1 John 4:5

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1 John 4:5

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

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

And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light.

“He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

So Jesus *said to them, “My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune.

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

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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Who say to the seers, “You must not see visions”;
And to the prophets, “You must not prophesy to us what is right,

Speak to us pleasant words,

Prophesy illusions.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule on their own authority;
And My people love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to

the dreams which they dream.

“If a man walking after wind and falsehood
Had told lies and said,
‘I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,’
He would be spokesman to this people.

If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires,

Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned;

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An evildoer listens to wicked lips;
A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

With their wickedness they make the king glad,

And the princes with their lies.

He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God.”

A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers.”