We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. (A)By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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17 (A)the Spirit of truth, (B)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you (C)and will be in you.

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27 (A)My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.

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12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but (A)the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the [a]Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. 14 (B)But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 2:13 NU omits Holy

The Coming Rejection

26 (A)“But when the [a]Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, (B)He will testify of Me.

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  1. John 15:26 Comforter, Gr. Parakletos

Love for God and One Another

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but (A)test the spirits, whether they are of God; because (B)many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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45 But because I tell the truth, you do not believe Me. 46 Which of you convicts Me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe Me? 47 (A)He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.”

Before Abraham Was, I AM

48 Then the Jews answered and said to Him, “Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and (B)have a demon?”

49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and (C)you dishonor Me. 50 And (D)I do not seek My own glory; there is One who seeks and judges.

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You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than (A)he who is in the world.

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37 (A)If anyone thinks himself to be a prophet or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things which I write to you are the commandments of the Lord.

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37 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”

Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, (A)that I should bear (B)witness to the truth. Everyone who (C)is of the truth (D)hears My voice.”

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But truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the Lord,
And of justice and might,
(A)To declare to Jacob his transgression
And to Israel his sin.

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17 (A)But you, beloved, remember the words which were spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:

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The coming of the lawless one is (A)according to the working of Satan, with all power, (B)signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among (C)those who perish, because they did not receive (D)the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And (E)for this reason God will send them strong delusion, (F)that they should believe the lie,

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in flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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13 However, when He, (A)the Spirit of truth, has come, (B)He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

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12 My people ask counsel from their (A)wooden idols,
And their [a]staff informs them.
For (B)the spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God.

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  1. Hosea 4:12 Diviner’s rod

10 For (A)the Lord has poured out on you
The spirit of deep sleep,
And has (B)closed your eyes, namely, the prophets;
And He has covered your heads, namely, (C)the seers.

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20 (A)To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because (B)there[a] is no light in them.

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  1. Isaiah 8:20 Or they have no dawn

He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

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that you may be mindful of the words (A)which were spoken before by the holy prophets, (B)and of the commandment of [a]us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior,

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  1. 2 Peter 3:2 NU, M the apostles of your Lord and Savior or your apostles of the Lord and Savior

The Great Apostasy

Now the Spirit [a]expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed (A)to deceiving spirits and doctrines of demons,

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  1. 1 Timothy 4:1 explicitly

Reality of Paul’s Authority

(A)Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? (B)If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ’s, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ’s, even [a]so (C)we are Christ’s.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 10:7 NU as we are.

Just as it is written:

(A)“God has given them a spirit of stupor,
(B)Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”

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Greeting

Paul, a bondservant of Jesus Christ, (A)called to be an apostle, (B)separated to the gospel of God

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21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! (A)As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

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