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1 John 4:2
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 John 4:2
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
2 By this you know[a] the Spirit[b] of God: every spirit that is confessing Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh is from God.
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- 1 John 4:2 Or, recognize.
- 1 John 4:2 Or, spirit from God, maintaining the same sense as the other four uses of ‘spirit’ in v 1-3.
1 John 4:2
New International Version
1 John 4:2
New International Version
2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(A) is from God,(B)
1 John 4:2
New King James Version
1 John 4:2
New King James Version
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: (A)Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
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1 John 4:2
English Standard Version
1 John 4:2
English Standard Version
2 By this you know the Spirit of God: (A)every spirit that confesses that (B)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
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