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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. They are of the world, and therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are of God, and whoever knows God listens to us. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. This is how we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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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. They are from the world; therefore[a] they speak from the world and the world listens to them. We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:5 Literally “because of this”