1 JOHN 4:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
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 — the apostolic speakers represent God's origin (ek theos). Receptivity to truth depends on spiritual origin (ek theos). The distinction between truth and error spirits is audible in reception or rejection.
Church Fathers on 1 John 4:6
“We are of God.” 1 John 4:6 Let us see why; see whether it be for any other thing than charity. “We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and of error:” namely by this, that he that hears us has the spirit of truth; he that hears not us, has the spirit of error. Let us see what he advises, and let us choose rather to hear him advising in the spirit of truth, and not antichrists, not lovers of the world,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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