1 John 4:6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us, and whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 18:21

He replied, ‘I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.’ Then the Lord said, ‘You are to entice him, and you shall succeed; go out and do it.’

Isaiah 29:10

For the Lord has poured out upon you a spirit of deep sleep; he has closed your eyes (the prophets) and covered your heads (the seers).

Isaiah 8:20

for teaching and for instruction?” surely those who speak like this will have no dawn!

Hosea 4:12

My people consult a piece of wood, and their divining rod gives them oracles. For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have prostituted themselves, forsaking their God.

Micah 2:11

If someone were to go about uttering empty falsehoods, saying, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” such a one would be the preacher for this people!

Micah 3:8

But as for me, I am filled with power, with the spirit of the Lord, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

Luke 10:22

All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

John 10:16

I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

John 10:27

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

John 10:3

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

John 13:20

Very truly, I tell you, whoever receives one whom I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives him who sent me.”

John 14:17

This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him because he abides with you, and he will be in you.

John 15:26

“When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.

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 will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

John 18:37

Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?” Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”

John 20:21

Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.”

John 8:19

Then they said to him, “Where is your Father?” Jesus answered, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also.”

John 8:23

He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are from this world, I am not from this world.

Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,

Romans 11:8

as it is written, “God gave them a sluggish spirit, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.”

1 Corinthians 14:37

Anyone who claims to be a prophet or spiritual must acknowledge that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Look at what is before your eyes. If you are confident that you belong to Christ, remind yourself of this, that just as you belong to Christ, so also do we.

2 Thessalonians 1:8

in a fiery flame, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will renounce the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

2 Peter 3:2

that you should remember the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken through your apostles.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:4

Little children, you are from God and have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

1 John 4:8

Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love.

1 John 5:19

We know that we are God’s children and that the whole world lies under the power of the evil one.

Jude 1:17

But you, beloved, must remember the words previously spoken by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,