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1 John 4:6

We are-being out of{the God}. The knowing the God is-hearing[i.e. listening to] of{us}; who is_not_being out of{the God} is_not_hearing[i.e. listening to] of{us}. Out of{the-same} we-are-knowing the Spirit of{the truth} and the spirit of{the astray}.

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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 Context

5Same are-being out of{the world}. Through the-same they-are-speaking out of{the world} and the world is-hearing[i.e. listening to] of{same}.

7Beloved, we-should-be-loving one-another, that the love is-being out of{the God} and every, the loving, has-been-begotten out of{the God}, and he-is-knowing the God.

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Cross References

John 8:19So, they-have-been-saying to{same}, "Where[?] is-being the father of{you}[?]" Jesus responds, "Neither you-have-beheld emphatically-me nor the Father of{me}. If supposing you-had-beheld emphatically-me, also you-had-beheld the Father of{me}."

John 10:16and I-am-having other sheep which is_not_being out of{the courtyard, the-same}, and-the-there it-is-necessitating me to-lead, and of{the sound} of{me} they-will-hear, and they-will-become one shepherded[flock], one shepherd.

John 13:20Amen, amen I-am-saying to{you}, the taking if-supposing someone I-may-dispatch is-taking emphatically-me; moreover, the taking emphatically-me is-taking the dispatch[ing] me."

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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