4:1 親愛的弟兄啊，一切的靈，你們不可都信，總要試驗那些靈是出於上帝的不是，因為世上有許多假先知已經出來了。
4:2 凡靈認耶穌基督是成了肉身來的，就是出於上帝的；從此你們可以認出上帝的靈來。
4:3 凡靈不認耶穌，就不是出於上帝，這是那敵基督者的靈。你們從前聽見他要來，現在已經在世上了。
Chhîn-oi
ke phèn-yû â, yit-chhiet ke lìn, ngì-têu m̀-hó chhiòn-phu siông-sin,
yit-thin oi chhat-ngiam ke-têu lìn he m̀-he tui Song-ti lòi ke, yîn-vi
yí-kîn yû chhin-tô ke ká siên-tî tak só-chhai chhut-hien. Ngì-têu oi
ngióng-pân ngin-chhut he Song-ti ke Lìn nè? Má-ngìn kûng-khôi
sṳ̀n-ngin Yâ-sû Kî-tuk he sàng-cho ngiuk-sṳ̂n lòi ke, má-ngìn chhiu
yû tui Song-ti lòi ke Lìn. Má-ngìn m̀ kûng-khôi sṳ̀n-ngin Yâ-sû, kì
chhiu mò tui Song-ti lòi ke Lìn; kì só-yû ke he ke-chak thi̍t Kî-tuk ke
lìn. Ngì-têu yû thâng-ko liá-ke lìn oi lòi, liá-ha yí-kîn chhai
sṳ-kiên lé.
Beloved,
do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from
God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the
Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the
flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from
God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now
is in the world already.
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在使徒約翰的時代，教會面對「諾斯底主義者」的滲透與破壞，他們常常裝扮成旅行佈道者，相人傳說耶穌基督，造成教會的混亂，因為他們是以希羅文化為背景，傳揚耶穌基督不可能成為肉身來到世界，人看見的不過是個幻影。又加上耶穌基督復活以後，可以穿越牆壁來到門徒中間，更是加強的他們的論點。
使徒約翰指明這群人背後的靈是抵擋基督的，是於基督為敵的，是不承認基督是道成肉身的。所以要分辨真與假基督徒，就是以承認「耶穌基督是道成肉身」的方式來做試金石。
同樣今日也是以「承認耶穌基督是道成肉身」來辨別，若是承認者就是弟兄，若不承認者，就是敵基督者，讓我們用此來判定該人是不是真的領受聖靈，這事很重要的！
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