Discerning False Prophets
1 John 4:1-3 NLT Dear friends, do not believe everyone who claims to speak by the spirit. You must test them to see if the spirit they have comes from God. For there are many false prophets in the world.
This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God; If a person claiming to be a prophet acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God.
But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR
1 John 4:1-3 CSB Dear Friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
This is how you know the Spirit of God; Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not of God. This is the spirit of the anti-christ, which you have heard is coming; even now it is already in the world.
Denying the Incarnation
1 John 4:1-3 NIV Dear friends,
;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.
This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God; Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
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.