5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.


In Context

2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God:

3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.

4 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.

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

6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

1 John 4:5 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:5They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:5They are of the world: therefore of the world they speak, and the world heareth them.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:5They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5They are of the world; for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:5They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5They are of the world: therefore they speak from the world, and the world heareth them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:5They — of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them.