1 John 4:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

They are of the world: therefore speak they 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 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 lips 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 great 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 were cast out with him.