1 John 4:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • John 8:23 : 23 And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
  • John 17:14 : 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
  • John 17:16 : 16 They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.
  • 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 For the time will come when they will not endure the sound doctrine; but, having itching ears, will heap to themselves teachers after their own lusts;
  • John 3:31 : 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
  • John 7:6-7 : 6 Jesus therefore saith unto them, My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready. 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
  • John 15:19-20 : 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 As for the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the ways of the violent.
  • Isa 30:10-11 : 10 that say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits, 11 get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 29:8 : 8 For thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your prophets that are in the midst of you, and your diviners, deceive you; neither hearken ye to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walking in a spirit of falsehood do lie, [saying], I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 And his lord commended the unrighteous steward because he had done wisely: for the sons of this world are for their own generation wiser than the sons of the light.
  • 2 Pet 2:2-3 : 2 And many shall follow their lascivious doings; by reason of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him.

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  • 1 John 4:6-7
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    6We 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.

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

  • 1 John 4:1-4
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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.

    2Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

    3and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God: and this is the [spirit] of the antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it cometh; and now it is in the world already.

    4Ye 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.

  • John 8:47
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    47He that is of God heareth the words of God: for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.

  • John 17:16-17
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    77%

    16They are not of the world even as I am not of the world.

    17Sanctify them in the truth: thy word is truth.

  • John 17:14
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    14I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

  • 1 John 2:15-17
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    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.

    16For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the vain glory of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

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

  • John 15:18-19
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    18If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before [it hated] you.

    19If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.

  • 1 John 5:19
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    19We know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in the evil one.

  • 1 John 2:19
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    19They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would have continued with us: but [they went out], that they might be made manifest that they all are not of us.

  • John 8:43
    72%

    43Why do ye not understand my speech? [Even] because ye cannot hear my word.

  • Jas 4:4
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    4Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whosoever therefore would be a friend of the world maketh himself an enemy of God.

  • 1 John 4:13
    71%

    13hereby we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

  • John 8:23
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    23And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • 1 John 3:1
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    1Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God; and [such] we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • 1 John 5:4-5
    2 verses
    71%

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

    5And who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?

  • 1 John 4:17
    70%

    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.

  • John 14:17
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    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.

  • John 3:31
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    31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is of the earth, and of the earth he speaketh: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

  • 1 Cor 2:12-14
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    12But 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.

    13Which things also we speak, not in words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Spirit teacheth; combining spiritual things with spiritual [words] .

    14Now the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; and he cannot know them, because they are spiritually judged.

  • John 7:7
    70%

    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    70%

    4wherein they think it strange that ye run not with [them] into the same excess of riot, speaking evil of [you] :

  • Eph 5:7
    69%

    7Be not ye therefore partakers with them;

  • Jude 1:19
    69%

    19These are they who make separations, sensual, having not the Spirit.

  • John 8:26
    69%

    26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

  • 1 John 3:13
    69%

    13Marvel not, brethren, if the world hateth you.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
    69%

    21In the law it is written, By men of strange tongues and by the lips of strangers will I speak unto this people; and not even thus will they hear me, saith the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 14:10
    69%

    10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and no [kind] is without signification.

  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5for ye are all sons of light, and sons of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness;

  • Matt 13:13
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    13Therefore speak I to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

  • John 16:11
    69%

    11of judgment, because the prince of this world hath been judged.

  • John 5:38
    69%

    38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

  • 2 Tim 4:4
    69%

    4and will turn away their ears from the truth, and turn aside unto fables.

  • John 14:30
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    30I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;

  • John 10:4
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    4When he hath put forth all his own, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice.

  • Mark 4:17-18
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    17and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble.

    18And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the word,

  • 1 Cor 7:31
    69%

    31and those that use the world, as not using it to the full: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

  • John 10:27
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    27My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:

  • John 3:11
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    11Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that which we know, and bear witness of that which we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.