1 John 4:3-5

King James Version

³And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

⁴Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

⁵They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

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1 John 4:3-5

New King James Version

³and every spirit that does not confess ^[a]that Jesus ^[b]Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

⁴You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than ^(A)he who is in the world. ⁵^(B)They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and ^(C)the world hears them.

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Footnotes

1 John 4:3 NU omits that
1 John 4:3 NU omits Christ has come in the flesh

1 John 4:3-5

New American Standard Bible

³and every spirit that ^(A)does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the ^(B)antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and ^(C)now it is already in the world. ⁴You are from God, ^(D)little children, and ^(E)have overcome them; because ^(F)greater is He who is in you than ^(G)he who is in the world. ⁵^(H)They are from the world, therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

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1 John 4:3-5

English Standard Version

³and every spirit ^(A)that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and ^(B)now is in the world already. ⁴Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ^(C)he who is in you is greater than ^(D)he who is in the world. ⁵^(E)They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and ^(F)the world listens to them.