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1 John 4:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

3 and every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus[a] does not belong to God. This is the spirit of the antichrist that, as you heard, is to come, but in fact is already in the world.(A) 4 You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 5 They belong to the world; accordingly, their teaching belongs to the world, and the world listens to them.(B)

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  1. 4:3 Does not acknowledge Jesus: some ancient manuscripts add “Christ” and/or “to have come in the flesh” (cf. 1 Jn 4:2), and others read “every spirit that annuls (or severs) Jesus.”
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