1John 4:3  and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the spirit of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already. ASV

 And every spirit which does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not from God; and this is the antichrist which you heard is coming, and now is already in the world. LITV

1John 4:3  and every spirit that does not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the antichrist you heard is coming, and even now is already in the world. MKJV

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                                                                                             COMMENTARY

  The word "spirit" is only once in the verse.  The MKJV & LITV are correct by omitting it with the rendering... "this is the antichrist". That phrase also contains a double definite article folks. That means that, a person who fails the test is the antichrist!  And there are two ways people can fail the test. One is by giving an answer that does not match the Scriptures. The other is, by not answering at all. The passage is clear folks. If you ask a person about his doctrine and he refuses to answer, he is, by definition, not making the proper confession necessary to prove whether or not he is of God. Therefore he fails the test and must be given the judgment of this passage that he is a false teacher/professor and is the antichrist.

Hey folks..... I did not write it!

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