1 John 4:2 - Easy To Read Version

This is how you can know God’s Spirit. {\cf2\super [15]} One spirit says, “I believe that Jesus is the Christ who came to earth and became a man.” That Spirit is from God.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

By this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the fact] that Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [actually] has become man and has come in the flesh is of God [has God for its source];

American Standard Version (1901)

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

Common English Bible

This is how you know if a spirit comes from God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come as a human is from God,

Catholic Public Domain Version

The Spirit of God may be known in this way. Every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has arrived in the flesh is of God;

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

By this is the spirit of God known. Every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God:

1 John 4:2 Tagairtí Cros

John 1:14

The Word {\cf2\super [5]} became a man and lived among us. We saw his glory—the glory that belongs to the only Son of the Father. The Word was full of grace (kindness) and truth.

1 Corinthians 12:3

So I tell you that no person that is speaking with the help of God’s Spirit says, “Jesus be cursed.” And no person can say, “Jesus is Lord,” without the help of the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [82]}

1 Timothy 3:16

Without any doubt, the secret of our life of worship is great:

1 John 1:2

That Life was shown to us. We saw it. We can give proof about it. Now we tell you about that Life. It is Life that continues forever. This is the Life that was with God the Father. God showed this Life to us.

1 John 2:23

If a person does not believe in the Son, then he does not have the Father. But the person who accepts the Son has the Father, too.

1 John 4:15

If a person says, “I believe that Jesus is the Son of God,” then God lives in that person. And that person lives in God.

1 John 4:3

Another spirit refuses to say this about Jesus. That spirit is not from God. This is the spirit of the Enemy of Christ. You have heard that the Enemy of Christ is coming. And now the Enemy of Christ is already in the world.

1 John 5:1

Greetings from Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James.