1 John 4
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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

believe not.

Deuteronomy 13:1-5 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives …

Proverbs 14:15 The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.

Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their …

Jeremiah 29:8,9 For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your …

Matthew 7:15,16 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, …

Matthew 24:4,5 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you…

Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly…

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …

try.

Luke 12:57 Yes, and why even of yourselves judge you not what is right?

Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received …

Romans 16:19 For your obedience is come abroad to all men. I am glad therefore …

1 Corinthians 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.

1 Thessalonians 5:21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.

Revelation 2:2 I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you …

many.

1 John 2:18 Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that …

Matthew 24:5,23-26 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many…

Mark 13:21 And then if any man shall say to you, See, here is Christ; or, see, …

Luke 21:8 And he said, Take heed that you be not deceived: for many shall come …

Acts 20:29 For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter …

1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall …

2 Timothy 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and …

2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there …

2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that …

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
And 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.
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

are.

1 John 4:6,16 We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God …

1 John 3:9,10 Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains …

1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

and have.

1 John 2:13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from …

1 John 5:4 For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the …

Romans 8:37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.

Ephesians 6:10,13 Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might…

Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of …

greater.

1 John 4:13,16 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has …

1 John 3:24 And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. …

John 10:28-30 And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither …

John 14:17-23 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because …

John 17:23 I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and …

Romans 8:10,11 And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the …

1 Corinthians 6:13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy …

2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are …

Ephesians 3:17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted …

than.

1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness.

John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world …

John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world …

John 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

1 Corinthians 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit …

2 Corinthians 4:4 In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which …

Ephesians 2:2 Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, …

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, …

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

We are. See on ver.

1 John 4:4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because …

Micah 3:8 But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, …

Romans 1:1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated …

1 Corinthians 2:12-14 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit …

2 Peter 3:2 That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by …

Jude 1:17 But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of …

he that knoweth.

1 John 4:8 He that loves not knows not God; for God is love.

Luke 10:22 All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who …

John 8:19,45-50 Then said they to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You …

John 10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

John 13:20 Truly, truly, I say to you, He that receives whomsoever I send receives …

John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, …

John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be to you: as my Father has …

1 Corinthians 14:37 If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual…

2 Corinthians 10:7 Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust …

2 Thessalonians 1:8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that …

Hereby. See on ver.

1 John 4:1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they …

Isaiah 8:20 To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this …

the spirit of truth.

John 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because …

John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the …

and.

Isaiah 29:10 For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and …

Hosea 4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares to …

Micah 2:11 If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will …

Romans 11:8 (According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, …

2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power …

Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.

was.

1 John 3:16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life …

John 3:16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that …

Romans 5:8-10 But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, …

Romans 8:32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, …

God sent.

1 John 4:10 Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and …

Luke 4:18 The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach …

John 5:23 That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. …

John 6:29 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you …

John 8:29,42 And he that sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; …

only.

Psalm 2:7 I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; …

Mark 12:6 Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him also …

John 1:14-18 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory…

John 3:18 He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not …

Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, this …

we.

1 John 5:11 And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and …

John 6:51,57 I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat …

John 10:10,28-30 The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: …

John 11:25,26 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes …

John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man …

Colossians 3:3,4 For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God…

Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.
No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.

our love. Gr. love with us. made. See on ver.

1 John 4:12 No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells …

1 John 2:5 But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: …

James 2:22 See you how faith worked with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?

we may.

1 John 2:28 And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, …

1 John 3:19-21 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our …

James 2:13 For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; …

the day.

Matthew 10:15 Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom …

Matthew 11:22,24 But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at …

Matthew 12:36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they …

2 Peter 2:9 The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to …

2 Peter 3:7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are …

as.

1 John 3:3 And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure.

Matthew 10:25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant …

John 15:20 Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater …

Romans 8:29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed …

Hebrews 12:2,3 Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the …

1 Peter 3:16-18 Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as …

1 Peter 4:1-3,13,14 For as much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm …

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
We love him, because he first loved us.
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?
And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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