Verse (Click for Chapter) 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 Living Translation But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. English Standard Version Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Berean Standard Bible You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. Berean Literal Bible You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because the One in you is greater than the one in the world. King James Bible 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 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. 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. NASB 1995 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. NASB 1977 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. Legacy 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. Amplified Bible Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind]. Christian Standard Bible You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. 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. Aramaic Bible in Plain English You are from God, children, and you have conquered them, because he who is in you is greater 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 who is in the world. Douay-Rheims Bible You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation Dear children, you belong to God. So you have won the victory over these people, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. Good News Translation 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. Literal Standard Version You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world. Majority Standard Bible You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. New American Bible You belong to God, children, and you have conquered them, for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. NET Bible You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. New Revised Standard Version Little children, you are from God, and have conquered them; for the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. New Heart English Bible 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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. Weymouth New Testament As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. World English Bible 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. 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. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Testing the Spirits…3and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time. 4You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. 5They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.… Cross References John 12:31 Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you will not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate before the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 1 John 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. 1 John 3:20 Even if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and He knows all things. 1 John 4:6 We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception. 1 John 5:4 because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith. Treasury of Scripture You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. are. 1 John 4:6,16 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… 1 John 3:9,10 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God… 1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. and have. 1 John 2:13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. 1 John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. Romans 8:37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. greater. 1 John 4:13,16 Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit… 1 John 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. John 10:28-30 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand… than. 1 John 5:19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. John 12:31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. John 14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. Jump to Previous Children Dear God's Greater Is Little Overcome Resisted Successfully WorldJump to Next Children Dear God's Greater Is Little Overcome Resisted Successfully World1 John 4 1. He warns them not to believe all who boast of the Spirit;7. and exhorts to brotherly love. Verse 4. - Ye are of God. The ὑμεῖς is in emphatic opposition to the false teachers (comp. 1 John 2:20). They are on one side, and the apostle's readers on the other, and it is from this standpoint that they are to "prove the spirits." St. John knows nothing of any neutral position from which the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error can be criticized "with absolute impartiality." "He that is not with me is against me." This assumed neutral position is already within the domain of error. Ye have overcome them. "Them" means the false teachers; but in what sense have St. John's "little children" overcome them? He may be speaking by anticipation; confident of the victory, he writes of it as an accomplished fact (comp. John 16:33). But it is better to take the statement literally. By refusing to listen to the false teachers (John 10:8) the sheep have conquered them: the seducers have "gone out" (1 John 2:19), unable to hold their own within the fold. Nor is this wonderful: the one side have God with them, the other Satan. Ο ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ here is equivalent to ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου (Luke 12:31). Just as God is in believers and they in God, so the world is in the evil one (1 John 5:19) and the evil one in it. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek You,Ὑμεῖς (Hymeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. little children, τεκνία (teknia) Noun - Vocative Neuter Plural Strong's 5040: A little child. Diminutive of teknon; an infant, i.e. darlings. are ἐστε (este) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. from ἐκ (ek) Preposition Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out. God Θεοῦ (Theou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 2316: A deity, especially the supreme Divinity; figuratively, a magistrate; by Hebraism, very. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely. have overcome νενικήκατε (nenikēkate) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 2nd Person Plural Strong's 3528: To conquer, be victorious, overcome, prevail, subdue. From nike; to subdue. them, αὐτούς (autous) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Plural Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons. because ὅτι (hoti) Conjunction Strong's 3754: Neuter of hostis as conjunction; demonstrative, that; causative, because. greater μείζων (meizōn) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Singular - Comparative Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense. is ἐστὶν (estin) Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1510: I am, exist. The first person singular present indicative; a prolonged form of a primary and defective verb; I exist. He who [is] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. you ὑμῖν (hymin) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou. than ἢ (ē) Conjunction Strong's 2228: Or, than. A primary particle of distinction between two connected terms; disjunctive, or; comparative, than. he who [is] ὁ (ho) Article - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. in ἐν (en) Preposition Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. world. κόσμῳ (kosmō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Strong's 2889: Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally). Links 1 John 4:4 NIV1 John 4:4 NLT 1 John 4:4 ESV 1 John 4:4 NASB 1 John 4:4 KJV 1 John 4:4 BibleApps.com 1 John 4:4 Biblia Paralela 1 John 4:4 Chinese Bible 1 John 4:4 French Bible 1 John 4:4 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 John 4:4 You are of God little children (1J iJ 1Jn i jn 1 jo) |
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