1Jo 4:1-3, Rev 12:3, 9, 19:20, 20:10 | ISV | STEP | Test What People Say Dear friends, stop believing every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 John 4:1-3

1 Test What People Say

Dear friends, stop believing ^{▼▼Or do not believe} every spirit. Instead, test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.Jer 29:8; Matt 24:4-5, 24; Acts 20:30; 1Cor 14:29; 1Thes 5:21; 1Tim 4:1; 2Pet 2:1; 1John 2:18; 2John 1:7; Rev 2:2

2 This is how you can recognize God's Spirit: Every spirit who acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God.1Cor 12:3; 1John 5:1 3 But every spirit who does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist. You have heard that he is coming, and now he is already in the world.2Thes 2:7; 1John 2:18, 22; 2John 1:7

Revelation of John 12:3

3 The Vision of the Red DragonThen another sign appeared in the sky: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on its heads.Rev 13:1

Revelation of John 12:9

9 The huge dragon was thrown down. That ancient serpent, called devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world, was thrown down to the earth, and its angels were thrown down with it.Gen 3:1, 4; Luke 10:18; John 12:31; Rev 9:1; 20:2-3

Revelation of John 19:20

20 The beast was captured, along with the false prophet who had performed signs on its behalf. ^{▼▼Or in its presence} By these signs ^{▼▼Lit. By which} the false prophet ^{▼▼Lit. he} had deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.Dan 7:11; Rev 13:12, 15; 14:10; 16:13-14; 20:10; 21:8

Revelation of John 20:10

10 and the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet were. They will be tortured day and night forever and ever.Rev 14:10-11; 19:20; 20:8