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1 Corinthians 12:3 GNB
I want you to know that no one who is led by God's Spirit can say "A curse on Jesus!" and no one can confess "Jesus is Lord," without being guided by the Holy Spirit.
This scripture probably does not mean a person who doesn't know Christ can't say he is Lord by reading it from some asserted Bible study aid, or even from the Bible. It means no one can pull up the blessings from Christ out of their own heart, [John 4:14] without first having God's spirit of truth. [John 15:26] You get the spirit by listening to and obeying God's son. [John 6:63]
1 Corinthians 12:3 CEV
Now I want you to know that if you are led by God's Spirit, you will say that Jesus is Lord, and you will never curse Jesus.

1 Corinthians 12:3 ALT
(3) For this reason, I make known to you* that no one speaking by [the] Spirit of God, says "Jesus [is] accursed" [Gr., anathema], and no one is able to say "Jesus [is] Lord," except by [the] Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:3 GNB
(3) I want you to know that no one who is led by God's Spirit can say "A curse on Jesus!" and no one can confess "Jesus is Lord," without being guided by the Holy Spirit.

1 Corinthians 12:3 NWT
3 Therefore I would have you know that nobody when speaking by God's spirit says: "Jesus is accursed!" and nobody can say: "Jesus is Lord!" except by holy spirit.

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You will note the reference windows often include more than one translation of the Bible. The reason is to strive to gain the best possible understanding of the original Hebrew and Greek. Since we don't speak those languages, we rely on those who have come before and made the effort to translate those texts into English for us. Considering several translations gives the benefit of the understanding of several translation committees or individuals.
The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation