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So I want you to know that no one speaking by the Spirit of God will curse Jesus, and no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

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Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,”(A) and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,”(B) except by the Holy Spirit.(C)

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This is how we know if they have the Spirit of God: If a person claiming to be a prophet[a] acknowledges that Jesus Christ came in a real body, that person has the Spirit of God. But if someone claims to be a prophet and does not acknowledge the truth about Jesus, that person is not from God. Such a person has the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard is coming into the world and indeed is already here.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:2 Greek If a spirit; similarly in 4:3.

This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh(A) is from God,(B) but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist,(C) which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.(D)

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16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah,[a] the Son of the living God.”

17 Jesus replied, “You are blessed, Simon son of John,[b] because my Father in heaven has revealed this to you. You did not learn this from any human being.

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Footnotes

  1. 16:16 Or the Christ. Messiah (a Hebrew term) and Christ (a Greek term) both mean “anointed one.”
  2. 16:17 Greek Simon bar-Jonah; see John 1:42; 21:15-17.

16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”(A)

17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood,(B) but by my Father in heaven.(C)

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It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

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Not that we are competent in ourselves(A) to claim anything for ourselves, but our competence comes from God.(B)

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If you openly declare that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

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If you declare(A) with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,”(B) and believe(C) in your heart that God raised him from the dead,(D) you will be saved.(E)

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13 You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord,’ and you are right, because that’s what I am.

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13 “You call me ‘Teacher’(A) and ‘Lord,’(B) and rightly so, for that is what I am.

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26 “But I will send you the Advocate[a]—the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will testify all about me.

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  1. 15:26 Or Comforter, or Encourager, or Counselor. Greek reads Paraclete.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

26 “When the Advocate(A) comes, whom I will send to you from the Father(B)—the Spirit of truth(C) who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me.(D)

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43 Jesus responded, “Then why does David, speaking under the inspiration of the Spirit, call the Messiah ‘my Lord’? For David said,

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43 He said to them, “How is it then that David, speaking by the Spirit, calls him ‘Lord’? For he says,

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But for us,

There is one God, the Father,
    by whom all things were created,
    and for whom we live.
And there is one Lord, Jesus Christ,
    through whom all things were created,
    and through whom we live.

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yet for us there is but one God,(A) the Father,(B) from whom all things came(C) and for whom we live; and there is but one Lord,(D) Jesus Christ, through whom all things came(E) and through whom we live.

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23 the body must not remain hanging from the tree overnight. You must bury the body that same day, for anyone who is hung[a] is cursed in the sight of God. In this way, you will prevent the defilement of the land the Lord your God is giving you as your special possession.

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Footnotes

  1. 21:23 Greek version reads for everyone who is hung on a tree. Compare Gal 3:13.

23 you must not leave the body hanging on the pole overnight.(A) Be sure to bury(B) it that same day, because anyone who is hung on a pole is under God’s curse.(C) You must not desecrate(D) the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance.

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You happily put up with whatever anyone tells you, even if they preach a different Jesus than the one we preach, or a different kind of Spirit than the one you received, or a different kind of gospel than the one you believed.

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For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached,(A) or if you receive a different spirit(B) from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel(C) from the one you accepted, you put up with it(D) easily enough.

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22 If anyone does not love the Lord, that person is cursed. Our Lord, come![a]

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  1. 16:22 From Aramaic, Marana tha. Some manuscripts read Maran atha, “Our Lord has come.”

22 If anyone does not love the Lord,(A) let that person be cursed!(B) Come, Lord[a]!(C)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 16:22 The Greek for Come, Lord reproduces an Aramaic expression (Marana tha) used by early Christians.

for my people, my Jewish brothers and sisters.[a] I would be willing to be forever cursed—cut off from Christ!—if that would save them.

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  1. 9:3 Greek my brothers.

For I could wish that I myself(A) were cursed(B) and cut off from Christ for the sake of my people,(C) those of my own race,(D)

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