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and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus[a] does not belong to God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that, as you heard, is to come, but in fact is already in the world.(A) You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They belong to the world; accordingly, their teaching belongs to the world, and the world listens to them.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 4:3 Does not acknowledge Jesus: some ancient manuscripts add “Christ” and/or “to have come in the flesh” (cf. 1 Jn 4:2), and others read “every spirit that annuls (or severs) Jesus.”

but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(A) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.(B)

You, dear children,(C) are from God and have overcome them,(D) because the one who is in you(E) is greater than the one who is in the world.(F) They are from the world(G) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

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