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# General Information:
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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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# Beloved
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"You people whom I love" or "Dear friends." See how you translated this in [1 John 2:7](../02/07.md).
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# do not believe every spirit
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Here, the word "spirit" refers to a spiritual power or being that gives a person a message or prophecy. AT: "do not trust every prophet who claims to have a message from a spirit" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# test the spirits
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Here, the word "spirits" refers to a spiritual power or being that gives a person a message or prophecy. AT: "think carefully about what the prophet says" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# has come in the flesh
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Here "flesh" represents the human body. AT: "has come as a human being" or "has come in a physical body" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world
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"These are prophets opposed to Christ, whom you have heard are coming, and now are already in the world"