1 John 2:16
16 For all that is in the world—xthe desires of the flesh and ythe desires of the eyes and pride of life1—is not from the Father but is from the world.
1 John 4:1–3
Test the Spirits
1 Beloved, tdo not believe every spirit, but utest the spirits to see whether they are from God, for vmany wfalse prophets xhave gone out into the world. 2 By this you know the Spirit of God: yevery spirit that confesses that zJesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, 3 and every spirit athat does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and bnow is in the world already.