therefore. on account of (App-104. 1 John 4:2) this.
speak. App-121.
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...
(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 teache...
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,...
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...
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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 fro...
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 fr...
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 .
They ] the false prophets.
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 Jo...
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 w...
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 t...
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 k...
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...
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 le...
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 delus...
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 opera...
Danger of Antichristian Spirit. A. D. 80. ...
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 an...
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...
‘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, t...
LOVE FINDS THE TRUTH; FEAR TAKES UP WITH ERROR CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES IN the first three verses the apostle guards his readers against b...
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 worl...
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...
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...
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 fles...
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 Inc...
The distinction between the spirit of truth and the spirit of error:
They are of the world; therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
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...
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 import...
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 princip...
5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.