1 John 4:4 (YLT)

Passage

Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

Nearby Context

1 John 4:2 in this know ye the Spirit of God; every spirit that doth confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is,

1 John 4:3 and every spirit that doth not confess Jesus Christ in the flesh having come, of God it is not; and this is that of the antichrist, which ye heard that it doth come, and now in the world it is already.

1 John 4:4 Ye--of God ye are, little children, and ye have overcome them; because greater is He who <FI>is<Fi> in you, than he who is in the world.

1 John 4:5 They--of the world they are; because of this from the world they speak, and the world doth hear them;

1 John 4:6 we--of God we are; he who is knowing God doth hear us; he who is not of God, doth not hear us; from this we know the spirit of the truth, and the spirit of the error.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "ye--of", "little", "children", "overcome", "greater", and "than". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "ye--of", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "and every spirit that doth not confess..." into verse 5's "They--of the world they are because of...", so "world" and "ye--of" belong inside that flow. In 1 John context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "ye--of" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.