1 John 4:1-3

International Standard Version

Test What People Say

4 Dear friends, stop believing^[a] every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

² This is how you can recognize God’s Spirit: Every spirit who acknowledges that Jesus the Messiah^[b] has become human—and remains so—is from God. ³ But every spirit who does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist. You have heard that he is coming, and now he is already in the world.