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1 John 4:4-5 KJV
1 John · chapter 4 · verses 4–5
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.1 John 4:4-5 · King James Version
1 John 4:4-5 in context
2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:
3And 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.
4Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
6We 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.
7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
Commentary
Cross references
- Romans 8:31
- 1 John 5:4
- Romans 8:37
- 1 John 4:16
- 1 Corinthians 2:12
- Romans 8:10-11
- Ephesians 6:12-13
- 1 John 5:19
- John 8:23
- 2 Peter 2:2-3
Key words (Strong's)
- childrentekniona little child, in the NT used as a term of kindly address by teachers to their disciplesG5040 →
- overcomenikaōto conquer, to carry off the victory, come off victorious, of Christ, victorious over all…G3528 →
- greatermeizōngreater, larger, elder, strongerG3187 →
- hearethakouōto be endowed with the faculty of hearing, not deaf, to hear, to attend to, consider what…G191 →
- worldkosmosan apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government, ornament…G2889 →
- Godtheosa god or goddess, a general name of deities or divinities, the Godhead, trinity, God the…G2316 →
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In these verses the apostle encourages the disciples against the fear and danger of this seducing antichristian spirit, and that by such methods as these: - 1. He assures them of a more divine principle in them: "You are of God, little children, Jo1 4:4. You are God's little children. We are of God, Jo1 4:6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-6