1 John 4:1 (WEB)
Beloved, don’t believe every spirit, but test the spirits, whether they are of God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Fathers and councils · 5
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God; and every spirit which separates Jesus Christ is not of God, but is of antichrist.”” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 1, 2. This is a material difference from the received text of the passage: “Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the…
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X I.20Conference I
“And this we can do, if we carry out the Apostle’s advice, “Believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits whether they are of God.”” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 1.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Beloved, believe not every spirit.”” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 1.
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“But we ought always to pray, as I said above, that we may receive the gift of discerning spirits; that, as it is written, we may not believe every spirit.’” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 1.
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Tertullian
“…John, who says that “already many false prophets are gone out into the world,” the fore-runners of Antichrist, who deny that Christ is come in the flesh, and do not acknowledge Jesus (to be the Christ), meaning in God the Creator.” — editor's note: 1 John iv. 1–3.
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Cross-references · 11
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