1 John 4:2
By this we have da'as of the Ruach Hakodesh of Hashem: every ruach which makes hoda'ah (confession) of Yehoshua, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach as having come in the basar is of Hashem,
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John 16:13But when that One has come, the Ruach Hakodesh, the Ruach HaEmes, He will guide you in all truth. + 16:13 Ps 25:5 For He will not speak on His own authority, but what things He will hear, He will speak, and the things that are to come He will announce to you.
1 Timothy 3:16And confessedly great is the sod of chasidus: + 3:16 see 1Ti 3:9 1 Elokim was manifested in basar, 1 was vindicated + 3:16 proven just by the Ruach HaKodesh, 1 was seen by malachim, 1 was proclaimed among the Nations, 1 was believed on in the world, 1 was taken up in kavod.
1 John 4:3And every ruach which does not make hoda'ah of Yehoshua is not of Hashem. And this is the ruach of the Anti-Moshiach, which you have heard that it is coming; and now it already is in the Olam Hazeh.
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:2-4
Concerning Antichrist. ( a. d. 80.) 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. The apostle,… Read the whole commentary →