1 John 4:4 - The Message My dear children, you come from God and belong to God. You have already won a big victory over those false teachers, for the Spirit in you is far stronger than anything in the world. These people belong to the Christ-denying world. They talk the world’s language and the world eats it up. But we come from God and belong to God. Anyone who knows God understands us and listens. The person who has nothing to do with God will, of course, not listen to us. This is another test for telling the Spirit of Truth from the spirit of deception. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. American Standard Version (1901) Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. Common English Bible You are from God, little children, and you have defeated these people because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. Catholic Public Domain Version Little sons, you are of God, and so you have overcome him. For he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. |