1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.


In Context

1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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

3 and every spirit which confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

1 John 4:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Dearly beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, if they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:1Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.