You are from God, (A)little children, and (B)have overcome them; because (C)greater is He who is in you than (D)he who is in the world. (E)They are from the world, therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. (F)We are from God. (G)The one who knows God listens to us; (H)the one who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know (I)the spirit of truth and (J)the spirit of error.

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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. These people belong to the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective,[a] and the world listens to them. We belong to God. The person who knows God listens to us. Whoever does not belong to God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:5 Lit. from the world