5They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. …
I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 4-6)In these verses the apostle encourages the disciples against the fear and danger of this seducing antichristian spirit, and that by such methods as these:—1. He assures them of a more divine principle in them: “ You are of God, little children , 1 John 4:4. You are God’s little children. We are of God , 1 John 4:6. We are born of God , taught of God, anointed of God, and so secured against infecti…
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