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


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.

4 Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

1 John 4:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:2This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:2By this is the spirit of God known. Every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2Hereby ye know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses Jesus Christ come in flesh is of God;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2By this ye know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ hath come in the flesh, is from God:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:2in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:2Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: