King James Version

1 John 4:6

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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ἡμεῖςhēmeisIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, nominative, plural — “I”, the subject formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).Weἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἐσμενesmento beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.γινώσκωνginōskōnhe that knowethγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, present active participle, nominative, singular, masculine — “he that knoweth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.he that knowethτὸνtontheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, masculine — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.θεὸνtheonGodθεός (theos)noun, accusative, singular, masculine — “God”, the object formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godἀκούειakoueihearethἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “heareth”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.hearethἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usὃςhoshe thatὅςrelative pronoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “he that”, the subject formG3739who, which, what, that.This verse uses “that”.he thatοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἔστινestinto beεἰμί (eimi)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to be”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1510I am, exist.ἐκekofἐκpreposition — “of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.ofτοῦtoutheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, masculine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.θεοῦtheouGodθεός (theos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “God”, the of-formG2316(a) God, (b) a god, generally.This verse uses “God”.Godοὐκouknotοὐ (ou)adverb — “not”G3756no, not.notἀκούειakoueito hearἀκούω (akouō)verb, present active indicative, 3rd person singular — “to hear”, an ongoing or repeated actionG191I hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported.This verse uses “hear”.ἡμῶνhēmōnIἐγώ (egṓ)personal pronoun, genitive, plural — “I”, the of-formG1473I, the first-person pronoun.Strong’s files this form under G3165 (μέ).usἐκekHerebyἐκpreposition — “Hereby”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.Herebyτούτουtoutouthisοὗτος (houtos)demonstrative pronoun, genitive, singular, neuter — “this”, the of-formG3778this; he, she, it.This verse uses “this”.γινώσκομενginōskomenknow weγινώσκω (ginōskō)verb, present active indicative, 1st person plural — “know we”, an ongoing or repeated actionG1097I am taking in knowledge, come to know, learn; aor: I ascertained, realized.know weτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaspiritπνεῦμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “spirit”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the spiritτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.ἀληθείαςalētheiasof truthἀλήθεια (alētheia)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of truth”, the of-formG225truth, but not merely truth as spoken; truth of idea, reality, sincerity, truth in the moral sphere, divine truth revealed to man, straightforwardness.of truthκαὶkaiandκαίconjunction — “and”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “and”.andτὸtotheὁ (ho)article, accusative, singular, neuter — “the”, the object formG3588the, the definite article.πνεῦμαpneumaspiritπνεῦμαnoun, accusative, singular, neuter — “spirit”, the object formG4151wind, breath, spirit.This verse uses “spirit”.the spiritτῆςtēstheὁ (ho)article, genitive, singular, feminine — “the”, the of-formG3588the, the definite article.πλάνηςplanēsof errorπλάνη (planē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “of error”, the of-formG4106a wandering; fig: deceit, delusion, error, sin.This verse uses “error”.of error

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

we — of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

we — of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

World English Bible

We are of God. He who knows God listens to us. He who is not of God doesn’t listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

Darby Translation

We are of God; he that knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.

Douay-Rheims

We are of God. He that knoweth God, heareth us. He that is not of God, heareth us not. By this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

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