1 John 4:4-9

4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.

5 They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them.

6 We are from God, and whoever knows God listens to us; but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we recognize the Spirit^[a] of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

God’s Love and Ours

7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God.

8 Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

9 This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 John 2:1
• 2. S John 16:33
• 3. Romans 8:31
• 4. 2 Kings 6:16; S John 12:31
• 5. John 15:19; John 17:14,16
• 6. John 8:47
• 7. S John 14:17
• 8. S Mark 13:5
• 9. S 1 John 3:11
• 10. S John 1:13
• 11. S 1 John 2:4
• 12. ver 7,16
• 13. John 1:18
• 14. John 3:16,17; 1 John 5:11

Footnotes

• [a] Or "spirit"