1 John 4:4
You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
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5They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.
Cross References
John 10:28And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand.
John 14:17Even the Spirit of true knowledge. That Spirit the world is not able to take to its heart because it sees him not and has no knowledge of him: but you have knowledge of him, because he is ever with you and will be in you.
John 16:11Of being judged, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Romans 8:10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.
Romans 8:37But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.
1 Corinthians 6:13Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, and God will put an end to them together. But the body is not for the desires of the flesh, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:2-4
Concerning Antichrist. ( a. d. 80.) 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. The apostle,… Read the whole commentary →