1 John 4:3

Full Chapter

September 18, 2025

KJV

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 in the world.

BSB

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

WEB

and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

YLT

and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

F.O.G Original

And every spirit (ruach) that does not acknowledge Yeshua is not from the Elohim. This is the Opposer of HaMashiach (Antichrist), which you have heard is coming and is already in the world now.

F.O.G

And every spirit (ruach) that does not acknowledge Yeshua is not from the Elohim. This is the Opposer of HaMashiach (Antichrist), which you have heard is coming and is already in the world now.

F.O.G MSG

³But every spirit that doesn’t acknowledge Jesus in this way is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,ᵃ which you have heard is coming—and in fact, it’s already here in the world now.

Footnotes:

³ᵃ Antichrist: Literally “against Messiah” or “instead of Messiah”—refers to anyone or anything that opposes or tries to replace Jesus as the true Messiah.