Study it in the app“Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
Beloved,Ἀγαπητοίdo notμὴbelieveπιστεύετεeveryπαντὶspirit,πνεύματιbutἀλλὰtestδοκιμάζετεthe spiritsτὰ πνεύματαto seewhetherεἰthey areἐστινfromἐκGod,τοῦ θεοῦbecauseὅτιmanyπολλοὶfalse prophetsψευδοπροφῆταιhave gone outἐξεληλύθασινintoεἰςthe world.τὸν κόσμον
beloved
Beloved, dear.
Where else “Agapētoi” appearstrust
To trust in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteuete” appearsevil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneumati” appearstest
To check something to see if it is good.
Where else “dokimazete” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “estin” appearsGod
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theou” appearsmany
A great number of people or things.
Where else “polloi” appearsfalse prophet
False prophet: one who claims to speak for God without having been sent by God.
Where else “pseudoprophētai” appearsgo out
To leave the place where one was and go outside or elsewhere.
Where else “exelēlythasin” appearscreation
Everything God made.
Where else “kosmon” appears1 · This verse (above)
2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus the Messiah as having come in the flesh is from God,
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?
