1 John 4:2-3

Test the Spirits

² By this you know the Spirit of God: _y every spirit that confesses that _z Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³ and every spirit _a that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and _b now is in the world already.

1. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 12:3
   Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says "Jesus is accursed!" and no one can say "Jesus is Lord" except in the Holy Spirit.
   
2. Cross References
   2 John 1:7
   For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
   
3. Cross References
   1 John 2:22
   Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
   2 John 1:7
   For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Such a one is the deceiver and the antichrist.
   
4. Cross References
   1 John 2:18
   Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last hour.
   2 Thessalonians 2:3 - 7
   Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction.