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

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h 2 John 7. So ch. 2:22.
g 1 Tim. 3:16. See John 1:14.
iSee ch. 2:18.
jSo 2 Thess. 2:3, 7. ch. 2:18, 22.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.

NLTNew Living Translation

But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world.