1 John 4:1

Believers must not trust every spirit but test them, since many false prophets are at work. Discernment guards the church from error.

Cross-references · 22

• 1 Th 5:21Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
• 2 Pet 2:1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.
• 1 Tim 4:1Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• 2 Jn 1:7For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
• Prov 14:15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
• Matt 24:4–5And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.
• Jer 29:8–9For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
• Matt 7:15–16Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
• 1 Cor 14:29Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
• 1 Jn 2:18Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time.
• Luke 12:57Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
• Luke 21:8And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them.
• 2 Tim 3:13But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.
• Deut 13:1–5If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder,
• Matt 24:23–26Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
• Rev 2:2I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:
• 1 Cor 12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:
• Mark 13:21And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not:
• Rom 16:18–19For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
• Jer 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
• Acts 20:29For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
• Acts 17:11These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.

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