Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: |
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, |
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; |
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, |
By this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the fact] that Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [actually] has become man and has come in the flesh is of God [has God for its source]; |
In this you know experientially the Spirit of God. Every spirit who agrees [to the doctrinal statement] that Jesus Christ has come in the sphere of the flesh [i.e., in incarnation] and still remains incarnate [in human form] is of God; |
You can test whether they come from God in this simple way: every spirit that acknowledges the fact that Jesus Christ actually became man, comes from God, |
In this way you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spiritual utterance which owns that Jesus Christ has come in human form comes from God, |
Here- 5129 -by 1722 know 1097 ye the 3588 Spirit 4151 of God: 2316 Every 3956 spirit 4151 that 3739 confesseth 3670 that Jesus 2424 Christ 5547 is come 2064 in 1722 the flesh 4561 is 2076 of 1537 God: 2316 |
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- Error; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard The spirit of error may be just another name for the spirit of antichrist - its goals and tactics are extremely similar.
- One Hundred and Seven Theses - Steve Camp Christianity today is increasingly dominated by the spirit of this age rather than the Spirit of Christ. We call ourselves to repent of this sin and to recover the historic Christian faith in the arts again.
- The Special Warning to the Church by the Writer of the Apocalypse; War On the Saints - Jesse Penn-Lewis Not everyone claiming to be a teacher is what he claims to be.
- 2. Your Father the Devil; The Sons of the Devil - Neil Girrard Anyone who is a tool in the hands of Satan for any kind of divisiveness and destruction or who imitates the arrogance and rebellious nature of Satan is simply a son of Satan, a tare among the wheat.