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


In Context

2 By this ye know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ hath come in the flesh, is from God:

3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not from God. And this is that spirit of antichrist, of which ye have heard that it should come; and even now already it is 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 they speak from 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. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

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

1 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 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 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.