1 John 4:2

²By this is the spirit of God known. Every spirit which confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is of God:b

1 João 4 is the theological heart of John's first letter, pivoting from the call to love one another (chapter 3) to the foundation that makes such love possible: God's own nature as love. The chapter opens with a sober warning to test the spirits, distinguishing the Spirit of tru

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a: v.1 — 1 Thessalonians 5:21, 2 Peter 2:1, 1 Timothy 4:1, 2 John 1:7, Proverbs 14:15, Matthew 24:4-5, Jeremiah 29:8-9, Matthew 7:15-16, 1 Corinthians 14:29, 1 John 2:18
b: v.2 — John 1:14, 1 Corinthians 12:3, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 John 5:1, 1 John 4:3, John 16:13-15, 1 John 2:23
c: v.3 — 1 John 2:22, 2 John 1:7, 1 John 2:18, 2 Thessalonians 2:3-8
d: v.4 — Romans 8:31, 1 John 5:4, Romans 8:37, 1 John 4:16, 1 Corinthians 2:12, Romans 8:10-11, Ephesians 6:12-13, 1 John 5:19, 1 John 4:13, Ephesians 6:10
e: v.5 — John 8:23, 2 Peter 2:2-3, John 17:14, John 17:16, John 3:31, 2 Timothy 4:3, Revelation 12:9, Jeremiah 5:31, Psalms 17:4, Isaiah 30:10-11
f: v.6 — John 14:17, John 10:27, 1 Corinthians 2:12-14, John 15:26, John 8:45-50, 1 John 4:1, 1 John 4:4, John 18:37, 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11, 1 Corinthians 14:37
g: v.7 — 1 John 4:20, 1 John 4:8, 1 Peter 1:22, 1 John 2:10, Galatians 5:22, 2 Timothy 1:7, 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 3:10-23, 1 John 2:29
h: v.8 — 1 John 4:16, 1 John 4:7, Psalms 86:15, 2 Corinthians 13:11, Psalms 86:5, Exodus 34:6-7, Ephesians 2:4, 1 John 1:5, 1 John 3:6, 1 John 2:9
i: v.9 — John 3:16, 1 John 5:11, Romans 8:32, John 6:57, 1 John 4:10, John 10:10, John 10:28-30, John 11:25-26, John 6:51, 1 John 3:16
j: v.10 — Ephesians 2:4-5, Romans 5:8-10, 1 John 4:19, 1 John 2:2, John 15:16, 1 John 4:8-9, John 3:16, Titus 3:3-5, 1 John 3:1, Deuteronomy 7:7-8
k: v.11 — John 15:12-13, Colossians 3:13, John 13:34, 1 John 3:23, Luke 10:37, 1 John 3:16-17, 2 Corinthians 8:8-9, Ephesians 4:31, Matthew 18:32-33
l: v.12 — John 1:18, 1 John 2:5, 1 John 4:17-18, 1 Timothy 6:16, 1 John 4:20, Exodus 33:20, 1 John 3:24, 1 John 4:6, Numbers 12:8, Hebrews 11:27
m: v.13 — Ephesians 2:20-22, 1 John 3:24, 1 Corinthians 3:16-17, 1 Corinthians 2:12, Galatians 5:22-25, 1 John 4:15-16, Romans 8:9-17, John 14:20-26, 1 Corinthians 6:19
n: v.14 — 1 John 4:10, John 3:16-17, John 4:42, John 1:14, 1 John 2:1-2, John 15:26-27, John 1:29, 1 John 5:9, 1 Peter 5:12, John 3:34
o: v.15 — Romans 10:9, Matthew 10:32, 1 John 5:5, 1 John 3:24, 1 John 4:2, Philippians 2:11, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 5:1, Luke 12:8, 2 John 1:7
p: v.16 — 1 John 3:24, Psalms 36:7-9, 1 John 3:1, 1 John 4:8-10, Psalms 18:1-3, 1 John 4:12-13, 1 John 3:16, Psalms 31:19, 1 Corinthians 2:9, John 6:69
q: v.17 — 1 John 2:28, 1 John 4:12, Romans 8:29, 1 John 2:5, 1 John 3:3, John 15:20, 1 John 3:19-21, 1 John 3:1, 1 Peter 4:13-14, Matthew 12:36
r: v.18 — 2 Timothy 1:7, Romans 8:15, 1 John 4:12, Luke 1:74-75, Hebrews 12:28, James 2:19, Psalms 119:120, Psalms 73:19, Job 15:21, Psalms 88:15-16
s: v.19 — 1 John 4:10, John 3:16, John 15:16, Titus 3:3-5, 2 Corinthians 5:14-15, Luke 7:47, Ephesians 2:3-5, Galatians 5:22
t: v.20 — 1 John 3:17, 1 John 2:9, 1 John 4:12, 1 John 2:4, 1 John 2:11, 1 Peter 1:8, 1 John 1:6
u: v.21 — Matthew 22:37-39, Leviticus 19:18, 1 John 3:11, Galatians 5:14, 1 Peter 3:8, 1 Thessalonians 4:9, John 15:12, Romans 12:9-10, John 13:34-35, 1 John 3:14

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