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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. |
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
Beloved, 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. |
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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. |
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. |
Divinely loved ones, stop believing every spirit. But put the spirits to the test to see whether they are of God and for the purpose of approving them if they are, and finding that they meet the specifications laid down [as to orthodoxy in doctrine], put your approval upon them, because many false prophets are gone out into the world. |
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Don’t trust every spirit, dear friends of mine, but test them to discover whether they come from God or not. For the world is full of false prophets. |
Dearly beloved, stop believing every so-called spiritual utterance, but keep testing them to see whether they come from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. |
Beloved, 27 believe 4100 not 3361 every 3956 spirit, 4151 but 235 try 1381 the 3588 spirits 4151 whether 1487 they are 2076 of 1537 God: 2316 because 3754 many 4183 false prophets 5578 are gone out 1831 into 1519 the 3588 world. 2889 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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