He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.
1 John 4:1 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition BELOVED, DO not put faith in every spirit, but prove (test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world. American Standard Version (1901) Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Common English Bible Dear friends, don’t believe every spirit. Test the spirits to see if they are from God because many false prophets have gone into the world. Catholic Public Domain Version Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. |
He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.
A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
Then the LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name; I didn't send them, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke I to them: they prophesy to you a lying vision, and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their own heart.
Thus says the LORD of Armies, Don't listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you: they teach you vanity; they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD.
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the Kohanim bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end of it?
Then if anyone tells you, 'Look, here is the Messiah!' or, 'Look, there!' don't believe it.
He said, *Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
Now these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of the mind, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so.
For I know that after my departure, vicious wolves will enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
and to another workings of miracles; and to another prophecy; and to another discerning of spirits; to another different kinds of languages; and to another the interpretation of languages.
not to be quickly shaken in your mind, nor yet be troubled, either by spirit, or by word, or by letter as from us, saying that the day of Messiah had come.
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived.
But false prophets also arose among the people, as false teachers will also be among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, denying even the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Little children, these are the end times, and as you heard that the Anti-messiah is coming, even now many anti-messiahs have arisen. By this we know that it is the final hour.
Brothers, I write no new mitzvah to you, but an old mitzvah which you had from the beginning. The old mitzvah is the word which you heard from the beginning.
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who don't confess that Yeshua the Messiah came in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the Anti-messiah.
Beloved, don't imitate that which is evil, but that which is good. He who does good is of God. He who does evil hasn't seen God.
*I know your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate evil men, and have tested those who call themselves emissaries, and they are not, and found them false.