ESV Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. NIV Dear ...

23 нояб. 2022 г. · John is telling the genuine believers to not even give intellectual assent to what the spirits are saying. Don't put your faith or trust in what ...

By "every spirit" he means, either every doctrine that is pretended to come from the Spirit of God, or every teacher, who professes to be qualified and sent by ...

David Guzik commentary on 1 John 4, where John encourages the believers to abide in God and His love, which is perfected among us.

This warning to "test the spirits to see if they are from God," was a necessary forewarning for all Christians, for Satan's ploy is to imitate the truth while ...

Love considers its object as good and excellent, and therefore amiable, and worthy to be beloved. Love considers God as most eminently good, and most eminently ...

8 июл. 2018 г. · The basic issue, according to chapter 4, is whether spiritual claims are centered in the Word that Jesus embodied. For the writer, the incarnate ...

By “spirits” he means those tendencies towards good and evil (here especially with regard to thought and opinion) which may be considered as coming from the ...

8 окт. 2017 г. · In this passage, John tells us “do not believe every spirit" because some spirits are liars. Some manifest in semi-automatic weapons; others in ...

31 дек. 2002 г. · John defined an antichrist as any person (or group) who denies the Father and the Son. In 1 John 4:3, he explained, “every spirit that does not ...