1 John 4:5

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

They are of the world: therefore speak they 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 hath 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 sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
  • John 3:31 : 31 He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
  • John 7:6-7 : 6 Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
  • John 15:19-20 : 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy li I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
  • Isa 30:10-11 : 10 Which 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 the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walking in the spirit and 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 the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
  • 2 Pet 2:2-3 : 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 And the gat dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels we cast out with him.

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    6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

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

  • 1 John 4:1-4
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    1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.

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

    3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

    4 Ye are of God, 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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    47 He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.

  • John 17:16-17
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    16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

    17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

  • John 17:14
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    14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath 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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    15 Love 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.

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

    17 And 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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    18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.

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

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    19 And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness.

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    19 They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us.

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    43 Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word.

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    4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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

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  • 1 John 3:1
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    1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

  • 1 John 5:4-5
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    4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.

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

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

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

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    12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

    13 Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

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

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    7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

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    19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.

  • John 8:26
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    26 I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him.

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    13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.

  • 1 Cor 14:21
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    21 In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord.

  • 1 Cor 14:10
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  • 1 Thess 5:5
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    5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.

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  • 2 Tim 4:4
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    4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

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  • Mark 4:17-18
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    17 And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended.

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    31 And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.

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

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    11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness.