1Jo 4:1 | NASB2020 | STEP | Beloved , do not believe every spirit , but test the spirits to see whether they are from God , because many false prophets have gone out into the world .

b Jer 29:8; 1 Cor 12:10; 1 Thess 5:20f; 2 Thess 2:2

‏ 1 John 4:1

Testing the Spirits

1 ^aBeloved, do not believe every ^bspirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because ^cmany false prophets have gone out into the world.