1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
1 John 4:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-3)The apostle, having said that God’s dwelling in and with us may be known by the Spirit that he hath given us , intimates that that Spirit may be discerned and distinguished from other spirits that appear in the world; and so here, I. He calls the disciples, to whom he writes, to caution and scrutiny about the spirits and spiritual professors that had now risen. 1. To caution: “ Beloved, believe no...
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