Cross references

1 John 4:2

By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

1 John 4:2 BSB

1 John 4:2 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 7 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 1:14 (25 votes) and 1 Corinthians 12:3 (24 votes). 26 other verses point back to it. It links with 15 other books, from Deuteronomy 18 to Revelation 16.

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Which verses does 1 John 4:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 1:1425 votes

    The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.

  2. Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

  3. By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.

  4. 1 John 4:315 votes

    and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.

  5. 1 John 5:115 votes

    Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father also loves those born of Him.

  6. However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come. He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you. …

  7. 1 John 2:2311 votes

    Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.

Which verses point to 1 John 4:2?

The 10 strongest of 26.