In Context

3 and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

4 Ye — 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.

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

6 we — of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

7 Beloved, may we love one another, because the love is of God, and every one who is loving, of God he hath been begotten, and doth know God;

8 he who is not loving did not know God, because God is love.

1 John 4:6 in Other Translations