1 John 4:4-5

Test the Spirits

⁴ Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for _c he who is in you is greater than _d he who is in the world. ⁵ _e They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and _f the world listens to them.

1. Cross References
   Romans 8:31
   What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
   
2. Cross References
   1 Corinthians 2:12
   Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God.
   John 12:31
   Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out.
   
3. Cross References
   John 3:31
   He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
   John 8:23
   He said to them, "You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
   
4. Cross References
   John 15:19
   If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.