Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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.
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.
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.
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.
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;
Themes
Hearing » Why some do not hear the word of God
Hearing » Who does not hear the lord’s disciples
Interlinear
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ἐκ ἐξ
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Usage: 709
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References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 38 Translations in 1 John 4:5
Images 1 John 4:5
Prayers for 1 John 4:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Recognize The Spirit Of God
4 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. 5 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. 6 The man who is beginning to know God listens to us, but he who is not a child of God does not listen to us. By this test we can distinguish the Spirit of truth from the spirit of error.
Cross References
John 17:14
I have given them Thy Message, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
John 3:31
He who comes from above is above all. He whose origin is from the earth is not only himself from the earth, his teaching also is from the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.
John 8:23
"You," He continued, "are from below, I am from above: you are of this present world, I am not of this present world.
John 17:16
They do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.
Luke 16:8
"And the master praised the dishonest steward for his shrewdness; for, in relation to their own contemporaries, the men of this age are shrewder than the sons of Light.
John 7:6-7
"My time," replied Jesus, "has not yet come, but for you any time is suitable.
John 15:19-20
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own property. But because you do not belong to the world, and I have chosen you out of the world--for that reason the world hates you.
2 Timothy 4:3
For a time is coming when they will not tolerate wholesome instruction, but, wanting to have their ears tickled, they will find a multitude of teachers to satisfy their own fancies;
2 Peter 2:2-3
And in their immoral ways they will have many eager disciples, through whom religion will be brought into disrepute.
Revelation 12:9
The great Dragon, the ancient serpent, he who is called 'the Devil' and 'the Adversary' and leads the whole earth astray, was hurled down: he was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.