1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 5:1; 1 Timothy 3:16; John 1:14; John 16:13-15
Hereby - Greek, “By this;” that is, by the test which is immediately specified. Know ye the Spirit of God - You may discern who are actuated...
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: (b) Every spirit that confesseth that (c) Jesus Christ is come in the (d) flesh is of God: (2) He gives a cert...
A digression. The reference to the Spirit ( 1 John 3:24 ) reminds John that some who claimed to possess the Spirit of God, e.g. the false prophets,...
Hereby . See 1 John 3:16 . know . App-132. Spirit . App-101. spirit . App-101. that . Omit. Jesus Christ . App-98. is come . to have co...
2 Hereby, or by this, know ye He lays down a special mark by which they might more easily distinguish between true and false prophets. Y...
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: Hereby know ye the Spirit of God - W...
Hereby know ye the Spirit, &c.— Hereby you may discern, &c. Heylin. There are two ways of interpreting what St. John has here laid down a...
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: Hereby know ... Spirit of God...
Fellowship with God in Love 1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of testing metals. 2, 3 . See on 2 John 1:7 .
IV. (6) NOT ALL SPIRITS ARE THE RESULT OF THE SONSHIP: NECESSITY OF EXAMINING THEM ( 1 John 4:1-6 ). ( a ) The difference among spirits ( 1 Jo...
Chapter 3 THE POLEMICAL ELEMENT IN THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN 1 John 4:2-3 A DISCUSSION (however far from technical completeness) of the po...
the Token of God's Love 1 John 4:1-11 In those days the intense ferment of men's minds wrought many delusions and heresies which were fraught w...
Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love, false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be tested by t...
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (2) Hereby k...
THE INCARNATION AND THE INNER LIFE ‘Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God.’ 1 John 4:2 Only too comm...
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God ,.... This is a rule by which believers may know whether a man professing to have the Spirit of God, and to be call...
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: Ver. 2. Hereby know ye the spiri...
Hereby By the following plain mark; know ye the Spirit of God In a teacher. Every spirit Of a teacher; that confesseth that Jesus Christ is co...
But there must be guards as to the operation of the Spirit of God, that is, the child of God must be guarded against all that would imitate the opera...
Concerning Antichrist. A. D. 80. 1 Beloved,...
He here gives them the general rule, both affirmative and negative, which would suffice them to judge by in their present case; this being the great...
Compare 1 Corinthians 14:29 ; 1 Corinthians 14:32 The Spirits of the Prophets ( 1 John 4:1-6 ). John here warns of the dangers of listening to...
‘By this you know the Spirit of God. Every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit which does not c...
LOVE FINDS THE TRUTH; FEAR TAKES UP WITH ERROR CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES IN the first three verses the apostle guards his readers against b...
1 John 4:1 . Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the worl...
1 John 4:1 . Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirit whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world...
1 John 4:1 . Beloved, believe not every spirit, A simpleton believes every word that he hears, but «the wise man's eyes are in his head,» so he...
1 John 4:1 . Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God. Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come in the fles...
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God The test of truth--confessing Christ In the Word of God we are...
EXPOSITION 1 John 4:1 - 1 John 5:12 (2) The source of son-ship. Possession of the Spirit. 1 John 4:1-62 Confession of the Inc...
The Attitude of Christians toward False Teachers and toward One Another. The false prophets:
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God;
Testing the True and the False 1 John 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some import...
Every spirit — Or teacher. Which confesseth — Both with heart and voice. Jesus Christ, who is come in the flesh, is of God — This his coming presup...
2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: