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

We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

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They are from the world(A) and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us.(B) This is how we recognize the Spirit[a] of truth(C) and the spirit of falsehood.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 John 4:6 Or spirit

(A)They are of the world. Therefore they speak as of the world, and (B)the world hears them. We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. (C)By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

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