1 John 4:2

James Moffatt - New Testament

You can recognize the Spirit of God by this: every spirit which confesses Jesus as the Christ incarnate comes from God,

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:3

so I tell you now, that no one is speaking in the Spirit of God when he cries, 'Cursed be Jesus,' and that no one can say, 'Jesus is Lord,' except in the holy Spirit.

John 1:14

So the Logos became flesh and tarried among us; we have seen his glory — glory such as an only son enjoys from his father — seen it to be full of grace and reality.

1 Timothy 3:16

And who does not admit how profound is the divine truth of our religion? — it is He who was "manifest in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by the angels, preached among the nations, believed on throughout the world, taken up to glory."

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes Jesus is the Christ, is born of God; and everyone who loves the Father, loves the sons born of him.

1 John 4:3

and every spirit which does not confess Jesus [incarnate] does not come from God. This latter is the spirit of antichrist; you were told it was coming, and here it is already in the world.

1 John 2:23

No one who disowns the Son can possess the Father: he who confesses the Son possesses the Father as well.

1 John 1:2

(the Life has appeared; we saw it, we testify to it, we bring you word of that eternal Life which existed with the Father and was disclosed to us) —

1 John 4:15

Whoever confesses that 'Jesus is the Son of God,' in him God remains, and he remains in God;

2 John 1:7

I say this, because a number of impostors have emerged in the world, men who will not acknowledge the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh; that marks the real 'impostor' and 'antichrist.'