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Theyαὐτοὶareεἰσίνfromἐκthe world;τοῦ κόσμουfor this reasonδιὰ τοῦτοthey speakλαλοῦσινfromἐκthe world,τοῦ κόσμουandκαὶthe worldὁ κόσμοςlistens toἀκούειthem.αὐτῶν
1 John 4:5
Study it in the app“They are from the world; for this reason they speak from the world, and the world listens to them.”
With the Greek beneath
1 John 4:5, word by word
- areεἰσίνeisin
be
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eisin” appears- the worldκόσμουkosmou
world against God
People who live with their backs to God.
Where else “kosmou” appears- they speakλαλοῦσινlalousin
speak
To use voice and words to communicate with others.
Where else “lalousin” appears- listens toἀκούειakouei
listen
To pay attention and obey.
Where else “akouei” appears
The context
4You are from God, little children, and you have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
5 · This verse (above)
6We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.
To study 1 John 4 in a group
1. What it says
What does John ask us to do with every spirit, and why (v. 1-3)?
2. What it means
John says, "God is love" (v. 8, 16). How does the text show that love, and what does it expect of us (v. 9-11)?
3. How I live it
John writes that perfect love casts out fear (v. 18). What fear would you like to hand to God today?