1 John 4:3
and every spirit which is_not_same-wording/acknowledging the Jesus having-come in to{flesh} is_not_being out of{the God}, and the-same is-being the of{the in-place-of/opposing/contrary/anti-anointed}, which you-have-heard that it-is-being-come and now in to{the world} is-being already.
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
Cross References
2 Thessalonians 2:3No anyone may-deceive/defraud-out you according-to not-one manner, that if-supposing the stand-off/away-ia would_not_come first and the man of{the sin}, the son of{the destruction-off/away-ia}, may-be-off-covered/uncovered,
1 John 2:22Who[?] is-being the falsifier/liar if not the denying, that Jesus is_not_being the Anointed[?] The-same is-being the in-place-of/opposing/contrary/anti-anointed, the denying the Father and the Son.
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 →