...requires the words to make sense of the passage : nor will any other fill it up with equal propriety. " Hereby know ye the spirit of God : every spirit that...have heard that it should come, and even now already it is in the world " — (1 John iv, 2, 3). This language is perfectly proper on the supposition of...

...is antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son :" 1 John ii. 18, 22. Again, this apostle says, " every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ...should come, and even now already is it in the world :" iv. 3. This last testimony to the work and character of antichrist, is repeated in his second epistle,...

...us by the Lord, thaf by its aid we may try the spirits whether they are o> God: and it is this — " Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...now already is it in the world." 1 John iv. 2, 3. Or in other words, if we paraphrase our text in connexion with the preceding verse we may suppose the...

...denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father ; but he that acknowledged! the Son hath the Father also. Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is...should come, and even now already is it in the world. Whatsoever is born of God overcomelh the world ; and this is the victory that overcometh the world,...

...into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God ; and every spirit that...heard that it should come ; and even now already is in the world." " For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is...

...God, into the spirit, the doctrine, and the lives of the men themselves ? Yes, says the apostle, — " HEREBY know ye the spirit of God : every spirit that...Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God." And, in another place, he answers the question, still more distinctly and fully, when he says — " Many...

...is the Christ? He is Anti-Christ that denielh the Father and the Son. Again, he says, 1 John iv. 1; Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ...have heard that it should come, and even now already it is in the world. Again, he says, 2 John v. 7 : Many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess...

...try the spirits whether they are of God ; because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God : every spirit that...it should come ; and even now already is it in the world."f In his second Epistle, he says, " Many deceivers are entered into the world who confess not...

...at the period in which the Apostle wrote, had commenced their unrighteous progress: 1 John iv. 2, " Hereby know ye the Spirit of God. Every spirit that...that it should come, and even now already is it in this world." It is, however, to the book of the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him,...

...try the Spirits, whether they are of GOD.' Because manu false Prophets are gone out into the World! He may Say unto us, as He did to the vain boasting...Israelites, who fasted but for strife and debate, 1 to 3. All deception is of the corruption of our own heart, which clouds the understanding and veils...