1 Corinthians 12:3

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“Therefore 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.”

— WEB

“Wherefore 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.”

— KJV

“Wherefore I make known unto you, that no man speaking in the Spirit of God saith, Jesus is anathema; and no man can say, Jesus is Lord, but in the Holy Spirit.”

— ASV

Bible Verses About the Holy Spirit

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Related verses via the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

1 John 4:2-3 "By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,"
Matthew 16:16-17 "Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”"
Romans 10:9 "that 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 "not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God;"
John 13:13 "You call me, ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord.’ You say so correctly, for so I am."
John 15:26 "“When the CounselorGreek Parakletos: Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, and Comforter. has come, whom I will send to you from the …"
1 Corinthians 8:6 "yet 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, …"
Matthew 22:43 "He said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,"

Commentary

The negative and positive criteria of inspiration by the Spirit--the rejection or confession of Jesus as Lord [ALFORD] (Jo1 4:2; Jo1 5:1). Paul gives a test of truth against the Gentiles; John, against the false prophets. by the Spirit--rather, as Greek, "IN the Spirit"; that being the power pervading him, and the element in which he speaks [ALFORD], (Mat 16:17; Joh 15:26). of God . . . Holy--The same Spirit is called at one time "the Spirit of GOD"; at another, "the HOLY Ghost," or "Holy Spirit." Infinite Holiness is almost synonymous with Godhead. speaking . . . say--"Speak" implies the act of utterance; "say" refers to that which is uttered. Here, "say" means a spiritual and believing confession of Him. Jesus--not an abstract doctrine, but the historical, living God-man (Rom 10:9). accursed--as the Jews and Gentiles treated Him (Gal 3:13). Compare "to curse Christ" in the heathen PLINY'S letter [Epistles, 10.97]. The spiritual man feels Him to be the Source of all blessings (Eph 1:3) and to be severed from Him is to be accursed (Rom 9:3). Lord--acknowledging himself as His servant (Isa 26:13). "Lord" is the Septuagint translation for the incommunicable Hebrew name JEHOVAH.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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