1 John 4:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

They are of the world: therefore {G5124} speak they [as] of the world, and the world heareth them.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσίν: διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου λαλοῦσιν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτῶν ἀκούει.

Transliteration

Autoi from the kosmou eisin: through touto from the kosmou lalousin, and the kosmos them akouei.

Grammar Details

• *Autoi*: nominative, masculine, plural - they/themselves
• *kosmou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of world
• *eisin*: present indicative, 3rd plural - they are
• *touto*: accusative, neuter, singular - this
• *lalousin*: present active indicative, 3rd plural - they speak
• *kosmos*: nominative, masculine, singular - world
• *akouei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - hears/listens to

Word Meanings

• *Autoi*: they/themselves
• *kosmou*: world/worldly system/ordered universe
• *lalousin*: they speak/they talk/they proclaim
• *kosmos*: world/ordered system/universe
• *akouei*: hears/listens to/pays attention to

Referenced Verses

• 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 {G302} its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore {G5124} 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.