Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
1 John 4:3
spirit. App-101.
that Jesus... flesh. The texts read "Jesus".
that. the.
antichrists. the Antichrist. See 1 John 2:18.
should come. cometh.
spirit. App-101.
that Jesus... flesh. The texts read "Jesus".
that. the.
antichrists. the Antichrist. See 1 John 2:18.
should come. cometh.
1 JOHN 4:3 mh. o`mologei/ {A} In place of mh. o`mologei/ several versional and patristic witnesses substitute the remarkable reading lu,ei (“Every spirit that _annuls_ Jesus is not of God”) or _solvi...
Verse 1 John 4:3. _EVERY SPIRIT_] Every teacher, _that confesseth not_ _Jesus, is not of God_ - has not been inspired by God. The words εν σαρκιεληλυθοτα, _is come in the flesh_, are wanting in AB, s...
AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH NOT ... - That is, this doctrine is essential to the Christian system; and he who does not hold it cannot be regarded either as a Christian, or recognised as a Christi...
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...
_confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh_ On overwhelming evidence (AB, Coptic, Aethiopic, Vulgate, &c.) we must omit the words -that Christ is come in the flesh", retaining only CONFESS...
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...
3. For ὃ μὴ ὁμολογεῖ (all Greek MSS. and all Versions except the Latin) some ‘old copies’ mentioned by Socrates read ὃ λύει, which is supported by nearly all Latin authorities with _solvit_ or _destru...
ΟΜΟΛΟΓΕΊ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΌΜΟΛΟΓΈΩ (G3670) исповедовать, ΆΚΗΚΌΑΤΕ _perf. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать, ΈΡΧΕΤΑΙ _praes. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΡΧΟΜΑΙ (G2064) приходить, идти. _Praes._ здесь...
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...
And 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 it should come; and even now already is it...
VERSE 3. AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH NOT. The crucial test being given, and the spirit tried by this test refusing to confess that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, you may know, beyond questio...
3 The spirit of antichrist is the spirit of the world. It does not want the Christ of the Scriptures, but prefers some substitute more suited to its taste. This spirit has come to pervade, not only th...
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....
CONFESSETH NOT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH] RV 'confesseth not Jesus.'...
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 Test negatively expressed. Omit Χριστὸν ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυθότα. τὸν Ἰησοῦν, “the aforementioned Jesus,” “jesus as thus described”. μή makes the statement hypothetical: “every spirit, if such there be,...
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...
_That dissolveth Jesus, viz. either by denying his humanity or his divinity. (Challoner) --- This is antichrist; [2] i.e. such is the spirit of antichrist, of whom you have heard that he cometh, or is...
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...
3._And this is that spirit of Antichrist _The Apostle added this, to render more detestable the impostures which lead us away from Christ. We have already said that the doctrine respecting the kingdom...
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...
AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH NOT,.... The proper deity and sonship of Christ, his true and real humanity, and his Messiahship; or any of his offices, doctrines, and ordinances; or his satisfaction...
And 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 it should come; and even now already is i...
_Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh_ That doth not acknowledge him to be the true Messiah, as above observed, and that he came in that particular manner, though he...
IS THAT SPIRIT OF ANTICHRIST; it is one of the forms in which the spirit of antichrist is manifested. Religious teachers who do not confess that Christ took upon him human nature, and became the propi...
THE ATTITUDE OF CHRISTIANS TOWARD FALSE TEACHERS AND TOWARD ONE ANOTHER. The false prophets:...
AND EVERY SPIRIT THAT CONFESSETH NOT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS COME IN THE FLESH IS NOT OF GOD; AND THIS IS THAT SPIRIT OF ANTI-CHRIST, WHEREOF YE HAVE HEARD THAT IT SHOULD COME, AND EVEN NOW ALREADY IS IT...
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...
But on the contrary, concerning them who against so plain evidence denied him to be so come, the case was plain; as with the Jews, 1 THESSALONIANS 8:24, and with the present heretics, who denying the...
Epistle of Polycarp to the Philippians "For whosoever does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is antichrist; "[41] Epistle of Ignatius to the Antiochians And he that rejects the in...
1 John 4:3 and G2532 every G3956 spirit G4151 that G3739 not G3361 confess G3670 (G5719) Jesus G2424 Christ...
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
‘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...
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...
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...
CONFESSETH NOT (μη ομολογε). Indefinite relative clause with the subjective negative μη rather than the usual objective negative ου (verse 1 John 4:6). It is seen also in 2 Peter 1:9; Titus 1:11, a...
WORLD Greek, "kosmos", means "world-system". (1 John 5:4); (1 John 5:5); (1 John 5:19); (John 7:7). ( See Scofield) - ...
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...
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, 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._ If John had need to say that in the early mornin...
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...
BUT ANYONE WHO DENIES THIS. "Anyone who says Jesus was human but not divine, or that says He was divine but not human, does not speak by means of God's Spirit!" ENEMY OF CHRIST. _MacKnight_ takes this...
_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 4:3 EVERY SPIRIT THAT DOES NOT CONFESS JESUS. That is, whoever refuses to admit that Jesus “has come in the flesh” (v. 1 John 4:2)....
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...
_And every spirit which dissolves_ (_solvit_) _Jesus, is not of God._ (Vulg.) It means that Jesus is composed of the Godhead and the manhood by the bond of the hypostatic union. He therefore who loose...
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 John 2:18; 1 John 2:22; 2 John 1:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:7;...
Is come in the flesh. Omit. Render, confesseth not Jesus. So Rev. An ancient reading is luei ton Ihsoun annulleth or destroyeth Jesus. " The simple Jesus emphasizes the humanity of our Lord considered...
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...
Ye have heard — From our Lord and us, that it cometh....
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...