⁵ For ^(A)many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the ^[a]Christ,’ and will mislead many.

²⁴ For false Christs and ^(A)false prophets will arise and will ^[a]show great ^[b](B)signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even ^(C)the ^[c]elect.

²² Who is the liar but ^(A)the one who denies that Jesus is the ^[a]Christ? This is ^(B)the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son.

³ and every spirit that ^(A)does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the ^(B)antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and ^(C)now it is already in the world.

⁷ For ^(A)many deceivers have ^(B)gone out into the world, those who ^(C)do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is ^(D)the deceiver and the ^(E)antichrist.