1 John 4:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

1 John 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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; th...
1 John 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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...
1 John 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 John 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

therefore . on account of (App-104. 1 John 4:2 ) this. speak . App-121.
1 John 4:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
1 John 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
1 John 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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,...
1 John 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 o...
1 John 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 .
1 John 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (6) NOT ALL SPIRITS ARE THE RESULT OF THE SONSHIP: NECESSITY OF EXAMINING THEM ( 1 John 4:1-6 ). ( a ) The difference among spirits ( 1 John 4:1 ). ( b ) The measure ( 1 John 4:2-3 )....
1 John 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Token of God's Love 1 John 4:1-11 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...
1 John 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 th...
1 John 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 confes...
1 John 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, u...
1 John 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Vo...
1 John 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ha...
1 John 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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, an...
1 John 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Danger of Antichristian Spirit. A. D. 80. 4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcom...
1 John 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Compare 1 Corinthians 14:29 ; 1 Corinthians 14:32 The Spirits of the Prophets ( 1 John 4:1-6 ). John here warns of the dangers of listening to prophets without testing their message, in the wa...
1 John 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
1 John 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 mor...
1 John 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
1 John 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 John 4:1 - 1 John 5:12 (2) The source of son-ship. Possession of the Spirit. 1 John 4:1-62 Confession of the Incarnation is the assurance that the Spirit of God,...
1 John 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The distinction between the spirit of truth and the spirit of error:
1 John 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 2:2 ; 2 Peter 2:3 ; 2 Timothy 4:3 ; Isaiah 30:10 ; Isaiah 30:11 ; Jeremiah 29:8 ; Jeremiah 5:31 ; John 15:19 ; John 15:20 ; John 17:14 ; John 17:16 ; John 3:31 ; John 7:6 ; John...
1 John 4:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Testing the True and the False 1 John 4:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have in our opening verses some important admonitions, and also some important instructions. 1. Important admonitions. (1...
1 John 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

1 John 4:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 John 4:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 John 4:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 John 4:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 John 4:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 John 4:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 John 4:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 John 4:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 John 4:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 John 4:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 John 4:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 John 4:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 John 4:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 John 4:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 John 4:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 John 4:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 4:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 John 4:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes