Authorised Version. Revised Version.

Beloved, believe not Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the every spirit, but prove spirits whether they the spirits whether are of God: because they are of God; because many false prophets many false prophets are gone out into the are gone out into world. Hereby know the world. Hereby ye the Spirit of God: know ye the Spirit Every spirit that confesseth of God: every spirit that Jesus which confesseth that Christ is come in the Jesus Christ is come flesh is of God: and in the flesh is of God: every spirit that confesseth and every spirit which not that Jesus confesseth not Jesus is Christ is come in the not of God: and this flesh is not of God: and is the _spirit_ of the this is that _spirit_ of antichrist, whereof ye have antichrist, whereof ye heard that it cometh; have heard that it and now it is in the should come; and even world already. Ye are now already is it in the of God, _my_ little world. Ye are of God, children, and have overcome little children, and have them: because overcome them: because greater is He that is greater is He that in you, than he that is is in you, than he that in the world. They is in the world. They are of the world, therefore are of the world: therefore speak they _as_ of speak they of the the world, and the world, and the world world heareth them. heareth them. We are We are of God: he that of God: he that knoweth knoweth God heareth God heareth us: us: he who is not of he that is not of God God heareth us not. heareth not us. Hereby By this we know the know we the spirit spirit of truth and the of truth, and the spirit spirit of error. of error.