1 John 4:5 Parallel Translations

These people belong to the world. That's why they speak the thoughts of the world, and the world listens to them.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

They are of the world, so their talk is the world's talk, and the world gives ear to them.

DBY:

They are of the world; for this reason they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

ERV:

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

WEY:

They are the world's children, and so their language is that of the world, and the world listens to them. We are God's children.

WBS:

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

WEB:

They are of the world. Therefore they speak of the world, and the world hears them. John's Third Letter

YLT:

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

1 John 4:5 Cross References

XREF:

John 15:19 "If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you.

John 17:14 "I have given them Your word; and the world has 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. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

4:5 {4} They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
(4) He brings a reason why the world receives these teachers more willingly than the true: that is, because they speak nothing but that which is worldly: which is another note also to know the doctrine of antichrist by.

PNT:

4:5 They are of the world. The false teachers. They are not of God.
The world heareth them because they are of its spirit and speak of it.

WES:

4:5 They - Those false prophets. Are of the world - Of the number of those that know not God. Therefore speak they of the world - From the same principle, wisdom, spirit; and, of consequence, the world heareth them - With approbation.

MHC:

4:1-6 Christians who are well acquainted with the Scriptures, may, in humble dependence on Divine teaching, discern those who set forth doctrines according to the apostles, and those who contradict them. The sum of revealed religion is in the doctrine concerning Christ, his person and office. The false teachers spake of the world according to its maxims and tastes, so as not to offend carnal men. The world approved them, they made rapid progress, and had many followers such as themselves; the world will love its own, and its own will love it. The true doctrine as to the Saviour's person, as leading men from the world to God, is a mark of the spirit of truth in opposition to the spirit of error. The more pure and holy any doctrine is, the more likely to be of God; nor can we by any other rules try the spirits whether they are of God or not. And what wonder is it, that people of a worldly spirit should cleave to those who are like themselves, and suit their schemes and discourses to their corrupt taste?

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