...into the world. Hereby know ye the spirit of God : Eveiy spirit that coufesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come iu the flesh, is not of God." Here you have precisely the same teaching as that quoted from the...

...is of God. Every Spirit — or every person, who confesseth that Jesus Christ — or the Messiah, is come in the flesh, is of God* And every Spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ — or the Messiah, is come in the flesh is not of God. This the judicious Reader will observe, is...

...accorded not with •what they had taught concerning Christ. " Here" by know ye the spirit of God : every spirit " that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...every spirit that con"fesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the " flesh is not of God — and this is that spirit of " Antichrist. — We are of God ;...

...spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh," that is, that he is properly a man, •' is of God. And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh," that is, that denieth him to be a man, •' is not of God. This is that spirit...

...of God ; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know we the Spirit of God : Every Spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God.' 1 John ir. 1, 2- Christians are here cautioned, not to give credit...

...denieth that Jesus Is the Christ ; he is Antichrist, denying the Father and the Son." And again, " Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...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...

...and proper flesh. With this determinate expression it was always necessary to acknowledge him. For ' every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God,' 1 John iv. 2, 3. This spirit appeared very early in the Christian...

...general application, is made a subject of many observations by the apostle John. See 1. John, iv. 2, 3. Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is not of God, Again, chapter v. verse 1. Whosoever believeth that Jesus is...

...occasion to the present controversy, is as follows; — Every spirit that confesseth that Jems Christ is come in the flesh is of God; and every spirit that confesseth not Jtsus is not of God. In the passage either thus read, or as it stands in our common translation, there...

...these the latter days, as it certainly was in the first ages. ' Hereby know we the Spirit of God ; every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...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...