1 John 4:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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  • John 12:31 : 31 Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
  • 1 John 5:4 : 4 For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith.
  • Rom 8:31 : 31 What then shall we say to these things? If God [is] for us, who [is] against us?
  • 1 John 5:19 : 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.
  • Rom 8:37 : 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
  • 1 Cor 2:12 : 12 But we received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is from God; that we might know the things that were freely given to us of God.
  • Rom 8:10-11 : 10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness. 11 But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwelleth in you, he that raised up Christ Jesus from the dead shall give life also to your mortal bodies through his Spirit that dwelleth in you.
  • Eph 6:12-13 : 12 For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual [hosts] of wickedness in the heavenly [places] . 13 Wherefore take up the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and, having done all, to stand.
  • Eph 3:17 : 17 that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; to the end that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,
  • 1 John 4:16 : 16 And we know and have believed the love which God hath in us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him.
  • Eph 2:2 : 2 wherein ye once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the powers of the air, of the spirit that now worketh in the sons of disobedience;
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
  • Rev 12:11 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they loved not their life even unto death.
  • 1 John 2:13 : 13 I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.
  • 1 John 3:9-9 : 9 Whosoever is begotten of God doeth no sin, because his seed abideth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is begotten of God. 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.
  • 1 John 3:24 : 24 And he that keepeth his commandments abideth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he gave us.
  • 1 John 4:6 : 6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
  • 1 John 4:13 : 13 hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.
  • 2 Cor 4:4 : 4 in whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of the unbelieving, that the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should not dawn [upon them] .
  • 2 Cor 6:16 : 16 And what agreement hath a temple of God with idols? for we are a temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
  • John 10:28-30 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. 30 I and the Father are one.
  • John 14:17-23 : 17 [ even] the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not leave you desolate: I come unto you. 19 Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20 In that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself unto him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my word: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.
  • John 16:11 : 11 of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.
  • John 17:23 : 23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them, even as thou lovedst me.
  • 1 Cor 6:13 : 13 Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall bring to nought both it and them. But the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body:
  • John 14:30 : 30 I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

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    5They are of the world: therefore speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

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    7Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is begotten of God, and knoweth God.

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    1Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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    4For whatsoever is begotten of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that hath overcome the world, [even] our faith.

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    12I write unto you, [my] little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.

    13I write unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the evil one. I have written unto you, little children, because ye know the Father.

    14I have written unto you, fathers, because ye know him who is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the evil one.

    15Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

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    17And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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    17Herein is love made perfect with us, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as he is, even so are we in this world.

    18There is no fear in love: but perfect love casteth out fear, because fear hath punishment; and he that feareth is not made perfect in love.

    19We love, because he first loved us.

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    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

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    21[ My] little children, guard yourselves from idols.

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    4Greater joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

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    9Herein was the love of God manifested in us, that God hath sent his only begotten Son into the world that we might live through him.

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    24As for you, let that abide in you which ye heard from the beginning. If that which ye heard from the beginning abide in you, ye also shall abide in the Son, and in the Father.