Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 John 4:1 - 4:1

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Matthew Poole Commentary - 1 John 4:1 - 4:1


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1 JOHN CHAPTER 4



1Jo_4:1-6 The apostle warneth to try by certain rules the

spirits that pretend to come from God.

1Jo_4:7-21 He presseth the obligation of mutual love upon

Christians from the example and commandment of God.



Believe not every spirit; i.e. not every one

pretending to inspiration, or a revelation; spirit, whether good

or bad, being put for the person acted thereby.



But try the spirits; there being a judgment of discretion or discerning,

common to Christians, de jure, and which they ought to endeavour

for and to use upon such occasions, Act_17:11 Phi_1:9,10 1Th_5:21;

and the attainment and exercise whereof is, in reference to the great

essentials of religion, more facile and sure: as when heretofore among

the Jews, any should attempt the drawing them off from the true God,

as Deu_13:1,2; and so when with Christians it should be

endeavoured to tempt them away from Christ, as the



false prophets

or teachers did, now gone out into the world.