4You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.


In Context

1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

2 This is how you can recognize the Spirit of God: Every spirit that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,

3 but every spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and even now is already in the world.

4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

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

6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

1st John 4:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Ye 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Ye 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:4Ye 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Ye 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:4Ye — 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:4You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.