1 John 4:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ Children, you belong to God, and you have defeated these enemies. God's Spirit^[a] is in you and is more powerful than the one who is in the world. ⁵ These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language. ⁶ We belong to God, and everyone who knows God will listen to us. But the people who don't know God won't listen to us. This is how we can tell the Spirit that speaks the truth from the one that tells lies.