1 John 4:6

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1 John 4:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

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

5 They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

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.

7 Beloved, let us love one another, because 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.

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You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.

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Romans 1:1

Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—

1 Corinthians 2:12

We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.

1 Corinthians 2:13

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1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

2 Peter 3:2

by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.

Jude 1:17

But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ

1 John 4:8

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

Luke 10:22

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John 8:19

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John 8:45

But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!

John 8:46

Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?

John 8:47

Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”

John 8:48

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John 8:49

“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

John 8:50

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My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.

John 13:20

Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever receives the one I send receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives the One who sent Me.”

John 18:37

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John 20:21

Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”

1 Corinthians 14:37

If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, let him acknowledge that what I am writing you is the Lord’s command.

2 Corinthians 10:7

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2 Thessalonians 1:8

in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

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To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, they have no light of dawn.

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the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.

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Isaiah 29:10

For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.

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My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

Micah 2:11

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2 Thessalonians 2:9

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2 Thessalonians 2:11

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