1 John 4:6 meaning and explanation
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.
1 John 4:6, Berean Standard Bible
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The writer, an elder in the early church, speaks as one of the original witnesses to Jesus, addressing a congregation unsettled by teachers who had left and now denied that Christ came in the flesh. When he says whoever knows God listens to us, he means welcoming the apostolic message about Jesus, not merely hearing words.
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