⁵ For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Messiah,’ and they will deceive many.^(A)

²⁴ False messiahs^[a] and false prophets will arise and perform great signs and wonders to lead astray,^(A) if possible, even the elect.

²² Who is the liar, if not the one who denies that Jesus is the Messiah?^(A) This one is the antichrist: the one who denies the Father and the Son.

³ But every spirit who does not confess Jesus^[a] is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist;^(A) you have heard that he is coming, and he is already in the world now.

⁷ Many deceivers have gone out into the world; they do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh.^[a](A) This is the deceiver and the antichrist.^(B)