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# General Information:

John gives a warning against false teachers who teach against Christ's having had a human body and teachers who talk the way those who love the world talk.

# Beloved, do not believe

"You people whom I love, do not believe" or "Dear friends, do not believe." See how you translated this in [1 John 2:7](../02/07.md).

# do not believe every spirit

Here, the word "spirit" refers to a spiritual power or being that gives a person a message or prophecy. Alternate translation: "do not trust every prophet who claims to have a message from a spirit" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# test the spirits

Here, the word "spirits" refers to a spiritual power or being that gives a person a message or prophecy. Alternate translation: "think carefully about what the prophet says" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`John gives a warning against false teachers who teach against Christ's having had a human body and teachers who talk the way those who love the world talk.`
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Fixing one-word snippets and mismatched snippets. 2017-10-18 16:51:43 +00:00			`# Beloved, do not believe`
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Fixing one-word snippets. Deleted some extraneous empty lines. 2017-10-12 21:51:22 +00:00			`"You people whom I love, do not believe" or "Dear friends, do not believe." See how you translated this in [1 John 2:7](../02/07.md).`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here, the word "spirit" refers to a spiritual power or being that gives a person a message or prophecy. Alternate translation: "do not trust every prophet who claims to have a message from a spirit" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Here, the word "spirits" refers to a spiritual power or being that gives a person a message or prophecy. Alternate translation: "think carefully about what the prophet says" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
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