1 Peter 4:12-16
Beloved, wonder not at the fiery trial among you, which is come upon you for a trial, as if some strange thing happened to you;
1 John 4:2
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is from God.
1 John 4:15
Whoever will confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
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Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue:
They did not
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They did not
1 John 4:2
By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus Christ has come in the flesh, is from God.
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1 Peter 4:12
Beloved, wonder not at the fiery trial among you, which is come upon you for a trial, as if some strange thing happened to you;