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1 John 4:3

KJV
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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NKJV
and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.
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NASB
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; 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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NIV
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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Amp.
And every spirit which does not acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh [but would annul, destroy, sever, disunite Him] is not of God [does not proceed from Him]. This [nonconfession] is the [spirit] of the antichrist, [of] which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already in the world.
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Wuest
and every spirit who does not confess this aforementioned Jesus [agree to the above teaching concerning Him] is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist which you have heard that it comes, and now is already in the world.
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Phps.
but the spirit which denies this fact does not come from God. The latter comes from the anti-Christ, which you were warned would come and which is already in the world.
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Wms.
and no spiritual utterance which disowns Jesus can come from God: it is the utterance of Antichrist. You have heard that it is coming, and right now it is already in the world.
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Writings on the Paidion Books Site
That Reference This Scripture

  1. 1. A Biblical Survey of Satanic Deception; War On the Saints - Jessie Penn-Lewis
  2. Displacing Christ; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  3. Error; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  4. One Hundred and Seven Theses - Steve Camp
  5. Spiritual Hosts of Wickedness in the Heavenly Places; Lords of Darkness - Neil Girrard
  6. 2. Your Father the Devil; The Sons of the Devil - Neil Girrard
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