²² Who is the liar but ^(A)he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is ^(B)the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.

² By this you know the Spirit of God: ^(A)every spirit that confesses that ^(B)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³ and every spirit ^(C)that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and ^(D)now is in the world already.