3. In this verse, he gives the same remark, negatively “and every spirit that dissolveth Jesus.” In the Greek it is, “and every spirit that confesses not Jesus,” (to which is added, in the ordinary Greek text, “to have come in the flesh), is not of God.” St. Augustine employs both readings, the reading of the Vulgate, and that of the Greek copies; it is probable both readings were originally found in the sacred text. They have the same meaning expressed in different words. He is said to “dissolve