth.   The world is unable to receive him because it doesn’t see him or know him. But you do know him, because he remains with you and will be   in you.

John 10:27

My sheep hear my voice, I know them, and they follow me.

John 15:26

‘When the Counsellor   comes, the one I will send to you from the Father   #– #the Spirit of truth   who proceeds from the Father #– #he will testify about me.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits  to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:4

You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you  is greater than the one who is in the world.

John 18:37

‘You are a king then? ’ Pilate asked. ‘You say that I’m a king,’ Jesus replied. ‘I was born for this, and I have come into the world   for this: to testify   to the truth.   Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.’

1 Corinthians 14:37

If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, he should recognise that what I write to you is the Lord’s command.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

when he takes vengeance with flaming fire  on those who don’t know God  and on those who don’t obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

John 16:13

When the Spirit of truth   comes, he will guide you into all the truth.   For he will not speak on his own, but he will speak whatever he hears. He will also declare to you what is to come.

Micah 3:8

As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the  Lord, with justice and courage, to proclaim to Jacob his rebellion and to Israel his sin.

1 John 4:8

The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit  explicitly says that in later times  some will depart from the faith,  paying attention to deceitful spirits  and the teachings of demons,

John 13:20

Truly I tell you, whoever receives anyone I send receives me, and the one who receives   me receives him who sent me.’

John 8:19

Then they asked him, ‘Where is your Father? ’ ‘You know neither me nor my Father,’   Jesus answered. ‘If you knew me, you would also know my Father.’

Luke 10:22

All things have   been entrusted to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son desires   to reveal him.’

Hosea 4:12

My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of promiscuity leads them astray; they act promiscuously in disobedience to   their God.

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out on you an overwhelming urge to   sleep; he has shut your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 8:20

Go to God’s instruction and testimony!  If they do not speak according to this word, there will be no dawn for them.

Jude 1:17

But you, dear friends, remember what was predicted by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2 Peter 3:2

so that you recall the words previously spoken by the holy prophets and the command of our Lord and Saviour given through your apostles.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Look at what is obvious.  If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ,  let him remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.

Romans 11:8

as it is written, God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that cannot see and ears that cannot hear, to this day.  ,

Romans 1:1

Paul, a ser?vant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle  , and set apart  for the gospel of God   #– #

John 20:21

Jesus said to them again, ‘Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me,   I also send you.’

John 10:16

But I have other sheep   that are not from this sheepfold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. Then there will be one flock, one shepherd.

Micah 2:11

If a man comes and utters empty lies    – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’   – he would be just the preacher for this people!

John 8:23

‘You are from below,’ he told them, ‘I am from above.   You are of this world;   I am not of this world.

John 10:3

The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are of God, and the whole world is under the sway of the evil one.

2 Chronicles 18:21

‘So he said, “I will go and become a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.” ‘Then he said, “You will entice him and also prevail. Go and do that.”