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CHAPTER IV.
_We must not believe every teacher who professes to have a_
_Divine commission to preach, but try such, whether they be of_
_God; and the more so because many false prophets are gone ou...
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BELOVED, BELIEVE NOT EVERY SPIRIT - Do not confide implicitly in
everyone who professes to be under the influences of the Holy Spirit.
Compare Matthew 24:4. The true and the false teachers of religion...
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V. HEREBY WE KNOW
Chapter S 3:19-5:13
_ 1. Hereby we know that we are of the truth (1 John 3:19)_
2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God (1 John 4:1)
3. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth and of error...
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A digression. The reference to the Spirit (1 John 3:24) reminds John
that some who claimed to possess the Spirit of God, _e.g._ the false
prophets, did so unjustifiably. Hence his readers must have a...
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THE PERILS OF THE SURGING LIFE OF THE SPIRIT (1 John 3:24 B- 1 John
4:1)
_ 4:1 This is how we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he
gave to us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but t...
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BELOVED. App-135.
BELIEVE. App-150.
SPIRIT. App-101.
TRY. test, prove. By the Word of God. Greek. _dokimazo._ See Romans
1:28 with Romans 12:2.
WHETHER. if. App-118.
OF. App-104.
GOD. App-98.
FA...
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The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error
1 6. This section is an amplification of the sentence with which the
preceding chapter ends. We certainly have the Holy Spirit as an
abiding gift from God,...
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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. God is Love
There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point
onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of
summary (1 John 5:13-21). T...
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ἈΓΑΠΗΤΟΊ. See on 1 John 3:2. The tender address once more
introduces a matter of deep practical importance: comp. 1 John 3:21.
ΜῊ ΠΑΝΤῚ ΠΝΕΎΜΑΤΙ ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΤΕ. This
exhortation does not give us the main s...
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1–6. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR
1–6. This section is an amplification of the sentence with which the
preceding chapter ends. We certainly have the Holy Spirit as an
abiding gift from...
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1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. GOD IS LOVE
There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point
onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of
summary (1 John 5:13-21). Th...
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ΠΙΣΤΕΎΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от_ ΠΙΣΤΈΎΩ (G4100)
верить. _Praes. imper._ с ΜΗ (G3361) может
призывать к прекращению
развивающегося действия,
ΆΛΛ (G235) но, скорее,
ΔΟΚΙΜΆΖΕΤΕ _praes. imper. act. от...
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BELIEVE NOT EVERY SPIRIT,— By _the spirits,_ understand not the men
pretending to inspiration, nor the doctrines which they delivered, but
the spirits from whence the doctrines proceeded; namely, _fir...
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CHAPTER XI
_DIVINE SONSHIP DEMONSTRATED BY
CONFESSION OF CHRIST AND ATTENTION TO TRUTH_
(The Third Test. The Second Time)
1 John 4:1-6
A.
_The Text_
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove t...
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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they
are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
BELOVED - the affectionate address wherewith he calls atten...
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VERSE 1. BELOVED, BELIEVE NOT EVERY SPIRIT.
Here a solemn injunction is laid upon the brethren to whom this
epistle is addressed. We must first understand just what is exacted of
us before we can comp...
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8 The title..Adversary" has far more aptness than is at first
apparent. Satan is known to us only through his word He never appears
otherwise than as the evil creature indicated by his titles. From hi...
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FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE
1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of
testing metals.
2, 3. See on 2 John 1:7....
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HOW CAN I BE SURE?
1 JOHN
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 4
TEST THE *SPIRITS TO SEE IF THEY ARE TRUE (1 JOHN 4:1-6)
V1 My friends, do not believe every *spirit. First, make sure where
they are from. Se...
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IV.
(6) NOT ALL SPIRITS ARE THE RESULT OF THE SONSHIP: NECESSITY OF
EXAMINING THEM (1 John 4:1).
(_a_)
_The difference among spirits_ (1 John 4:1).
(_b_)
_The measure_ (1 John 4:2).
(c
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The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error. “Beloved, believe not
every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are from God;
because many false prophets have gone forth into the world. Herein ye...
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THE TOKEN OF GOD'S LOVE
1 John 4:1
In those days the intense ferment of men's minds wrought many
delusions and heresies which were fraught with temptation to young
converts, and the Apostle wished to...
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Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love,
false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be
tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess tha...
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TESTING THE SPIRITS
Every person claiming to teach God's law is not from God (Matthew
7:15-20). Moses told the children of Israel they could test a prophet
by whether or not his words came to pass (De...
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(1) Beloved, believe not every (a) spirit, but try the spirits whether
they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the
world.
(1) Taking occasion by the name of the Spirit, lest lov...
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Try the spirits; i.e. every doctrine that you hear: for now are many
false teachers, false doctors, and false prophets. (Witham) --- Try,
&c. viz. by examining whether their teaching be agreeable to t...
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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 confess...
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CONTENTS
Here are contained Commands to try the Spirits, and Rules given for
discovering of them. Some blessed Things are spoken of Christ. The
Chapter concludes with an Account of God's Love....
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He returns to his former doctrine, which he had touched upon in the
second chapter; for many (as it is usual in new things) abused the
name of Christ for the purpose of serving their own errors. Some...
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Now, to make use of this last proof, caution was required, for many
false prophets would assume, and even in the time of the apostle had
already assumed, the semblance of having received communication...
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BELOVED, BELIEVE NOT EVERY SPIRIT,.... The apostle having mentioned
the word "spirit" in the latter part of the preceding chapter, takes
an occasion from thence to return to what he had been suggestin...
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Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they
are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Ver. 1. _But try the spirits_] As lapidaries do their stones,...
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Because the Gnostics and other heretics, in the first age, to gain the
greater credit to their erroneous doctrines, assumed to themselves the
character and authority of inspired teachers, John put his...
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EVERY SPIRIT; speaking to you through one who claims to be a prophet.
TRY THE SPIRITS; the "discerning of spirits" was one of the special
and temporary spiritual gifts, 1 Corinthians 12:10; but here t...
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THE ATTITUDE OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD FALSE TEACHERS AND TOWARD ONE
ANOTHER.
The false prophets:...
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BELOVED, BELIEVE NOT EVERY SPIRIT, BUT TRY THE SPIRITS WHETHER THEY
ARE OF GOD; BECAUSE MANY FALSE PROPHETS ARE GONE OUT INTO THE WORLD....
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But there must be guards as to the operation of the Spirit of God,
that is, the child of God must be guarded against all that would
imitate the operation of the Spirit. Satan is extremely cunning, and...
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1-6 Christians who are well acquainted with the Scriptures, may, in
humble dependence on Divine teaching, discern those who set forth
doctrines according to the apostles, and those who contradict the...
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1 JOHN CHAPTER 4 1 JOHN 4:1 The apostle warneth to try by certain
rules the spirits that pretend to come from God. 1 JOHN 4:7 He
presseth the obligation of mutual love upon Christians from the
example...
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1 John 4:1 Beloved G27 not G3361 believe G4100 (G5720) every G3956
spirit G4151 but G235 test G1381 ...
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‘Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but prove the spirits,
whether they are of God, because many false prophets are gone out into
the world.'
‘Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but prove the sp...
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Compare 1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 Corinthians 14:32
THE SPIRITS OF THE PROPHETS (1 JOHN 4:1).
John here warns of the dangers of listening to prophets without
testing their message, in the way that Pa
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_Episode on the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error; the test to
be applied; and the sure application of it._
1 John 4:1. BELOVED introduces an affectionate interlude, in which the
apostle passes...
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The ruling idea of the third part is Faith in the Spirit's testimony
concerning the Son of God incarnate. The close of chap. 3 introduces
the theme by the first explicit mention of faith and the Spiri...
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BELOVED
(αγαπητο). Three times in this chapter (1 John 4:1; 1 John 4:7;
1 John 4:11) we have this tender address on love.BELIEVE NOT EVERY
SPIRIT
(μη παντ πνευματ πιστευετε). "Stop believing,"
as...
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1 John 4:1
This text shows (1) that the highest pretensions may be hypocritical,
and therefore mere profession amounts to nothing; (2) that all
pretensions should be submitted to trial, and therefore...
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit,_
A simpleton believes every word that he hears, but «the wise man's
eyes are in his head,» so he examines what he sees and hears, and
does not blindly...
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
the world._
It was so in John's day: it is so in these days....
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirit
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
the world._
This is an unction of which there is great need i...
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1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into
the world._
If John had need to say that in the early mornin...
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CONTENTS: Christians warned of false doctrines concerning Christ's
person and work. Tests of the true.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, John.
CONCLUSION: God's people must be ever c...
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1 John 4:1. _Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether
they are of God._ Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come
in the flesh, which to the present hour the unbelieving jews den...
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DO NOT BELIEVE. BUT TEST. In 1 John 3:24 John mentions the evidence of
the Spirit. Because the false teachers all claimed to be inspired and
to have received their (false) message from the Holy Spirit...
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_Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they
are of God _
THE TEST OF TRUTH--CONFESSING CHRIST
In the Word of God we are warned against sitting in judgment on
others.
Especia...
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1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 4:1 It is not only Cain’s bad example that
John wants his readers to avoid (1 John 3:11); it is also the forces
of spiritual deception. John furnishes a litmus test for detecting...
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Would someone please check the Psalm number in sentence formatted in
blue in the 3rd note of ver. 18.
CHAPTER 4
1. _Most dearly beloved_, &c. By the word _spirit_ he means
suggestion, inspiration, im...
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LOVE FINDS THE TRUTH; FEAR TAKES UP WITH ERROR
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_
IN the first three verses the apostle guards his readers against being
misled by false pretensions to the possession of...
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EXPOSITION
1 JOHN 4:1 - 1 JOHN 5:12
(2) _The source of son-ship. _Possession of the Spirit.
1 JOHN 4:1
Confession of the Incarnation is
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to I John chapter 4. As we go back to
verse 1 John 4:24 of chapter 3, the later portion, "Hereby we know
that He abides in us by the Spirit which He has given us." I kn...
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1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 John 2:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:21; 1 Timothy 4:1;...
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Beloved. Again the recognition of danger from false spirits prompts
this affectionate address. Compare 1 John 3:21.
Try [δ ο κ ι μ α ζ ε τ ε]. Better, as Rev., prove. See on 1
Peter 1:7; Luke 12:55. C...
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TESTING THE TRUE AND THE FALSE
1 John 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also
some important instructions.
1. IMPORTANT ADMONITIONS.
(1) "Believe...
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Believe not every spirit — Whereby any teacher is actuated. But try
the spirits — By the rule which follows. We are to try all spirits
by the written word: "To the law and to the testimony!" If any ma...
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Our apostle having in the last verse of the foregoing chapter
mentioned the abiding of the spirit of God in the souls of believers,
lest the Christians to whom he wrote should be deceived by such as
m...