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NASB | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 2 John 1:7 ¶ For many deceivers [heretics, posing as Christians] have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge and confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh (bodily form). This [person, the kind who does this] is the deceiver and the antichrist [that is, the antagonist of Christ]. |
Bible Question: Does Islam fit here? Has the church been deceived by the message "Islam is a religion of peace"? Does the church have a responsibility to recognize and declare Islam as "antichrist? |
Bible Answer: The apostle John in his epistles is the only NT author that uses the term antichrist. In fact, the word antichrist is a transliteration of the Greek. It means, literally, "against Christ." Notice in 1 John 2:18 John writes, "even now there are many antichrists." In this post I am not addressing the eschatalogical viewpoint that a person will arise to dominate the earth, etc. etc. I'm just pointing out that this term can have broader meaning. In essence, you are right, though. 1 John 2:22 says that anyone that denies that Jesus is Christ (the messiah, the monogeneis) is an antichrist. |