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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,

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

In Context

1Chaverim, do not believe every ruach. + 4:1 Jer 29:8 But test the ruchot (spirits), if they be of Hashem, because many nevi'ei sheker have gone out into the Olam Hazeh.

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.

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Cross References

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 →

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