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1 John 4

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1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.

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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to 1 John 4:1. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.

Panels 4
Word Entries 80
Editorial Notes 0
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Greek Textus Receptus Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament

Greek New Testament source layer with imported morphology.

Ἀγαπητοί, μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε, ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα, εἰ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστίν· ὅτι πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον.

21 word entries
Ἀγαπητοί
Transliteration
agaphtoi
Morphology
Greek: adjective vocative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G27
Occurrences
29
μὴ
Lemma
mh
Transliteration
mh
Morphology
Greek: particle nominative
Part of Speech
particle
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1034
παντὶ
Lemma
panti
Transliteration
panti
Morphology
Greek: adjective dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
60
πνεύματι
Transliteration
pneumati
Morphology
Greek: noun dative singular neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
95
πιστεύετε
Transliteration
pisteuete
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G4100
Occurrences
19
ἀλλὰ
Lemma
alla
Transliteration
alla
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G235
Occurrences
334
δοκιμάζετε
Transliteration
dokimazete
Morphology
Greek: verb present active imperative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1381
Occurrences
4
τὰ
Lemma
ta
Transliteration
ta
Morphology
Greek: article accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
853
πνεύματα
Transliteration
pneumata
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative plural neuter
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
18
εἰ
Lemma
ei
Transliteration
ei
Morphology
Greek: conditional particle
Part of Speech
conditional particle
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
596
ἐκ
Lemma
ek
Transliteration
ek
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
679
τοῦ
Lemma
tou
Transliteration
tou
Morphology
Greek: article genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
2611
Θεοῦ
Lemma
qeou
Transliteration
qeou
Morphology
Greek: noun genitive singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
707
ἐστίν
Lemma
estin
Transliteration
estin
Morphology
Greek: verb present active indicative singular
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
927
ὅτι
Lemma
oti
Transliteration
oti
Morphology
Greek: conjunction
Part of Speech
conjunction
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1293
πολλοὶ
Lemma
polloi
Transliteration
polloi
Morphology
Greek: adjective nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
adjective
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
84
ψευδοπροφῆται
Transliteration
yeudoprofhtai
Morphology
Greek: noun nominative plural masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G5578
Occurrences
5
ἐξεληλύθασιν
Transliteration
exelhluqasin
Morphology
Greek: verb second perfect active indicative plural
Part of Speech
verb
Strong's
G1831
Occurrences
1
εἰς
Lemma
eiv
Transliteration
eiv
Morphology
Greek: preposition
Part of Speech
preposition
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1876
τὸν
Lemma
ton
Transliteration
ton
Morphology
Greek: article accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
article
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
1623
κόσμον
Lemma
kosmon
Transliteration
kosmon
Morphology
Greek: noun accusative singular masculine
Part of Speech
noun
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
45
Tischendorf / Westcott-Hort Greek New Testament Greek · Greek New Testament · Public Domain

Coverage: New Testament sample / proof panel

Proof-of-flow source panel, not full coverage.

Ἀγαπητοί, μὴ παντὶ πνεύματι πιστεύετε, ἀλλὰ δοκιμάζετε τὰ πνεύματα εἰ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν, ὅτι πολλοὶ ψευδοπροφῆται ἐξεληλύθασιν εἰς τὸν κόσμον.

21 word entries
Ἀγαπητοί,
Morphology
A-VPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G0027
Occurrences
61
μὴ
Lemma
μή
Morphology
PRT-N
Part of Speech
PRT
Strong's
G3361
Occurrences
1033
παντὶ
Lemma
πᾶς
Morphology
A-DSN
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G3956
Occurrences
1224
πνεύματι
Morphology
N-DSN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
379
πιστεύετε,
Morphology
V-PAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G4100
Occurrences
241
ἀλλὰ
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G0235
Occurrences
636
δοκιμάζετε
Morphology
V-PAM-2P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1381
Occurrences
22
τὰ
Lemma
Morphology
T-APN
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
πνεύματα
Morphology
N-APN
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G4151
Occurrences
379
εἰ
Lemma
εἰ
Morphology
COND
Part of Speech
COND
Strong's
G1487
Occurrences
491
ἐκ
Lemma
ἐκ
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1537
Occurrences
915
τοῦ
Lemma
Morphology
T-GSM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
θεοῦ
Morphology
N-GSM
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity, or divine being.
Strong's
G2316
Occurrences
1312
ἐστιν,
Morphology
V-PAI-3S
Part of Speech
verb
Definition
To be or exist.
Strong's
G1510
Occurrences
2459
ὅτι
Lemma
ὅτι
Morphology
CONJ
Part of Speech
CONJ
Strong's
G3754
Occurrences
1299
πολλοὶ
Morphology
A-NPM
Part of Speech
A
Strong's
G4183
Occurrences
354
ψευδοπροφῆται
Morphology
N-NPM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G5578
Occurrences
11
ἐξεληλύθασιν
Morphology
V-2RAI-3P
Part of Speech
V
Strong's
G1831
Occurrences
219
εἰς
Lemma
εἰς
Morphology
PREP
Part of Speech
PREP
Strong's
G1519
Occurrences
1764
τὸν
Lemma
Morphology
T-ASM
Part of Speech
article
Definition
Greek definite article.
Strong's
G3588
Occurrences
19763
κόσμον.
Morphology
N-ASM
Part of Speech
N
Strong's
G2889
Occurrences
184
Syriac Peshitta New Testament Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License

Coverage: New Testament

Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.

ܚܒܝܒܝ ܠܐ ܠܟܠ ܪܘܚܝܢ ܬܗܝܡܢܘܢ ܐܠܐ ܗܘܝܬܘܢ ܦܪܫܝܢ ܪܘܚܐ ܐܢ ܡܢ ܐܠܗܐ ܐܝܬܝܗܝܢ ܡܛܠ ܕܣܓܝܐܐ ܢܒܝܐ ܕܓܠܐ ܢܦܩܘ ܒܗ ܒܥܠܡܐ

20 word entries
ܚܒܝܒܝ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hbyby
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
25
ܠܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Lemma
ܠܐ
Transliteration
la
Morphology
negative particle
Gloss
not
Occurrences
1681
ܠܟܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܠܟܠ
Transliteration
lkl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition l-
Occurrences
30
ܪܘܚܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
rwhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
4
ܬܗܝܡܢܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
thymnwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
12
ܐܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܠܐ
Transliteration
'l'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
784
ܗܘܝܬܘܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
hwytwn
Morphology
possible masculine plural or verbal/pronominal ending
Occurrences
123
ܦܪܫܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
prshyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
5
ܪܘܚܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Transliteration
ruha
Morphology
noun, feminine emphatic singular
Gloss
spirit, wind
Occurrences
199
ܐܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܐܢ
Transliteration
'n
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
417
ܡܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܢ
Transliteration
mn
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
2166
ܐܠܗܐ
Confidence
medium preliminary Syriac rule/lexicon alignment
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac lexicon alignment. Useful for search and first-pass study; review before labeling as verified scholarship.
Transliteration
alaha
Morphology
noun, masculine emphatic singular
Gloss
God
Occurrences
497
ܐܝܬܝܗܝܢ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
'ytyhyn
Morphology
possible plural/participle or finite verbal ending
Occurrences
7
ܡܛܠ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܡܛܠ
Transliteration
mtl
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
632
ܕܣܓܝܐܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dsgy''
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
17
ܢܒܝܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
nby'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
Occurrences
92
ܕܓܠܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
dgl'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed relative/genitive marker d-
Occurrences
31
ܢܦܩܘ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
npqw
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
Occurrences
22
ܒܗ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Lemma
ܒܗ
Transliteration
bh
Morphology
Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
343
ܒܥܠܡܐ
Confidence
low preliminary Syriac pattern
Note
Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
Transliteration
b'lm'
Morphology
probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
Occurrences
30
Latin Vulgate Clementine Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology

Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported

Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.

Carissimi, nolite omni spiritui credere, sed probate spiritus si ex Deo sint: quoniam multi pseudoprophetæ exierunt in mundum.

18 word entries
carissimi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
carus
Transliteration
carissimi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
47
nolite
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
nolo
Transliteration
nolite
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
620
omni
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
omnis
Transliteration
omni
Morphology
GreLa POS: pronoun
Occurrences
5506
spiritui
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
spiritui
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
709
credere
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
credo
Transliteration
credere
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
369
sed
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sed
Transliteration
sed
Morphology
GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1637
probate
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
probo
Transliteration
probate
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
107
spiritus
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
spiritus
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
709
si
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
si
Transliteration
si
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1970
ex
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
ex
Transliteration
ex
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Occurrences
1715
Deo
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
deus
Transliteration
Deo
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Gloss
God
Part of Speech
noun
Definition
God, deity
Etymology
Latin noun for God or a god.
Occurrences
4889
sint
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
sum
Transliteration
sint
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
20614
quoniam
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
quoniam
Transliteration
quoniam
Morphology
GreLa POS: subordinating conjunction
Occurrences
1134
multi
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
multus
Transliteration
multi
Morphology
GreLa POS: adjective
Occurrences
1032
pseudoprophetae
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Transliteration
pseudoprophetae
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
9
exierunt
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
exeo
Transliteration
exierunt
Morphology
GreLa POS: verb
Occurrences
321
in
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
in
Transliteration
in
Morphology
GreLa POS: adposition/preposition
Gloss
in
Part of Speech
preposition
Definition
in, into, among, on
Etymology
Latin preposition used with ablative for location or with accusative for motion.
Occurrences
22264
mundum
Status
Dataset-backed morphology
Lemma
mundus
Transliteration
mundum
Morphology
GreLa POS: noun
Occurrences
322

Ranked cross references

Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.

2 Peter 2:1

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

43 relevance votes

1 Timothy 4:1

But the Spirit says clearly that in later times some will be turned away from the faith, giving their minds to spirits of deceit, and the teachings of evil spirits,

41 relevance votes

2 John 1:7

Because a number of false teachers have gone out into the world, who do not give witness that Jesus Christ came in the flesh. Such a one is a false teacher and Antichrist.

34 relevance votes

Proverbs 14:15

The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps.

34 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 14:29

And let the prophets give their words, but not more than two or three, and let the others be judges of what they say.

22 relevance votes

1 John 2:18

Little children, it is the last hour; and as you were given word that the Antichrist would come, so now a number of Antichrists have come to you; and by this we are certain that it is the last hour.

22 relevance votes

Luke 12:57

And why are you, in your hearts, unable to be judges of what is right?

21 relevance votes

Luke 21:8

And he said, Take care that you are not tricked: for a number of people will come in my name, saying, I am he; and, The time is near: do not go after them.

19 relevance votes

2 Timothy 3:13

Evil and false men will become worse and worse, using deceit and themselves overcome by deceit.

17 relevance votes

Revelation 2:2

I have knowledge of your doings, and of your hard work and long waiting, and that you will not put up with evil men, and have put to the test those who say they are Apostles and are not, and have seen that they are false;

15 relevance votes

1 Corinthians 12:10

And to another the power of working wonders; and to another the prophet's word; and to another the power of testing spirits; to another different sorts of tongues; and to another the power of making clear the sense of the tongues:

14 relevance votes
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