1 John 4:6

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

we -- 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.

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  • John 14:17 : 17 the 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.
  • John 10:27 : 27 according as I said to you: My sheep my voice do hear, and I know them, and they follow me,
  • 1 Cor 14:37 : 37 if any one doth think to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge the things that I write to you -- that of the Lord they are commands;
  • 1 John 4:1 : 1 Beloved, every spirit believe not, but prove the spirits, if of God they are, because many false prophets have gone forth to the world;
  • 1 John 4:4 : 4 Ye -- 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.
  • John 15:26 : 26 `And when the Comforter may come, whom I will send to you from the Father -- the Spirit of truth, who from the Father doth come forth, he will testify of me;
  • John 18:37 : 37 Pilate, therefore, said to him, `Art thou then a king?' Jesus answered, `Thou dost say `it'; because a king I am, I for this have been born, and for this I have come to the world, that I may testify to the truth; every one who is of the truth, doth hear my voice.'
  • John 20:21 : 21 Jesus, therefore, said to them again, `Peace to you; according as the Father hath sent me, I also send you;'
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, having been separated to the good news of God --
  • Rom 11:8 : 8 according as it hath been written, `God gave to them a spirit of deep sleep, eyes not to see, and ears not to hear,' -- unto this very day,
  • 1 Cor 2:12-14 : 12 And 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, 13 which 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, 14 and 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;
  • John 16:13 : 13 and when He may come -- the Spirit of truth -- He will guide you to all the truth, for He will not speak from Himself, but as many things as He will hear He will speak, and the coming things He will tell you;
  • John 13:20 : 20 verily, verily, I say to you, he who is receiving whomsoever I may send, doth receive me; and he who is receiving me, doth receive Him who sent me.'
  • Isa 8:20 : 20 To the law and to the testimony! If not, let them say after this manner, `That there is no dawn to it.'
  • Isa 29:10 : 10 For poured out on you hath Jehovah a spirit of deep sleep, And He closeth your eyes -- the prophets, And your heads -- the seers -- He covered.
  • Hos 4:12 : 12 My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God.
  • 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!
  • Mic 3:8 : 8 And yet I have been full of power by the Spirit of Jehovah, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his transgression, And to Israel his sin.
  • Luke 10:22 : 22 `All things were delivered up to me by my Father, and no one doth know who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whom the Son may wish to reveal `Him'.'
  • John 8:19 : 19 They said, therefore, to him, `Where is thy father?' Jesus answered, `Ye have neither known me nor my Father: if me ye had known, my Father also ye had known.'
  • John 8:45-50 : 45 `And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me. 46 Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me? 47 he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.' 48 The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?' 49 Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me; 50 and I do not seek my own glory; there is who is seeking and is judging;
  • John 10:16 : 16 and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.
  • 1 John 4:8 : 8 he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.
  • Jude 1:17 : 17 and ye, beloved, remember ye the sayings spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ:
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we `are' Christ's;
  • 2 Thess 1:8 : 8 in flaming fire, giving vengeance to those not knowing God, and to those not obeying the good news of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • 2 Thess 2:9-9 : 9 `him,' whose presence is according to the working of the Adversary, in all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 10 and in all deceitfulness of the unrighteousness in those perishing, because the love of the truth they did not receive for their being saved, 11 and because of this shall God send to them a working of delusion, for their believing the lie,
  • 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
  • 2 Pet 3:2 : 2 to be mindful of the sayings said before by the holy prophets, and of the command of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour,

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    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.

    5They -- of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

  • 1 John 4:11-13
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    11Beloved, if thus did God love us, we also ought one another to love;

    12God no one hath ever seen; if we may love one another, God in us doth remain, and His love is having been perfected in us;

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    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;

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    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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    10but to us did God reveal `them' through His Spirit, for the Spirit all things doth search, even the depths of God,

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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,

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    15whoever may confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God in him doth remain, and he in God;

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    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;

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    19and in this we know that of the truth we are, and before Him we shall assure our hearts,

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    3and in this we know that we have known him, if his commands we may keep;

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    18We have known that every one who hath been begotten of God doth not sin, but he who was begotten of God doth keep himself, and the evil one doth not touch him;

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

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    16The Spirit himself doth testify with our spirit, that we are children of God;

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    31and we have known that God doth not hear sinners, but, if any one may be a worshipper of God, and may do His will, him He doth hear;

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    2in this we know that we love the children of God, when we may love God, and His commands may keep;

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    3and if any one doth love God, this one hath been known by Him.

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    8if we may say -- `we have not sin,' ourselves we lead astray, and the truth is not in us;

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    24and he who is keeping His commands, in Him he doth remain, and He in him; and in this we know that He doth remain in us, from the Spirit that He gave us.

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    14we -- we have known that we have passed out of the death to the life, because we love the brethren; he who is not loving the brother doth remain in the death.

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  • 1 John 5:6
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    6This one is he who did come through water and blood -- Jesus the Christ, not in the water only, but in the water and the blood; and the Spirit it is that is testifying, because the Spirit is the truth,

  • 1 John 1:5-6
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    5And this is the message that we have heard from Him, and announce to you, that God is light, and darkness in Him is not at all;

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    10In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,

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    9If the testimony of men we receive, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that He hath testified concerning His Son.

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    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.

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  • 2 John 1:9
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    9every one who is transgressing, and is not remaining in the teaching of the Christ, hath not God; he who is remaining in the teaching of the Christ, this one hath both the Father and the Son;

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  • 1 John 5:14-15
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    14And this is the boldness that we have toward Him, that if anything we may ask according to his will, He doth hear us,

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    19we -- we love him, because He -- He first loved us;