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


In Context

2 By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,

3 and every spirit who doesn't confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God, and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.

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

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

6 We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn't listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God, and knows 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 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 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.