Berean Standard Bible
“By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,”
John tells his readers not to believe every spirit but to test them to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. Some in his community denied that Jesus had truly come in a human body.
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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
World English Bible (WEB)
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
King James Version (KJV)
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
American Standard Version (ASV)
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
By this you may have knowledge of the Spirit of God: every spirit which says that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
in this know you the Spirit of God; every spirit that does confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,
Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)
En esto conoced el Espíritu de Dios: todo espíritu que confiesa que Jesucristo es venido en carne es de Dios:
Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)
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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)
Para saber si el mensaje que se nos comunica procede del Espíritu Santo, debemos preguntarnos: ¿Reconoce el hecho de que Jesucristo, el Hijo de Dios, se hizo hombre de verdad?
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