unfoldingWord_en_tn/1jn/04/04.md

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You are of God

"You belong to God."

dear children

See how you translated this in 1 John 2:1.

have overcome those spirits

This could be translated "You have not believed the false teachers."

he who is in you

"he" refers to God.

he who is in the world

"he" refers to Satan.

the world

The term the world refers to people who do not obey God.

Those spirits are of the world

This could be translated “Those false teachers are people who do not obey God.”

therefore what they say is of the world

This could be translated “therefore they teach ideas that are against God"

and the world listens to them

This could be translated “so the people who do not obey God listens to them”