1 John 4:3
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4:3but9 every spirit that does not confess10 Jesus11 is not from God, and this is the spirit12 of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world.
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- 9 The καί (kai) which begins 4:3 introduces the “negative side” of the test by which the spirits might be known in 4:2–3. Thus it is adversative in force: “every spirit that confesses Jesus as Christ who has come in the flesh is from God, but every Spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.”
- 10 Or “does not acknowledge.”
- 11 A number of variants are generated from the simple τὸν Ἰησοῦν (ton Iēsoun), some of which turn the expression into an explicit object-complement construction. Ἰησοῦν κύριον (Iēsoun kurion, “Jesus as Lord”) is found in א, τὸν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν (ton Iēsoun Christon, “Jesus as Christ”) is read by the Byzantine minuscules, τὸν Χριστόν (“the Christ”) is the reading of 1846, and Ἰησοῦν without the article is found in 1881 2464. But τὸν Ἰησοῦν is well supported by A B Ψ 33 81 1739 , and internally best explains the rise of the others. It is thus preferred on both external and internal grounds.
- 12 “Spirit” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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.
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