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1 Corinthians 12:3

WEB

3Therefore I make known to you that no man speaking by God’s Spirit says, “Jesus is accursed.” No one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” but by the Holy Spirit.

KJV

3Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

BSB

3Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

FBV

3Let me make it clear to you: no one who speaks in the Spirit of God says, “Curse Jesus!” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord!” except by the Holy Spirit.

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Extra References

1 John 4:2-3

2By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God, 3and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

Matthew 16:16-17

16Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

17Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

Romans 10:9

9that if you will confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

2 Corinthians 3:5

5not that we are sufficient of ourselves to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,

John 13:13

13You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am.

John 15:26

26“When the Counselor[+] has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.

1 Corinthians 8:6

6yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

Matthew 22:43

43He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

Romans 9:3

3For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers’ sake, my relatives according to the flesh

Deuteronomy 21:23

23his body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him the same day; for he who is hanged is accursed of God. Don’t defile your land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance.