1 John 2:18-23
18. Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour.
19. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.
20. But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
21. I do not write to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it and because no lie comes from the truth.
22. Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son.
23. No one who denies the Son has the Father; whoever acknowledges the Son has the Father also.1 John 4:1-3
1. Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
2. This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
3. but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.2 John 1:7-8
7. Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
8. Watch out that you do not lose what you have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully.
....22. Who is the liar? It is the man who denies that Jesus is the Christ. Such a man is the antichrist--he denies the Father and the Son....
...1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is anti-christ, that denieth the Father and the Son....
My KJV Bible says he is anti-christ not he is the antichrist. Many are anti-christ but only one is the anti-christ.
1 John 4:3
...3. but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world......
....1 John 4:3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Chrisrt is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world....
Once again the spirit of the antichrist applies to many, all those who follow after the spirit of the antichrist. You can read the verse without the word spirit as the word spirit is in italics which means it was inserted to help the meaning of the sentence in English.
2 John 1:7
...7. Many deceivers, who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh, have gone out into the world. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.....
....2 John 1:7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the Flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist....
Once again the KJV says a deceiver and an antichrist not the deceiver and the antichrist. There are many that follow after the spirit of antichrist and are minor antichrists but only one "the" antichrist. Also this illustrates why there really is a huge difference between versions of the Bible. Through much study I have come to believe that the KJV is the best version that is an English interpretation of the manuscript that I believe is the inspired one. Many of the other versions are compiled from many manuscripts and some of them are dubious. I am going to stick to the KJV myself. PTL!