1 John 4:6
We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. That is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.
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ASV
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he who is not of God heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
KJV
We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
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Commentary
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32 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἡμεῖς | hēmeis | We ourselves | G3165 → |
| ἐκ | ek | of | G1537 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεοῦ | theou | God | G2316 → |
| ἐσμεν· | esmen | are; | G1510 → |
| ὁ | ho | The [one] | G3588 → |
| γινώσκων | ginōskōn | knowing | G1097 → |
| τὸν | ton | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεὸν | theon | God | G2316 → |
| ἀκούει | akouei | listens to | G191 → |
| ἡμῶν· | hēmōn | us; | G3165 → |
| ὃς | hos | He who | G3739 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἔστιν | estin | is | G1510 → |
| ἐκ | ek | from | G1537 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| θεοῦ | theou | God | G2316 → |
| οὐκ | ouk | not | G3756 → |
| ἀκούει | akouei | listens to | G191 → |
| ἡμῶν. | hēmōn | us. | G3165 → |
| ἐκ | ek | By | G1537 → |
| τούτου | toutou | this | G3778 → |
| γινώσκομεν | ginōskomen | we know | G1097 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| πνεῦμα | pneuma | Spirit | G4151 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| ἀληθείας | alētheias | of truth | G225 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| τὸ | to | the | G3588 → |
| πνεῦμα | pneuma | spirit | G4151 → |
| τῆς | tēs | <the> | G3588 → |
| πλάνης.¶ | planēs | of falsehood. | G4106 → |
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