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1 John 4:3

American Standard Version

and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

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1 John 4:3 in other translations

and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

1 John 4:3 · World English Bible

1 John 4:3 in context

  1. 1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
  2. 2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
  3. 3and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.
  4. 4Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
  5. 5They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.