1 John 4:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

They -- of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

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  • John 8:23 : 23 and he said to 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 to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;
  • John 17:16 : 16 `Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;
  • 2 Tim 4:3 : 3 for there shall be a season when the sound teaching they will not suffer, but according to their own desires to themselves they shall heap up teachers -- itching in the hearing,
  • John 3:31 : 31 he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.
  • John 7:6-7 : 6 Jesus, therefore, saith to them, `My time is not yet present, but your time is always ready; 7 the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.
  • John 15:19-20 : 19 if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you. 20 `Remember the word that I said to you, A servant is not greater than his lord; if me they did persecute, you also they will persecute; if my word they did keep, yours also they will keep;
  • Ps 17:4 : 4 As to doings of man, Through a word of Thy lips I have observed The paths of a destroyer;
  • Isa 30:10-11 : 10 Who have said to seers, `Ye do not see,' And to prophets, `Ye do not prophesy to us Straightforward things, Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits, 11 Turn aside from the way, decline from the path, Cause to cease from before us the Holy One of Israel.'
  • Jer 5:31 : 31 The prophets have prophesied falsely, And the priests bear rule by their means, And My people have loved `it' so, And what do they at its latter end?
  • Jer 29:8 : 8 `For thus said Jehovah of Hosts, God of Israel, Let not your prophets who `are' in your midst, and your diviners, lift you up, nor hearken ye unto their dreams, thay ye are causing `them' to dream;
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If one is going `with' the wind, And `with' falsehood hath lied: `I prophesy to thee of wine, and of strong drink,' He hath been the prophet of this people!
  • Luke 16:8 : 8 `And the lord commended the unrighteous steward that he did prudently, because the sons of this age are more prudent than the sons of the light, in respect to their generation.
  • 2 Pet 2:2-3 : 2 and many shall follow out their destructive ways, because of whom the way of the truth shall be evil spoken of, 3 and in covetousness, with moulded words, of you they shall make merchandise, whose judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction doth not slumber.
  • Rev 12:9 : 9 and the great dragon was cast forth -- the old serpent, who is called `Devil,' and `the Adversary,' who is leading astray the whole world -- he was cast forth to the earth, and his messengers were cast forth with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 John 4:6-7
    2 verses
    84%

    6we -- of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

    7Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

  • 1 John 4:1-4
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    82%

    1Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;

    2in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

    3and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

    4Ye -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who `is' in you, than he who is in the world.

  • 47he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.'

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    16`Of the world they are not, as I of the world am not;

    17sanctify them in Thy truth, Thy word is truth;

  • 14I have given to them Thy word, and the world did hate them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world;

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    15Love not ye the world, nor the things in the world; if any one doth love the world, the love of the Father is not in him,

    16because all that `is' in the world -- the desire of the flesh, and the desire of the eyes, and the ostentation of the life -- is not of the Father, but of the world,

    17and the world doth pass away, and the desire of it, and he who is doing the will of God, he doth remain -- to the age.

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    18if the world doth hate you, ye know that it hath hated me before you;

    19if of the world ye were, the world its own would have been loving, and because of the world ye are not -- but I chose out of the world -- because of this the world hateth you.

  • 19we have known that of God we are, and the whole world in the evil doth lie;

  • 19out of us they went forth, but they were not of us, for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but -- that they might be manifested that they are not all of us.

  • 43wherefore do ye not know my speech? because ye are not able to hear my word.

  • 4Adulterers and adulteresses! have ye not known that friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever, then, may counsel to be a friend of the world, an enemy of God he is set.

  • 13in this we know that in Him we do remain, and He in us, because of His Spirit He hath given us.

  • 23and he said to them, `Ye are from beneath, I am from above; ye are of this world, I am not of this world;

  • 1See ye what love the Father hath given to us, that children of God we may be called; because of this the world doth not know us, because it did not know Him;

  • 1 John 5:4-5
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    4because every one who is begotten of God doth overcome the world, and this is the victory that did overcome the world -- our faith;

    5who is he who is overcoming the world, if not he who is believing that Jesus is the Son of God?

  • 17In this made perfect hath been the love with us, that boldness we may have in the day of the judgment, because even as He is, we -- we also are in this world;

  • 17the Spirit of truth, whom the world is not able to receive, because it doth not behold him, nor know him, and ye know him, because he doth remain with you, and shall be in you.

  • 31he who from above is coming is above all; he who is from the earth, from the earth he is, and from the earth he speaketh; he who from the heaven is coming is above all.

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    12And we the spirit of the world did not receive, but the Spirit that `is' of God, that we may know the things conferred by God on us,

    13which things also we speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Holy Spirit, with spiritual things spiritual things comparing,

    14and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know `them', because spiritually they are discerned;

  • 7the world is not able to hate you, but me it doth hate, because I testify concerning it that its works are evil.

  • 4in which they think it strange -- your not running with them to the same excess of dissoluteness, speaking evil,

  • 7become not, then, partakers with them,

  • 19these are those setting themselves apart, natural men, the Spirit not having.

  • 26many things I have to speak concerning you and to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I -- what things I heard from Him -- these I say to the world.'

  • 13Do not wonder, my brethren, if the world doth hate you;

  • 21in the law it hath been written, that, `With other tongues and with other lips I will speak to this people, and not even so will they hear Me, saith the Lord;'

  • 10There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is unmeaning,

  • 5all ye are sons of light, and sons of day; we are not of night, nor of darkness,

  • 13`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,

  • 11and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world hath been judged.

  • 38and His word ye have not remaining in you, because whom He sent, him ye do not believe.

  • 4and indeed, from the truth the hearing they shall turn away, and to the fables they shall be turned aside.

  • 30I will no more talk much with you, for the ruler of this world doth come, and in me he hath nothing;

  • 4and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

  • Mark 4:17-18
    2 verses
    69%

    17and have not root in themselves, but are temporary; afterward tribulation or persecution having come because of the word, immediately they are stumbled.

    18`And these are they who toward the thorns are sown: these are they who are hearing the word,

  • 31and those using this world, as not using `it' up; for passing away is the fashion of this world.

  • 27according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,

  • 11`Verily, verily, I say to thee -- What we have known we speak, and what we have seen we testify, and our testimony ye do not receive;