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1 John 4:1–6

1 John 4:1–63 matched frames1 pivot

Read down to the center, where the pattern turns; then rise back out through its mirror.

A 1-3a Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God...every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist
- B 3b whereof ye have heard that it should come
  - C 3c and even now already is it in the world
    - D 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world
  - C' 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them
- B' 6a We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us
A' 6b Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error

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