1 John 4:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They are from the world.  Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them.

Cross References

John 8:23

‘You are from below,’ he told them, ‘I am from above.   You are of this world;   I am not of this world.

John 17:14

I have given them your word. The world hated   them because they are not of the world,   just as I am not of the world.

John 17:16

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

John 3:31

The one who comes from above  is above all. The one who is from the earth is earthly and speaks in earthly terms.  The one who comes from heaven is above all.

Revelation 12:9

So the great dragon was thrown out #– #the ancient serpent,  who is called the devil and Satan,  the one who deceives the whole world.  He was thrown to earth, and his angels with him.

2 Timothy 4:3

For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine,  but according to their own desires, will multiply teachers for themselves because they have an itch to hear what they want to hear.

Jeremiah 5:31

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?

Luke 16:8

‘The master praised the unrighteous manager   because he had acted shrewdly. For the children of this age   are more shrewd than the children of light   in dealing with their own people.

Micah 2:11

If a man comes and utters empty lies    – ‘I will preach to you about wine and beer’   – he would be just the preacher for this people!

Jeremiah 29:8

For this is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘Don’t let your prophets who are among you  and your diviners deceive you,  and don’t listen to the dreams you elicit from them,