The New American Standard Bible
Book of 1 John
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Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:1 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:1 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:1 JFB -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:1 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:1 PNT -> Commentary on 4:1 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:1 TSK -> Commentary on 4:1 TSK -> Entry for 4:1 WEN -> Notes on 4:1 NTB -> Church; Commandments; Minister, Christian TTT -> Doctrines, False; Prophets, False 4:1 - [In Context|Original Greek] Beloved, R168 do not believe every spirit, R169 but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many R170 false prophets have gone out into the world.
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:2 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:2 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:2 JFB -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:2 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:2 PNT -> Commentary on 4:2 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:2 TSK -> Commentary on 4:2 TSK -> Entry for 4:2 WEN -> Notes on 4:2 NTB -> Confession; Holy Spirit; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian TTT -> Confessing Christ; Prophets, False 4:2 - [In Context|Original Greek] By this you know the Spirit of God: every R171 spirit that confesses R172 that Jesus R173 Christ has come in the flesh is from God;
Study Resource List BCC -> Commentary on 4:3 DSN -> Synopsis on 4:3 GEB -> Study Notes on 4:3 JFB -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 4:3 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 4:3 PNT -> Commentary on 4:3 RWP -> Study Notes on 4:3 SRN -> Study Notes on 4:3 TSK -> Commentary on 4:3 TSK -> Entry for 4:3 WEN -> Notes on 4:3 NTB -> Antichrist; Confession; Doctrines; Jesus, The Christ; Minister, Christian; Unbelief TTT -> Antichrist; Confessing Christ; Denial of Christ; Human Nature of Christ, The; Prophets, False EBD -> Antichrist SBD -> John, The First Epistle General of 4:3 - [In Context|Original Greek] and every spirit that does R174 not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the {spirit} of the antichrist, R175 of which you have heard that it is coming, and now R176 it is already in the world.
CROSS REFERENCES: R168: : R169: Jeremiah 29:8; 1 Corinthians 12:10; 1 Thessalonians 5:20; 2 Thessalonians 2:2 R170: Jeremiah 14:14; 2 Peter 2:1; 1 John 2:18 R171: 1 Corinthians 12:3 R172: 1 John 2:23 R173: John 1:14; 1 John 1:2 R174: 1 John 2:22; 2 John 1:7 R175: 1 John 2:18,22 R176: 2 Thessalonians 2:3-7; 1 John 2:18

Abbreviations Legend: BCC - Burton Coffman; DSN - Darby's Synopsis; GEB - Gill's Exposition; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; PNT - People's New Testament; RWP - Robertson's Word Pictures; SRN - Scofield Reference Notes; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - The New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995; Audio Recording Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, (P) 1989 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. Used by permission. For usage information, please read the NASB Copyright Statement.