1 John 4:1-6 Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God, for many false prophets have come out into the world."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God, for many false prophets have come out into the world." ² In this you know the spirit of God: every spirit which is avowing Jesus Christ, having come in flesh, is of God, ³ and every spirit which is not avowing Jesus the Lord having come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and is now already in the world." ⁴ You are of God, little children, and you have conquered them, for greater is He Who is in you than he who is in the world." ⁵ They are of the world; therefore they are speaking of the world, and the world is hearing them." ⁶ We are of God. He who knows God is hearing us. He who is not of God is not hearing us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.