1 John 4:1 References

1 aBeloved, do not believe every bspirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because cmany false prophets have gone out into the world.

b Jeremiah 29:8, 1 Corinthians 12:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:20, 2 Thessalonians 2:2


Jeremiah 29

8 "For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Do not let your aprophets who are in your midst and your diviners bdeceive you, and do not listen to cthe dreams which they dream.

1 Corinthians 12

10 and to another the effecting of amiracles, and to another bprophecy, and to another the cdistinguishing of spirits, to another various dkinds of tongues, and to another the einterpretation of tongues.

1 Thessalonians 5

20 do not despise aprophetic utterances.

2 Thessalonians 2

2 that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a aspirit or a bmessage or a cletter as if from us, to the effect that dthe day of the Lord ehas come.

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