1 John 4:4 - Forerunner Commentary

1 John 4:4

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: ^aEvery spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

3 and every spirit that does not confess¹ that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God. And this is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you have heard was coming, and is now already in the world.

4 You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than ^ahe who is in the world.

5 ^aThey are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and ^bthe world hears them.

6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. ^aBy this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Knowing God Through Love

7 ^aBeloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who ^bloves is born of God and knows God.

8 He who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

Verse Comparison: 1 John 4:4

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American Standard Version
Ye are of God, `my' little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

Amplified® Bible
Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated {and} overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world.

Contemporary English Version
Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit is in you and is more powerful than the one that is in the world.

Darby English Version
*Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.

Good News Bible
But you belong to God, my children, and have defeated the false prophets, because the Spirit who is in you is more powerful than the spirit in those who belong to the world.

International Standard Version
Little children, you belong to God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

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.

New American Standard Bible
You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

New International Version
You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

New King James Version
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
You come from God, little children, and have overcome them; because We recognize Him as greater who dwells in you than he who dwells in the world.

Young's Literal Translation
Ye -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who `is' in you, than he who is in the world.

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