1 John 4:4

In 9 translations

BSB

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.

KJV

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

WEB

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

ASV

Ye are of God, my little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you than he that is in the world.

LSV

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

YLT

Ye — of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who [is] in you, than he who is in the world.

DBY

Ye are of God, children, and have overcome them, because greater is he that [is] in you than he that [is] in the world.Elohim

DRC

You are of God, little children, and have overcome him. Because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

GNV

Litle children, ye are of God, and haue ouercome them: for greater is he that is in you, then he that is in this world.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε, τεκνία, καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς, ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ·

RP2018

Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστέ, τεκνία, καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς· ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ.

TR-Boyd

Ὑμεῖς ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐστέ, τεκνία, καὶ νενικήκατε αὐτούς· ὅτι μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ ἐν ὑμῖν ἢ ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ.

SCR1894

υμεις εκ του θεου εστε τεκνια και νενικηκατε αυτους οτι μειζων εστιν ο εν υμιν η ο εν τω κοσμω

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• Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
• 1 John 5:4because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
• Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
• 1 John 4:16And we have come to know and believe the love that God has for us. God is love; whoever abides in love abides in God, and God in him.
• 1 Corinthians 2:12We 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.
• Romans 8:10–11But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from…
• 1 John 5:19We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
• Ephesians 6:12–13For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore…
• 1 John 4:13By this we know that we remain in Him, and He in us: He has given us of His Spirit.
• Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.
• John 10:28–30I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. I and the Father are…
• John 14:17–23the 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. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. In a…
• Revelation 12:11They have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony. And they did not love their lives so as to shy away from death.
• Ephesians 3:17so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. Then you, being rooted and grounded in love,
• 1 John 3:24Whoever keeps His commandments remains in God, and God in him. And by this we know that He remains in us: by the Spirit He has given us.
• John 17:23I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

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