1 John 4:4
Litle children, ye are of God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in this world.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
5They are of this worlde, therefore speake they of this world, and this world heareth them.
Cross References
John 10:28And I giue vnto them eternall life, and they shall neuer perish, neither shall any plucke them out of mine hand.
John 14:17Euen the Spirit of trueth, whome the world can not receiue, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye knowe him: for he dwelleth with you, and shalbe in you.
John 16:11Of iudgement, because the prince of this world is iudged.
Romans 8:10And if Christ bee in you, the body is dead, because of sinne: but the Spirite is life for righteousnesse sake.
Romans 8:37Neuerthelesse, in all these thinges we are more then coquerours through him that loued vs.
1 Corinthians 6:13Meates are ordeined for the bellie, and the belly for the meates: but God shall destroy both it, and them. Nowe the bodie is not for fornication, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the bodie.
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 →