Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Bien-aimés, n'ajoutez pas foi à tout esprit; mais éprouvez les esprits, pour savoir s'ils sont de Dieu, car plusieurs faux prophètes sont venus dans le monde.
KJV
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Lucifer of Cagliari
Book on Not Sparing Those Who Sin Against God
pirit, but test the spirits to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out." 1 John 4:1. You clearly appear to me to be one of these false prophets. For by denying the only Son of God, you declare that you have nothing but the spirit of the antichrist in y…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
nother: because, in that case, one ought to be careful not to believe everyone readily, according to 1 Jn. 4:1 : "Believe not every spirit." Reply to Objection 3: To give evidence is necessary for salvation, provided the witness be competent, and the order of justice observed. He…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ion without taking counsel of many, and previously deliberating for a long time. For it is written ( 1 Jn. 4:1 ): "Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits if they be of God." Now sometimes a man's purpose of entering religion is not of God, since it often comes to naught th…
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