1 John 4:4

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he who is in you, than he who is in the world.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3And every spirit that does not confess Jesus, is not of God: this is the spirit of antichrist, of which you have heard that it was coming; and now is already in the world.

5They are of the world: therefore what they speak is of the world, and the world hears them.

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Cross References

John 10:28And I give them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any man pluck them out of my hand.

John 14:17That is the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see him, neither does it know him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.

John 16:11Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

Romans 8:10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is alive because of righteousness.

Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.

1 Corinthians 6:13Food is for the belly, and the belly for food: but God shall destroy both of them. The body is not for sexual immorality, 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 →

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