1 John 4:2

New English Translation

By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God,

Cross References

John 1:14

Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory – the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father.

1 Corinthians 12:3

So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus is cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

1 Timothy 3:16

And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

1 John 1:2

and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us).

1 John 2:23

Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also.

1 John 4:15

If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God.

1 John 4:3

but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him.

2 John 1:7

For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist!