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


In Context

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

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

3 and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is 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 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 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.