1 John 4:4

“Ye are of God, little children, and haue ouercome them: because greater is he that is in you, then he that is in the world.”

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Other Translations for 1 John 4:4

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.
- King James Version

You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- New American Standard Version (1995)

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.
- American Standard Version (1901)

You are of God, my little children, and you have overcome them because he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.
- Basic English Bible

*Ye* are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.
- Darby Bible

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.
- Webster's Bible

As for you, dear children, you are God's children, and have successfully resisted them; for greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
- Weymouth Bible

You are of God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is he who is in you than he who is in the world.
- World English Bible

Ye, litle sones, ben of God, and ye han ouercome hym; for he that is in you is more, than he that is in the world.
- Wycliffe Bible

Ye -- of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.
- Youngs Literal Bible

Commentary for 1 John 4:4

Wesley's Notes for 1 John 4:4

4:4 Ye have overcome these seducers, because greater is the Spirit of Christ that is in you than the spirit of antichrist that is in the world.


People's Bible Notes for 1 John 4:4


1Jo 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them. The saints had overcome these false prophets, but they were of God, because greater is he that is in you, and the Spirit in them was mightier than he that is in the world, than the evil spirit, that of the prince of the world, which was in the false prophets.

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