⁴^kYe are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because ^lgreater is he that is in you, than ^mhe that is in the world. ⁵ⁿThey are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and ^othe world heareth them. ⁶We are of God: ^phe that knoweth God heareth us; ^phe that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we ^qthe spirit of truth, and ^qqthe spirit of error. ⁷Beloved, ^rlet us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. ⁸^sHe that loveth not ^tknoweth not God; for ^uGod is love. ⁹^vIn this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that ^wGod sent his only begotten Son into the world, ^xthat we might live through him. ¹⁰Herein is love, ^ynot that we loved God, but ^zthat he loved us, and sent his Son to be ^athe propitiation for our sins.

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1 John 4:10: In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

Footnotes

kSo ch. 5:4.
lSee Rom. 8:31.
mSee John 12:31. Comp. 1 Cor. 2:12.
n John 8:23. So John 3:31.
oSee John 15:19.
pSo John 8:47. & 10:27. & 18:37. Comp. Isai. 8:20. 1 Cor. 14:37. 2 Cor. 10:7.
pSo John 8:47. & 10:27. & 18:37. Comp. Isai. 8:20. 1 Cor. 14:37. 2 Cor. 10:7.
qSee John 14:17.
qq 1 Tim. 4:1 (Gk.).
rSee ch. 3:11.
sch. 3:10.
tch. 3:6. So ch. 2:4.
uver. 16. So ver. 7. 2 Cor. 13:11.
vSo ver. 16 (Gk.). See ch. 3:16.
wSee John 3:16.
xSo ch. 5:11.
ySo John 15:16. Rom. 5:8, 10. ver. 19.
zSo ch. 3:1. See 2 Thess. 2:16.
aSee ch. 2:2.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for he who is in you is greater than he who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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. They are from the world and therefore speak from the viewpoint of the world, and the world listens to them. 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 of truth and the spirit of falsehood.

Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. 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. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world. Therefore what they say is from the world, and the world listens to them. We are from God. Anyone who knows God listens to us; anyone who is not from God does not listen to us. This is how we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deception.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his one and only Son into the world so that we might live through him. Love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins.

NLTNew Living Translation

But you belong to God, my dear children. You have already won a victory over those people, because the Spirit who lives in you is greater than the spirit who lives in the world. Those people belong to this world, so they speak from the world’s viewpoint, and the world listens to them. But we belong to God, and those who know God listen to us. If they do not belong to God, they do not listen to us. That is how we know if someone has the Spirit of truth or the spirit of deception.

Dear friends, let us continue to love one another, for love comes from God. Anyone who loves is a child of God and knows God. But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love.

God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him. This is real love—not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as a sacrifice to take away our sins.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world and the world listens to them. We are from God. The one who knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit.

Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God. The one who does not love does not know God, because God is love. By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God sent his one and only Son into the world in order that we may live through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.