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1 John 4:5

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

KJV

αὐτοὶ ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσίν· διὰ τοῦτο ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου λαλοῦσιν καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτῶν ἀκούει.

Greek NT

Ipsi de mundo sunt : ideo de mundo loquuntur, et mundus eos audit.

Vulgate

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

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
κόσμος
kosmos
noun · 184×
λαλέω
laleo
verb · 298×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
o
article · 19778×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 2:15 — Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
  • 2Pet 2:2 — And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of.
  • 2Tim 4:3 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
  • Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.
  • Isa 30:10 — Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
  • Jer 5:31 — The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
  • Jer 29:8 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • John 7:6 — Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
  • John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • John 10:5 — And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.
  • John 15:19 — If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
  • 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 17:14 — 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.
  • Luke 6:26 — Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
  • Luke 16:8 — And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.
  • Mic 2:11 — If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people.
  • Prov 17:4 — A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
  • Prov 28:4 — They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
  • Ps 17:4 — Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.
  • Rev 12:9 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.