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.


In Context

1 Dear 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.

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

3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

1st 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 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 English Revised 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 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.