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Testing the Spirits

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits[a] to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

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Footnotes

  1. 4.1 test the spirits: i.e., examine those who claim to have special gifts from the Holy Spirit; cf. 1 Cor 14.32.

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