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1 John 4:5
They are of the world; therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
They are of the world; therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
THEY ARE OF THE WORLD - This was one of the marks by which those who had the spirit of antichrist might be known. They belonged not to the church of God, but to the world. They had its spirit; they ac...
V. HEREBY WE KNOW Chapter S 3:19-5:13 _ 1. Hereby we know that we are of the truth (1 John 3:19)_ 2. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God (1 John 4:1) 3. Hereby know we the Spirit of truth and of error...
A digression. The reference to the Spirit (1 John 3:24) reminds John that some who claimed to possess the Spirit of God, _e.g._ the false prophets, did so unjustifiably. Hence his readers must have a...
THE PERILS OF THE SURGING LIFE OF THE SPIRIT (1 John 3:24 B- 1 John 4:1) _ 4:1 This is how we know that he abides in us, by the Spirit which he gave to us. Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but t...
You have your origin in God, dear children, and you have won the victory over them, because that power which is in you is greater than the power which is in the world. This is why the source of their...
THEREFORE. on account of (App-104. 1 John 4:2) this. SPEAK. App-121....
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error 1 6. This section is an amplification of the sentence with which the preceding chapter ends. We certainly have the Holy Spirit as an abiding gift from God,...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. God is Love There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of summary (1 John 5:13-21). T...
_They are of the world_ This follows, though it has not yet been stated, from their not being -of us" (1 John 2:19): for there is no middle position. The verse is another reminiscence of the Lord's fa...
ΑΥ̓ΤΟῚ ἘΚ Τ. Κ. ΕἸΣΊΝ. The pronouns at the beginning of all three verses are in emphatic opposition; ὑμεῖς … αὐτοὶ … ἡμεῖς. That they, the antichristian teachers, are ‘of the world’ was implied in 1 J...
1 John 2:29 to 1 John 5:12. GOD IS LOVE There seems to be no serious break in the Epistle from this point onwards until we reach the concluding verses which form a sort of summary (1 John 5:13-21). Th...
1–6. THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND THE SPIRIT OF ERROR 1–6. This section is an amplification of the sentence with which the preceding chapter ends. We certainly have the Holy Spirit as an abiding gift from...
ΔΙΆ ΤΟΎΤΟ (G1223; G3778) поэтому, ΛΑΛΟΎΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΛΑΛΈΩ (G2980) говорить, ΆΚΟΎΕΙ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΆΚΟΎΩ (G191) слышать. С последующим _gen._, "прислушиваться" "слушаться". Мир пр...
THEY ARE OF THE WORLD:— False prophets and corrupt teachers are of the world, as long as a worldly spirit influences them; therefore speak they from that worldlydisposition, suiting their hearers, and...
CHAPTER XI _DIVINE SONSHIP DEMONSTRATED BY CONFESSION OF CHRIST AND ATTENTION TO TRUTH_ (The Third Test. The Second Time) 1 John 4:1-6 A. _The Text_ Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove t...
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. OF THE WORLD - they derive their spirit and teaching from the world: 'unregenerate bureau nature, ruled over a...
VERSE 5. THEY ARE OF THE WORLD. These false teachers are of the world. They belong to the world, and, speaking only from the principles of the world, all of their own kind, the wicked in the world, l...
3 The spirit of antichrist is the spirit of the world. It does not want the Christ of the Scriptures, but prefers some substitute more suited to its taste. This spirit has come to pervade, not only th...
THEY] the false prophets....
FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD IN LOVE 1. Try the spirits] RV 'Prove the spirits.' The verb is used of testing metals. 2, 3. See on 2 John 1:7....
HOW CAN I BE SURE? 1 JOHN _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 TEST THE *SPIRITS TO SEE IF THEY ARE TRUE (1 JOHN 4:1-6) V1 My friends, do not believe every *spirit. First, make sure where they are from. Se...
IV. (6) NOT ALL SPIRITS ARE THE RESULT OF THE SONSHIP: NECESSITY OF EXAMINING THEM (1 John 4:1). (_a_) _The difference among spirits_ (1 John 4:1). (_b_) _The measure_ (1 John 4:2). (c
αὐτοὶ (as opposed to ὑμεῖς) ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου εἰσίν, as its delegates, messengers, representatives, and as such ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου λαλοῦσιν. λαλεῖν, not “speak” (λέγειν), but “talk,” with a suggestion of prati...
The Spirit of Truth and the Spirit of Error. “Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are from God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world. Herein ye...
THE TOKEN OF GOD'S LOVE 1 John 4:1 In those days the intense ferment of men's minds wrought many delusions and heresies which were fraught with temptation to young converts, and the Apostle wished to...
Two closely related perils threaten our fellowship with God as love, false prophets and the spirit which actuates them. Teaching is to be tested by the indwelling Spirit. All who refuse to confess tha...
DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN THE SPIRITS OF TRUTH AND ERROR The Christians' victory over such false teachers is assured because they are on God's side (Romans 8:31). The false teachers had abiding in them t...
(4) They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. (4) He brings a reason why the world receives these teachers more willingly than the true: that is, because t...
_They are of the world. Such antichrists and heretics are guided by a worldly spirit, teaching men to follow the corrupt customs and inclinations of the world and the flesh, therefore the world hearet...
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. (2) Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confess...
5_They are of the world _It is no small consolation that they who dare to assail God in us, have only the world to aid and help them. And by the world the Apostle means that portion of which Satan is...
Now, to make use of this last proof, caution was required, for many false prophets would assume, and even in the time of the apostle had already assumed, the semblance of having received communication...
THEY ARE OF THE WORLD,.... That is, the false prophets and teachers that were gone into the world, and had the spirit of antichrist in them; these were as they were when they came into the world, unde...
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. Ver. 5. _They are of the world_] _i.e._ The seducers; fit lettuce for such lips; _Dignum patella operculum. Vos i...
_Ye_ Who abide in the truth taught you from the beginning; _are of God, and have overcome them_ Namely, these seducers, in all their snares and delusions: that is, the doctrine to which you adhere has...
THEY; the false teachers. ARE OF THE WORLD; belong in their spirit to the world, and are governed by its principles. SPEAK THEY OF THE WORLD-THE WORLD HEARETH THEM; their doctrine proceeds from a wo...
But there must be guards as to the operation of the Spirit of God, that is, the child of God must be guarded against all that would imitate the operation of the Spirit. Satan is extremely cunning, and...
1-6 Christians who are well acquainted with the Scriptures, may, in humble dependence on Divine teaching, discern those who set forth doctrines according to the apostles, and those who contradict the...
Ver. 5,6. He giveth here a further rule whereby to judge of doctrines and teachers, viz. what they severally savour of, and tend to. The doctrines and teachers whereby these Christians were assaulted...
1 John 4:5 They G846 are G1526 (G5748) of G1537 world G2889 Therefore G1223 G5124 speak G2980 ...
‘You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world. They are of the world, therefore speak they of the world, and the world hea...
Compare 1 Corinthians 14:29; 1 Corinthians 14:32 THE SPIRITS OF THE PROPHETS (1 JOHN 4:1). John here warns of the dangers of listening to prophets without testing their message, in the way that Pa
1 John 4:4-6. The apostle makes some strong assertions which have for their object to link a sound confession with a true religion. First, with reference to his Christian hearers, he connects their pe...
The ruling idea of the third part is Faith in the Spirit's testimony concerning the Son of God incarnate. The close of chap. 3 introduces the theme by the first explicit mention of faith and the Spiri...
OF THE WORLD (εκ του κοσμου). As Jesus is not and as the disciples are not (John 17:14).AS OF THE WORLD (εκ του κοσμου). No "as" (ως), but that is the idea, for their talk proceeds from the world...
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world._ If John had need to say that in the early mornin...
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirit whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world._ This is an unction of which there is great need i...
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world._ It was so in John's day: it is so in these days....
1 John 4:1. _Beloved, believe not every spirit,_ A simpleton believes every word that he hears, but «the wise man's eyes are in his head,» so he examines what he sees and hears, and does not blindly...
CONTENTS: Christians warned of false doctrines concerning Christ's person and work. Tests of the true. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, anti-christ, John. CONCLUSION: God's people must be ever c...
1 John 4:1. _Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God._ Whether those teachers believe that Christ is come in the flesh, which to the present hour the unbelieving jews den...
ABOUT MATTERS OF THE WORLD. Compare 1 John 3:12. "Do not be discouraged by the success of the false teachers. They tell the world what it wants to hear!" See 1 Timothy 4:14; 1 Timothy 6:3-5;...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 4:5 THEY SPEAK FROM THE WORLD. Their speech is influenced by the world’s viewpoint and values. ⇐...
1 JOHN—NOTE ON 1 JOHN 4:1 It is not only Cain’s bad example that John wants his readers to avoid (1 John 3:11); it is also the forces of spiritual deception. John furnishes a litmus test for detecting...
Would someone please check the Psalm number in sentence formatted in blue in the 3rd note of ver. 18. CHAPTER 4 1. _Most dearly beloved_, &c. By the word _spirit_ he means suggestion, inspiration, im...
LOVE FINDS THE TRUTH; FEAR TAKES UP WITH ERROR _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ IN the first three verses the apostle guards his readers against being misled by false pretensions to the possession of...
EXPOSITION 1 JOHN 4:1 - 1 JOHN 5:12 (2) _The source of son-ship. _Possession of the Spirit. 1 JOHN 4:1 Confession of the Incarnation is
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to I John chapter 4. As we go back to verse 1 John 4:24 of chapter 3, the later portion, "Hereby we know that He abides in us by the Spirit which He has given us." I kn...
2 Peter 2:2; 2 Peter 2:3; 2 Timothy 4:3; Isaiah 30:10; Isaiah 30:11;...
Of the world [ε κ τ ο υ κ ο σ μ ο υ]. Proceeding from, as their source [ε κ]. Different from ejk thv ghv from the earth (John 3:31), as marking the whole worldly economy morally considered. Speak they...
TESTING THE TRUE AND THE FALSE 1 John 4:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some important instructions. 1. IMPORTANT ADMONITIONS. (1) "Believe...
They — Those false prophets. Are of the world — Of the number of those that know not God. Therefore speak they of the world — From the same principle, wisdom, spirit; and, of consequence, the world he...
Here we have, 1. The character given of these seducers and false teachers, THEY ARE OF THE WORLD; that is, men of worldly minds and interests, THEY SPEAK OF THE WORLD; that is, they preach. doctrine s...