1 John 4:5

Those people belong to the world and therefore they speak as the world speaks, and the world listens to them.

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In The King James Version

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

In Context

4You, my children, come from God, and you have successfully resisted such people as these, because he who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

6We come from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; the person who does not come from God does not listen to us. This is how we distinguish the spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

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Cross References

Psalms 17:4I gave earnest heed to the words of your lips.

Micah 2:11If a person walking in wine and falsehood were to say, ‘I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink,’ then he would be the perfect prophet for this people!”

John 3:31He who comes from above is above all others; but a child of earth is earthly, and his teaching is earthly, too. He who comes from heaven is above all others.

John 8:23“You,” added Jesus, “are from below, I am from above; you are of this present world, I am not;

John 17:14I have given them your message; and the world hated them, because they do not belong to the world, even as I do not belong to the world.

Matthew Henry on 1 John 4:5-7

Danger of Antichristian Spirit. ( a. d. 80.) 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. In these verses the apostle encourages the disciples against the fear and danger of this seducing antichristian… Read the whole commentary →

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