1 John 4:3

The Scriptures 1998

and every spirit that does not confess that יהושע  Messiah has come in the flesh is not of Elohim. And this is the spirit of the anti-messiah which you heard is coming, and now is already in the world.

Cross References

Matthew 24:5

“For many shall come in My Name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they shall lead many astray.

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last hour. And as you have heard that the anti-messiah is coming, even now many anti-messiahs have come. This is how we know that it is the last hour.

1 John 2:22

Who is the liar, except the one denying that יהושע  is the Messiah? This is the anti-messiah, the one denying the Father and the Son.

2 John 1:7

Because many who are leading astray went out into the world who do not confess יהושע  Messiah as coming in the flesh. This one is he who is leading astray and the anti-messiah.