Parallel Verses

Amplified

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.

New American Standard Bible

They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them.

King James Version

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Holman Bible

They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

International Standard Version

These people belong to the world. That is why they speak from the world's perspective, and the world listens to them.

A Conservative Version

They are of the world. Because of this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

American Standard Version

They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

An Understandable Version

These [false teachers] are part of the world, so [naturally] they speak [a message endorsed] by the world and the world listens to them.

Anderson New Testament

They are of the world: there fore, they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Bible in Basic English

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

Common New Testament

They are of the world and therefore speak as of the world, and the world listens to them.

Daniel Mace New Testament

they are of the world: therefore their doctrine is worldly, and the world are their disciples.

Darby Translation

They are of the world; for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

Emphatic Diaglott Bible

They are of the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world hearkens to them.

Godbey New Testament

They are of the world: on this account they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Goodspeed New Testament

They are children of the world; that is why they speak as the world directs, and the world listens to them.

John Wesley New Testament

They are of the world; therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Julia Smith Translation

They are of the world: for this they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

King James 2000

They are of the world: therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Lexham Expanded Bible

They are from the world; {therefore} they speak from the world and the world listens to them.

Modern King James verseion

They are of the world, therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

They be of the world, and therefore speak they of the world, and the world attendeth unto them.

Moffatt New Testament

They belong to the world, therefore they speak as inspired by the world, and the world listens to them:

Montgomery New Testament

They are of the world, and for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world listens to them.

NET Bible

They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world's perspective and the world listens to them.

New Heart English Bible

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Noyes New Testament

They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world, and the world heareth them.

Sawyer New Testament

They are of the world; therefore they speak of the world and the world hears them.

The Emphasized Bible

They, are, of the world: For this cause, of the world, they speak, and the world, unto them, doth hearken.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

They are of the world, therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

Twentieth Century New Testament

Those men belong to the world; and therefore they speak as the world speaks, and the world listens to them.

Webster

They are of the world: therefore they speak from the world, and the world heareth them.

Weymouth New Testament

They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.

Williams New Testament

They are children of the world; this is why they speak what the world inspires, and why the world listens to them.

World English Bible

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Worrell New Testament

They are of the world; for this cause they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

Worsley New Testament

They are of the world; therefore they speak as men of the world, and the world heareth them.

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage

Usage: 0

are
εἰσί 
Eisi 
are, be, were, have, not tr,
Usage: 97

of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709
Usage: 709

the world
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
κόσμος 
Kosmos 
Usage: 109
Usage: 109
Usage: 109

διά 
Dia 
by, through, with, for, for ... sake, therefore , for this cause , because,
Usage: 527

λαλέω 
Laleo 
Usage: 235

and

and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
Usage: 0

ἀκούω 
Akouo 
Usage: 313

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 John 4:5

References

Images 1 John 4:5

Prayers for 1 John 4:5

Context Readings

How To Recognize The Spirit Of God

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. 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].


Cross References

John 17:14

I have given to them Your word [the message You gave Me]; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world and do not belong to the world, just as I am not of the world and do not belong to it.

John 3:31

“He who comes from [heaven] above is above all others; he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks [about things] of the earth [his viewpoint and experience are earthly]. He who comes from heaven is above all.

John 8:23

He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world.

John 17:16

They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

Psalm 17:4


Concerning the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips
I have kept away from the paths of the violent.

Isaiah 30:10-11


Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions from God”;
And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right!
Speak to us pleasant things and smooth words,
Prophesy [deceitful] illusions [that we will enjoy].

Jeremiah 5:31


The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love [to have] it so!
But what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 29:8

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your [false] prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you; pay no attention and attach no significance to the dreams which they dream or to yours,

Micah 2:11


“If a man walking in a false spirit [spouting deception]
Should lie and say,
‘I will prophesy to you [O Israel] of wine and liquor (greed, sensual pleasure),’
He would be the acceptable spokesman of this people.

Luke 16:8

And his master commended the unjust manager [not for his misdeeds, but] because he had acted shrewdly [by preparing for his future unemployment]; for the sons of this age [the non-believers] are shrewder in relation to their own kind [that is, to the ways of the secular world] than are the sons of light [the believers].

John 7:6-7

So Jesus said to them, “My time has not yet come; but any time is right for you.

John 15:19-20

If you belonged to the world, the world would love [you as] its own and would treat you with affection. But you are not of the world [you no longer belong to it], but I have chosen you out of the world. And because of this the world hates you.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine and accurate instruction [that challenges them with God’s truth]; but wanting to have their ears tickled [with something pleasing], they will accumulate for themselves [many] teachers [one after another, chosen] to satisfy their own desires and to support the errors they hold,

2 Peter 2:2-3

Many will follow their shameful ways, and because of them the way of truth will be maligned.

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown down, the age-old serpent who is called the devil and Satan, he who continually deceives and seduces the entire inhabited world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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