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


In Context

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.

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

1st John 4:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

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