1 John 4:5 Updated American Standard Version (UASV) 5 They are from the world; therefore, they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.

Another way to test “the spirit of truth and the spirit of error” is to see who listens to them. As servants of God, we have “conquered,” or overpowered through God, the false teachers, prevailing over their endeavors to draw us away from the truth found in the Word of God.