Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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].
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.
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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References
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Hastings
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 no spiritual utterance which disowns Jesus can come from God; it is the utterance of Antichrist. You have heard that it is coming, and right now it is already in the world. 4 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. 5 They are children of the world; this is why they speak what the world inspires, and why the world listens to them.
Phrases
Cross References
John 12:31
This world is now in process of judgment; the prince of this world is now to be expelled.
Romans 8:31
What are we then to say to facts like these? If God is for us, who can be against us?
1 John 4:16
So we know by experience and trust the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever continues to love continues in union with God and God in union with him.
1 John 5:19
We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
Romans 8:37
And yet in all these things we keep on gloriously conquering through Him who loved us.
1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have not received the spirit that belongs to the world but the Spirit that comes from God, that we may get an insight into the blessings God has graciously given us.
Ephesians 6:10
From now on you must grow stronger through union with the Lord and through His mighty power.
1 John 2:13
I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has existed from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
1 John 4:6
We are children of God. Whoever knows God by experience listens to us; whoever is not a child of God does not listen to us. This is the way to distinguish a true spiritual utterance from one that is false.
Revelation 12:11
But they have conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the message to which they bore testimony, because they did not cling to life but courted death.
John 10:28-30
and I give to them eternal life, and they shall never get lost, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
John 14:17-23
even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see Him or recognize Him, because He is going to remain with you, and will be within you.
John 14:30
"I shall not talk much more with you, for the evil ruler of this world is coming and he has nothing in common with me,
John 16:11
about judgment, because the evil ruler of this world has been condemned.
John 17:23
I in union with them and you in union with me, so that they may be perfectly united, and the world may be sure that you sent me and that you have loved them just as you have loved me.
Romans 8:10-11
But if Christ lives in you, although your bodies must die because of sin, your spirits are now enjoying life because of right standing with God.
1 Corinthians 6:13
Foods are intended for the stomach, and the stomach for foods, but God will finally put a stop to both of them. The body is not intended for sexual immorality but for the service of the Lord, and the Lord is for the body to serve.
2 Corinthians 4:4
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the eyes of the unbelievers, to keep the glorious light of the good news of Christ, who is the likeness of God, from dawning upon them.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people."
Ephesians 2:2
in which you once lived in accordance with the spirit of this present world, and the mighty prince of the air, who is always at work in the disobedient, among whom all of us, we Jews as well as you heathen,
Ephesians 3:17
and that Christ in His love, through your faith, may make His permanent home in your hearts. You must be deeply rooted, your foundations must be strong,
Ephesians 6:12-13
For our contest is not with human foes alone, but with the rulers, authorities, and cosmic powers of this dark world; that is, with the spirit-forces of evil challenging us in the heavenly contest.
1 John 3:9-10
No one who is born of God makes a practice of sinning, because the God-given life-principle continues to live in him, and so he cannot practice sinning, because he is born of God.
1 John 3:24
Whoever practices obedience to His commands remains in union with Him and He in union with him; and in this way we know that He remains in union with us, by the Spirit that He has given us.
1 John 4:13
By the fact that He has given us a portion of His Spirit we can be sure that we remain in union with Him and He in union with us.
1 John 5:4
for every child of God continues to conquer the world. Our faith is the victory that has conquered the world.