1 John 4:5

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1 John 4:5

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

John 17:14

I have given them Your word.
The world hated them
because they are not of the world,
as I am not of the world.

John 3:31

The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

John 8:23

“You are from below,” He told them, “I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

John 17:16

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

Psalm 17:4

Concerning what people do:
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

Isaiah 30:10-11

They say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.
Prophesy illusions.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?

Jeremiah 29:8

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,

Micah 2:11

If a man of wind comes
and invents lies:
“I will preach to you about wine and beer,”
he would be just the preacher for this people!

Luke 16:8

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

John 7:6-7

Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

John 15:19-20

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

2 Peter 2:2-3

Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

Revelation 12:9

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

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Summary

1 John 4:5

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

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Concerning what people do:
by the word of Your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted astutely. For the sons of this age are more astute than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.

The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms. The One who comes from heaven is above all.

Jesus told them, “My time has not yet arrived, but your time is always at hand.

“You are from below,” He told them, “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 you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

I have given them Your word.
The world hated them
because they are not of the world,

as I am not of the world.

So the great dragon was thrown out—the ancient serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan,

the one who deceives the whole world. He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

And

They say to the seers, “Do not see,”
and to the prophets,
“Do not prophesy the truth to us.
Tell us flattering things.
Prophesy illusions.

The prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this.
But what will you do at the end of it?

For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Don’t let your prophets who are among you and your diviners deceive you, and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,

If a man of wind comes
and invents lies:
“I will preach to you about wine and beer,”
he would be just the preacher for this people!

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of it, the world hates you.

I have given them Your word.
The world hated them
because they are not of the world,

as I am not of the world.

For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear something new.

Many will follow their unrestrained ways, and the way of truth will be blasphemed because of them.

General references

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

They please the king with their evil,
the princes with their lies.

The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you don’t listen, because you are not from God.”

They will never follow a stranger; instead they will run away from him, because they don’t recognize the voice of strangers.”