1 John 4:2

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Here’s how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that agrees that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 12:3

So I want you to know that anyone who’s speaking with the help of God’s Spirit never says, “May Jesus be cursed.” And without the help of the Holy Spirit, no one can say, “Jesus is Lord.”

John 1:14

The Word became human and made his home with us. We have seen his glory the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.

1 Timothy 3:16

Without question, true godliness comes from this great mystery: Jesus came as a human being, and he was declared right with God by the Holy Spirit. He was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and taken up in glory.

1 John 5:1

Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ is a child of God. And everyone who loves the Father loves his child as well.

1 John 4:3

But every spirit that doesn’t agree with this isn’t from God. Instead, it’s the spirit of the great enemy of Christ. You’ve heard that this spirit is coming, and even now it’s already in the world.

1 John 2:23

They’re denying both the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. But whoever accepts the Son has the Father too.

1 John 1:2

This life has appeared, and we’ve seen him and are witnesses about him. So we’re announcing to you this same eternal life, which was with the Father and has now appeared to us.

1 John 4:15

If anyone agrees that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they live in God.

2 John 1:7

I say this because many people have gone out into the world to try to deceive others. They don’t agree that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. These people are like the great enemy of Christ.