1 John 4:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

1 John 4:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 8:23
And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
2 Peter 2:2-3
And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. …
John 17:14
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.
John 17:16
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
John 3:31
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.

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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 infectious…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. of the world--They derive their spirit and teaching from the world, “unregenerate human nature, ruled over and possessed by Satan, the prince of this world” [Alford]. speak they of the word--They draw the matter of their conversation from the life, opinions, and feelings of the world. the world heareth them--(Joh 15:18, 19). The world loves its own.