1 John 4:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ They are of the world, therefore they speak as of the world, and the world hears them.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ They proceed from the world and are of the world; therefore it is out of the world [its whole economy morally considered] that they speak, and the world listens (pays attention) to them.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ They are of the world: therefore speak they as of the world, and the world heareth them.

Common English Bible

⁵ They are from the world. So they speak from the world’s point of view and the world listens to them.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ They are of the world. Therefore, they speak about the world, and the world listens to them.

1 John 4:5 Cross References

Psalm 17:4

As for the deeds of men – By the word of Your lips, I have kept myself from the paths of the destroyer.

Jeremiah 29:8

“For thus said יהוה  of hosts, Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets have prophesied falsely, and the priests rule by their own hand, and My people have loved it so. And what are you going to do at the end of it?

Micah 2:11

“If a man walking after wind and falsehood has lied: ‘I preach to you of wine and of strong drink,’ he shall be the ‘preacher’ of this people!

Luke 16:8

“And the master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly, because the sons of this age are more shrewd in their generation than the sons of light.

John 17:14

“I have given them Your Word, and the world hated them because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

John 17:16

“They are not of the world, as I am not of the world.

John 3:31

“He who comes from above is over all, he who is from the earth is of the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from the heaven is over all.

John 8:23

And He said to them, “You are from below, I am from above. You are of this world, I am not of this world.

2 Timothy 4:3

For there shall be a time when they shall not bear sound teaching, but according to their own desires, they shall heap up for themselves teachers tickling the ear,

Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was thrown out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who leads all the world astray. He was thrown to the earth, and his messengers were thrown out with him.