Parallel Verses
Amplified
Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind].
New American Standard Bible
You are from God,
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the One who is in you
International Standard Version
Little children, you belong to God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
A Conservative Version
Ye are of God, little children, and ye have overcome them, because greater is he in you than he in the world.
American Standard Version
Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
An Understandable Version
[But], you people are [followers] of God, little children [i.e., dear ones], and you have overcome them [i.e., these false teachers] because He who is in your lives [i.e., the Holy Spirit, See 3:24] is greater [i.e., more powerful] than he who is in [i.e., dominates] the world [i.e., Satan. See II Cor. 4:4].
Anderson New Testament
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you, is greater than he that is in the world.
Bible in Basic English
You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Common New Testament
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Daniel Mace New Testament
ye are of God, my dear children, and you have overcome them: because he that is in you, is superior to him that is in the world.
Darby Translation
Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
Emphatic Diaglott Bible
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because he is greater, who is with you, than he who is with the world.
Godbey New Testament
You are of God, little children, and you have conquered them; because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Goodspeed New Testament
You are children of God, dear children, and you have been victorious over these men, for he who is in our hearts is greater than he who is in the world.
John Wesley New Testament
Ye are of God, beloved children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Julia Smith Translation
Ye are of God, little children, and have conquered them: for greater is he in you, than he in the world.
King James 2000
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Lexham Expanded Bible
You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one [who is] in you is greater than the one [who is] in the world.
Modern King James verseion
You are of God, little children, and you have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Little children, ye are of God, and have overcome them: for greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Moffatt New Testament
My dear children, you belong to God, and you have conquered all such, for He who is within you is greater than he who is in the world.
Montgomery New Testament
My little children, you are of God and have conquered them; because he that is within you is greater than he that is in the world.
NET Bible
You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
New Heart English Bible
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
Noyes New Testament
Ye are of God, my children, and have overcome them; because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Sawyer New Testament
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.
The Emphasized Bible
Ye, are, of God, dear children, and have overcome them; because, greater, is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Ye are of God, my dear children, and have overcome them; because he that is in you is greater than he that is in the world.
Twentieth Century New Testament
You, my Children, come from God, and you have successfully resisted such men as these, because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Williams New Testament
You are children of God, dear children, and you have conquered these men, because He who is in our hearts is greater than he who is in the world.
World English Bible
You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
Worrell New Testament
Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He Who is in you, than he that is in the world.
Worsley New Testament
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
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.
Themes
God » Promises to the tempted » Final victory
God's Promises » To the tempted » Final victory
God's Promises » To the overcomers » Rewards bestowed upon those who overcome
Hearing » Why some do not hear the word of God
Hearing » Who does not hear the lord’s disciples
Hearing » Who hears the lord’s disciples
Man » The lord being greater than man
Overcomers » Rewards bestowed upon those who overcome
promises to Tempted » Final victory
Victory/overcoming » Who overcomes the wicked
War » Figurative » Encouraged in
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Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 4:4
Prayers for 1 John 4:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Recognize The Spirit Of God
3 and every spirit that does not confess Jesus [acknowledging that He has come in the flesh, but would deny any of the Son’s true nature] is not of God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and is now already in the world. 4 Little children (believers, dear ones), you are of God and you belong to Him and have [already] overcome them [the agents of the antichrist]; because He who is in you is greater than he (Satan) who is in the world [of sinful mankind]. 5 They [who teach twisted doctrine] are of the world and belong to it; therefore they speak from the [viewpoint of the] world [with its immoral freedom and baseless theories—demanding compliance with their opinions and ridiculing the values of the upright], and the [gullible one of the] world listens closely and pays attention to them.
Phrases
Cross References
John 12:31
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say to all these things? If God is for us, who can be [successful] against us?
1 John 4:16
We have come to know [by personal observation and experience], and have believed [with deep, consistent faith] the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides continually in him.
1 John 5:19
We know [for a fact] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] lies in the power of the evil one [opposing God and His precepts].
Romans 8:37
Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us].
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the [Holy] Spirit who is from God, so that we may know and understand the [wonderful] things freely given to us by God.
Ephesians 6:10
In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [draw your strength from Him and be empowered through your union with Him] and in the power of His [boundless] might.
1 John 2:13
I am writing to you, fathers [those believers who are spiritually mature], because you know Him who has existed from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men [those believers who are growing in spiritual maturity], because you have been victorious and have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children [those who are new believers, those spiritually immature], because you have come to know the Father.
1 John 4:6
We [who teach God’s word] are from God [energized by the Holy Spirit], and whoever knows God [through personal experience] listens to us [and has a deeper understanding of Him]. Whoever is not of God does not listen to us. By this we know [without any doubt] the spirit of truth [motivated by God] and the spirit of error [motivated by Satan].
Revelation 12:11
And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death.
John 10:28-30
John 14:17-23
John 14:30
John 16:11
John 17:23
Romans 8:10-11
If Christ lives in you, though your [natural] body is dead because of sin, your spirit is alive because of righteousness [which He provides].
1 Corinthians 6:13
Food is for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will do away with both of them. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body [to save, sanctify, and raise it again because of the sacrifice of the cross].
2 Corinthians 4:4
among them the god of this world [Satan] has blinded the minds of the unbelieving to prevent them from seeing the illuminating light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 6:16
What agreement is there between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said:
And I will be their God, and they shall be My people.
Ephesians 2:2
in which you once walked. You were following the ways of this world [influenced by this present age], in accordance with the prince of the power of the air (Satan), the spirit who is now at work in the disobedient [the unbelieving, who fight against the purposes of God].
Ephesians 3:17
so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love,
Ephesians 6:12-13
For our struggle is not against flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this [present] darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) places.
1 John 3:9-10
No one who is born of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, because
1 John 3:24
The one who habitually keeps His commandments [obeying His word and following His precepts, abides and] remains in Him, and He in him. By this we know and have the proof that He [really] abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us [as a gift].
1 John 4:13
By this we know [with confident assurance] that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given to us His [Holy] Spirit.
1 John 5:4
For