1Jo 4:1 | CPDV | STEP | Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1

What spirits are of God, and what are not. We must love one another, because God has loved us.

1 Most beloved, do not be willing to believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see if they are of God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world. ^{▼▼4:1 Try the spirits: Viz., by examining whether their teaching be agreeable to the rule of the Catholic faith, and the doctrine of the church. For as he says, (ver. 6,) He that knows God, hears us [the pastors of the church]. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.(Challoner)}