Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 John 4:2
Hereby. See 1 John 3:16.
know. App-132.
Spirit. App-101.
spirit. App-101.
that. Omit.
Jesus Christ. App-98.
is come. to have come.
the. Omit.
Hereby. See 1 John 3:16.
know. App-132.
Spirit. App-101.
spirit. App-101.
that. Omit.
Jesus Christ. App-98.
is come. to have come.
the. Omit.
Verse 1 John 4:2. _HEREBY KNOW YE THE SPIRIT OF GOD_] We know that the man who teaches that Jesus Christ is the promised Messiah, and that he is come in the flesh, _is of God_-is inspired by the Divin...
HEREBY - Greek, “By this;” that is, by the test which is immediately specified. KNOW YE THE SPIRIT OF GOD - You may discern who are actuated by the Spirit of God. EVERY SPIRIT - Everyone professing t...
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...
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...
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...
This is how you recognize the spirit whose source is God. Every spirit which openly acknowledges that Jesus has come in the flesh and is Christ has its origin in God. And every spirit which is such th...
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,...
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...
_Hereby know ye_ Or, _Herein ye know_: the verb may be either indicative or imperative (comp. 1 John 2:27; 1 John 2:29). The indicative is preferable, in spite of the imperatives in 1 John 4:1: comp....
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...
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...
2. For γινώσκετε ([706]3[707][708][709][710]) [711]1 has γινώσκομεν: [712], Peschito, and Vulgate have γινώσκεται. For ἐληλυθότα ([713][714][715]) [716] has ἐληλυθέναι: see also possibly the Vulgate ...
ΓΙΝΏΣΚΕΤΕ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1097) знать. Этот гл. скорее в _ind._, чем в _imper._ (Marshall), ΟΜΟΛΟΓΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΌΜΟΛΟΓΈΩ (G3670) соглашаться, исповедовать, ΈΛΗΛΥΘΌΤΑ _perf...
HEREBY KNOW YE THE SPIRIT, &C.— _Hereby you may discern,_ &c. Heylin. There are two ways of interpreting what St. John has here laid down as a rule by which to _try the spirits:_ 1. Their acknowledgin...
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...
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: HEREBY KNOW ... SPIRIT OF GOD - whether He be or not in those professing to be moved...
VERSE 2. HEREBY KNOW YE THE SPIRIT OF GOD. There is, then, a spirit which is of God, and a spirit not of God. The former only are we to place faith in, and the latter reject. That we may know assured...
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...
4:2 know (a-3) _ Ginosko_ . and so throughout chapter. see 1 Corinthians 8:1 ....
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....
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...
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
CHAPTER 3 THE POLEMICAL ELEMENT IN THE FIRST EPISTLE OF ST. JOHN 1 John 4:2 A DISCUSSION (however far from technical completeness) of the polemical element in St. John's Epistle, probably seems like...
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...
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...
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...
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...
(2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: (b) Every spirit that confesseth that (c) Jesus Christ is come in the (d) flesh is of God: (2) He gives a certain and perpetual rule to know the doctrine of anti...
By this is the Spirit of God known. He gives the new converts first general mark, by which they might have good grounds to think that the teachers they met with in those days had a good spirit, were o...
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...
_THE INCARNATION AND THE INNER LIFE_ ‘Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God.’ 1 John 4:2 Only too commonly the Incarnation is regarded as a doctrine which fa...
2_Hereby_, or _by this_, _know ye _He lays down a special mark by which they might more easily distinguish between true and false prophets. Yet he only repeats here what we have met with before, that...
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...
HEREBY KNOW YE THE SPIRIT OF GOD,.... This is a rule by which believers may know whether a man professing to have the Spirit of God, and to be called and sent by him, and whether the, doctrine he prea...
Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: Ver. 2. _Hereby know ye the spirit_] Bring it to this test. Gold may be rubbed or melt...
_Hereby_ By the following plain mark; _know ye the Spirit of God_ In a teacher. _Every spirit_ Of a teacher; _that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God_ Doddridge, with many ot...
CONFESSETH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH; or confesseth Jesus Christ as having come in the flesh. Many think that the apostle refers to a very ancient form of error which denied our Lord's hu...
HEREBY KNOW YE THE SPIRIT OF GOD: EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH IS OF GOD;...
THE ATTITUDE OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD FALSE TEACHERS AND TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. The false prophets:...
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...
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...
He here gives them the general rule, both affirmative and negative, which would suffice them to judge by in their present case; this being the great controversy of that time with the Jews: Whether Jes...
Tertullian Against Praxeas John, moreover, brands that man as "a liar" who "denieth that Jesus is the Christ; "whilst on the other hand he declares that "every one is born of God who believeth that J...
1 John 4:2 By G1722 this G3739 G5129 know G1097 (G5719) (G5720) Spirit G4151 God G2316 Every...
‘By this you know the Spirit of God. Every spirit which confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit which does not confess Jesus is not of God, and this is that of the...
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
1 John 4:2-3. HEREBY YE KNOW THE SPIRIT OF GOD: that is, the voice of the one Holy Ghost in the various ‘spirits' proclaiming a confession. The personal faith must have its outward avowal; every teach...
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...
HEREBY KNOW YE (εν τουτω γινωσκετε). Either present active indicative or imperative. The test of "the Spirit of God" (το πνευμα του θεου) here alone in this Epistle, save verse 1 John 4:13. With the...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
THIS IS HOW. "Even you who do not have this _gift from the Spirit_ will be able to recognize which teachers do come from God." ANYONE WHO DECLARES. Two things are here: (1) Anyone who would use the na...
_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...
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...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 4:2 BY THIS YOU KNOW. Any SPIRIT (or person moved to speak by such a spirit) that does not confess that JESUS CHRIST HAS COME IN THE FLESH misleads God’s people. Apparently
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...
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...
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
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...
1 Corinthians 12:3; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 5:1; 1 Timothy 3:16; John 1:14;...
Hereby [ε ν τ ο υ τ ω]. See on 2 3. Know ye [γ ι ν ω σ κ ε τ ε]. Perceive. See on John 2:24. Confesseth [ο μ ο λ ο γ ε ι]. See on Matthew 7:23; Matthew 10:32. That Jesus Christ is come in the flesh...
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...
Every spirit — Or teacher. Which confesseth — Both with heart and voice. Jesus Christ, who is come in the flesh, is of God — This his coming presupposes, contains, and draws after it, the whole doctri...
Does this refer to Jesus being in the flesh before or after His resurrection? PROBLEM: John declares that those who deny “Jesus Christ has come in the flesh” are of Antichrist. While all orthodox Chri...
In these words our apostle lays down. plain mark and rule of trial, how they might know. teacher that was acted and inspired by the Spirit of God, from one that was not; such. one as durst truly and o...